09 February 2025 I MEF identifies Marine killed in aircraft incident Marine Corps officials identified Sgt. Jacob M. Durham as the Marine who died in an aircraft incident Feb. 6 in the Philippine Province of Maguindanao del Sur...
24 December 2024 U.S. Marines Distribute Toys to Children | Merry Marine Toy Drive 2024 Key leaders and staff from Marine Corps Installations Pacific and cadets from the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, Kubasaki High School, donated toys to local families in need across Okinawa, Japan, from Dec. 12 to16...
14 November 2024 KS 25 | Marines practice expeditionary capabilities across Japan U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, participate in exercise Keen Sword 25 across the Indo-Pacific, Oct. 25 through Oct. 31, 2024. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel,...
31 October 2024 Camp Fuji celebrates community and camaraderie | Fuji Friendship Festival 2024 As the sun set, the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band gathered for a ceremonial performance at the conclusion of the Fuji Friendship Festival...
30 October 2024 U.S. Marines, U.S. Air Force, Republic of Korea Air Force participate in Freedom Flag 24-1 U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing participate in exercise Freedom Flag 24-1 with services members from the Republic of Korea Air Force and U.S. Air Force at Pohang, South Korea, Oct. 28 - 31, 2024...
25 October 2024 MRF-D 24.3 U.S. Marines, Sailors conclude six-month deployment to Australia U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3 participate in various operations, exercises and training events throughout an annual, six-month rotation to Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia from April to Oct., 2024...
25 October 2024 Senior U.S. Marines Visit Ishigaki Lt. Gen. James Glynn, commander U.S Marine Corps Forces Pacific, joined Lt. Gen. Roger Turner, III Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general, during a recent trip to Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan October 23, 2024...
22 October 2024 U.S. Marines Participate in Keen Sword 25 III Marine Expeditionary Force Marines and Sailors will participate in exercise Keen Sword 25, a joint-bilateral biennial exercise, alongside the Japan Self-Defense Force from October 23 through November 1, 2024, throughout Japan...
03 October 2024 Operation Sentinel Samurai: Building Bonds and Defusing Bombs U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians teamed up with U.S. Marine Corps, Polish Land Forces and an observer from the Royal Australian Air Force for Operation Sentinel Samurai, a week-long EOD joint force exercise across Misawa Air Base and Draughon Range showcasing the power of...
01 October 2024 U.S. Marines, families of fallen honored by Tiwi Island, Larrakia people in historic Pukumani ceremony U.S. Marines and the families of three fallen Marines joined the Tiwi Island and Larrakia people in two significant ceremonies on Sept. 26 and 27. The events commemorated the lives of three U.S. Marines who died in a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey crash on Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Australia,...
20 September 2024 Eight Countries work together in largest Operation Render Safe to remove WWII UXO in Solomon Islands The United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United Kingdom, Republic of Korea, and Japan recently joined the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force for Operation Render Safe 2024-2 in New Georgia, Solomon Islands, from Aug. 12 to Sept. 27...
04 September 2024 UFS 2024 U.S. Marines joined their Republic of Korea Marine Corps counterparts for an annual exercise, Ulchi Freedom Shield 24, forming the Combined Marine Component Command. During the exercise, the CMCC, as part of the ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command, enhanced the integration of their combined combat...
01 September 2024 Camp Blaz brings local Marines and Sailors home Several Marines and Sailors originally born and raised on the islands of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands have returned to the Marianas and are an integral part of laying the foundation for Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz...
19 September 2022 MRF-D 22 Tests EABO Concepts on South Pacific Island DARWIN, Australia – Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22 completed Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations Exercise, or EABOEX, to practice and refine expeditionary concepts in a realistic, South Pacific island environment from August 31 – September 4.Led by India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine...
07 September 2022 MRF-D 22 Ground Combat Element Integrates Into 1st Brigade To Enhance Combined Littoral Lethality The Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22 ground combat element, led by 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, participated in exercise PREDATOR’S RUN, integrating into the Australian Defence Force’s 1st Brigade to enhance combined and littoral capabilities in a simulated combat environment from August...
21 June 2022 SECNAV Visits Innovative Forward Deployed Marines and Sailors with MRF-D 22 DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. – The Honorable Carlos Del Toro, the 78th Secretary of the Navy, visited Marines and Sailors with the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) on June 18.As part of a battlefield circulation tour in the Southwest Pacific, the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) joined MRF-D for awareness...
06 June 2022 Joint and Coalition Warfighters Test Tactical Expertise during Navy FST-J Exercise Airmen from the 505th Combat Training Squadron and 926th Operations Group, Detachment 1, Hurlburt Field, Florida, supported the U.S. Navy Fleet Synthetic Training-Joint exercise, or FST-J...
09 March 2022 DMOC brings Winter Fury to INDOPACOM The 705th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations Center, completed the second successful iteration of its “Fury” exercises in partnership with the 3rd Marine Air Wing. The DMOC developed the virtual scenarios for both Summer and Winter Fury exercises focused in...
21 December 2015 Marine Corps Honors Hawaii Heroes HONOLULU, Hawaii -- U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and the office of the mayor of the city and county of Honolulu recognized military and civilian first responders during the First Responder Recognition Ceremony at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Dec. 18. 2015.The first responders aided...
08 October 2015 US, ROK Marines Practice Urban Operations During KMEP 15-2 GUNHA-RHI, GIMPO, Republic of Korea -- Heat beats down on asphalt, unlocking dams of sweat that pour off Marines during their advance toward a small town. Under smoke concealment, they sweep through house after house, lobbing grenades through doorways and barking verbal coordination over the...