03 August 2016 Pitch Black 16 Launches Flight Operations MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, Iwakuni Japan -- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 commenced air operations for Exercise Pitch Black 2016 alongside the Royal Australian Air Force at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, Aug. 1, 2016. Pitch Black 16 is a biennial, three week, multinational,...
26 July 2016 Annual Traffic Safety Day Promotes Safe Driving, U.S.-Japan Partnership COMBINED ARMS TRAINING CENTER, Camp Fuji -- U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, completed the second stage of Eagle Wrath 2016 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, July 23, 2016. This stage focused and trained each...
05 December 2016 Tigers Arrive in Chitose MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, IWAKUNI, Japan -- -- U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron 542 ‘Tigers’, home based out of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., currently forward deployed to MCAS Iwakuni, arrived at Chitose Air Base, Japan, where they will partake in the Aviation Training...
05 August 2016 US Marines Screen to Become an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan (Aug. 5, 2016) -- U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Daquille Barzey-Ferguson and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Samnang Chang, Marine security guards with the Marine Corps Embassy Security Group at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, went through an Explosive Ordnance Disposal...
31 August 2016 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-122 Gets Low during Southern Frontier ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE TINDAL, Australia -- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 executed low-altitude tactics training during the last week of Southern Frontier at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, Aug. 29, 2016.By integrating low-altitude tactics into the three week unit...
02 November 2016 Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron, Indonesia Launch Flight Operations MANADO, Indonesia -- U.S. Marines with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225 began exercise Cope West 17 at Sam Ratulangi International Airport, Indonesia, on Nov. 1, 2016.This fighter-focused, bilateral exercise between the U.S. Marine Corps and Indonesian Air Force is designed to enhance...
26 August 2016 Marines, Japanese Conduct Joint K-9 Training MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni’s Provost Marshal’s Office K-9 unit trained with Hiroshima Prefectural Police Headquarters officers and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kure Repair and Supply Facility Petroleum Terminal unit military working dog...
30 January 2017 Marine Wing Support Squadron-171 Kicks Off Exercise Kamoshika Wrath 17-1 HARAMURA, Japan -- Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 arrived at Japan Self-Defense Force’s Haramura Maneuver Area in Hiroshima, Japan, to conduct exercise Kamoshika Wrath 17-1, Jan. 22, 2017.The exercise is part of a biannual, unit-level training primarily focusing on establishing a forward operating...
26 June 2017 Marine Wing Support Squadron-171 Kicks Off Eagle Wrath 2017 with 100 Percent Tactical Mindset MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, Japan -- U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, arrived at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, June 15, 2017, to participate in exercise Eagle Wrath 2017.Eagle Wrath 2017, a two-week training...
21 March 2017 Remembering 75 Years of History MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- “The United States Marine Corps, with its fiercely proud tradition of excellence in combat, its hallowed rituals and its unbending code of honor, is part of the fabric of American myth,” said Thomas E. Ricks, author of “Making the Corps.”U.S. Marines...