17 August 2018 Landing Support Company Executes Paraloft Training Operations on Ie Shima IE SHIMA, Okinawa, Japan – Rain sporadically fell on two tactical vehicles parked in a grassy field next to a weathered air strip on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan.Marines with Landing Support Company, 3rd Transportation Support Battalion, dismounted from the vehicles and looked to the sky in anticipation...
26 October 2018 Rush the Enemy | Marines with 3rd MLG Execute Fire and Movement Range CAMP HANSEN. OKINAWA, Japan -- Marines with 3rd Marine Logistics Group traversed through slippery mud and grass while heading toward wooden walls for cover during a fire and movement range Oct. 24, 2018, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. Dark-green targets rose from the ground, prompting a Marine to...
28 June 2019 Combat Logistics Regiment-37 Marines Employ Machine Guns While Strengthening Communication Skills CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- Heavy brush sways in the wind, leaves falling gently to the damp ground. Rain pours from the darkened sky, transforming into steam as droplets ricochet off of the barrels of lethal weapons, scorching from heat caused by the reaction of what happens inside.A U.S. Marine...
01 February 2019 Boating School Knock-outs| Combat Engineers Earn Bridge Erection Boat Licenses NAHA, OKINAWA, OKINAWA, Japan -- Engines roared and calm blue water churned white as boats cruised under the bright Okinawa sun. Marines in groups of three piloted small green boats across the quiet industrial port, practicing elaborate patters of turns, spins, lateral movements and sudden...
22 November 2017 Marines Provide Manufacturing Capabilities to 3rd Marine Logistics Group CAMP KINSER, OKINAWA, Japan – Marines with General Support Maintenance Company (GSM), 3rd Maintenance Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, provide machining, manufacturing and welding support to units on Hawaii, Okinawa and mainland Japan to keep them combat ready.“What we do is important to the...
09 November 2015 Kilo Company Rushes, Eliminates Enemy POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii -- Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, gathered to perform platoon attacks in order to locate and eliminate enemy objectives on Nov. 4, 2015, during their annual training exercise, Lava Viper, a staple in the battalion’s pre-deployment...
22 May 2024 First US Army Reserve and Philippine Army Reserve Subject Matter Expert Exchange U.S. Army Soldiers from the 3rd Mobilization Support Group, held the first-ever Army Reserve Subject Matter Expert Exchanges with the Philippine Army Reserve during Exercise Salaknib and Exercise Balikatan 24 in April, 2024...
18 December 2024 3rd MDTF Cyber Defenders Partners With Allies During Keen Sword 25 A Cyber Mission Element from the Multi-Domain Effects Battalion (MDEB), 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force’s (3MDTF), partnered with Joint and Allied forces to conduct defensive cyber operations as part of Keen Sword 25 from October 23 to November 1, 2024...
10 July 2020 3rd Wing Logs 168 Sorties in Four Days JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Recently, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s 90th Fighter Squadron and 90th Aircraft Maintenance Unit logged a whopping 168 sorties in just four days.“The 90th AMU/FS executed a ‘surge,’ where we deviate from our normal turn pattern, or amount of sorties...
07 July 2014 Japanese Soldiers Visit U.S. Army Alaska Leaders with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force visited paratroopers at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, during a subject-matter expert exchange event June 24.Col. Akira Miyazaki, an education and training department...