MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII -- The Marine Corps administratively redesignated the 3rd Marine Regiment to the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment in a ceremony here today.The occasion marks the establishment of the first MLR in the Marine Corps.The redesignation of this storied regiment is an important chapter...

MCAS IWAKUNI, Japan -- U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) Information Group (MIG), soldiers with U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Group, and U.S. Navy SEALs conducted close air support (CAS) training at MCAS Iwakuni, Feb. 15-16, 2022. The training was conducted to enhance joint...

CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea -- The U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys community kicked off the 2022 Army Emergency Relief (AER) campaign at a ceremony at the Eighth Army Headquarters March 2, 2022.Lt. Gen. Willard Burleson, the Eighth Army commanding general, presided over the ceremony, which marked...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland -- The U.S. Army is marking the 80th anniversary of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) profession this year.The U.S. Army’s first enlisted EOD technicians began training at the Bomb Disposal School on Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, in April 1942.Based in the...

U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Thailand -- Today, the U.S. government launched a joint U.S.-Thailand operation in search of an American pilot missing for more than 70 years.The airman, along with his P-38 aircraft, are believed to have gone down near Baan Mae Kua village, in Sop Prap district of...

MANILA, U.S. Embassy the Philippine -- The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), is working with the Department of Health and other partners to introduce innovations to help end the...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- “In a domestic operation, it won’t strictly be a military-lead event,” said Brig. Gen. Wayne Don, director of the Joint Staff of the Alaska National Guard. “So it’s important that we have interoperability amongst agencies, organizations and uniformed personnel to respond...

Pentagon Spokesman Eric Pahon provided the following readout:...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Hundreds of National Guard and active-duty counterparts, Canadian military forces and civilian first responders are responding to a simulated large-scale natural disaster during the Arctic Eagle-Patriot 22 (AEP22) exercise Feb. 22-March 9.More than 900 Air and Army National...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Working with the Government of Samoa, crews from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Juniper (WLB 201) and USCGC Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) conducted security patrol operations in Samoa’s exclusive economic zone throughout February 2022, to protect fisheries and other natural...