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VCNO, MCPON visit USS Blue Ridge

U.S. Navy Adm. William Moran, vice chief of naval operations, visits Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment Iwakuni at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 12, 2018. Moran visited MCAS Iwakuni in order to build a stronger relationship between Navy leadership and individual Sailors. He discussed parts availability, personnel strength and the detachment’s capabilities.

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Marine Logistics Group participates in Marine Expeditionary Force Command Post Exercise 18.1

Marines connect Improved Ribbon Bridges (IRB) during training operations Aug. 30, 2018 at Naha Military Port, Okinawa Japan. IRBs must be connected to sustain the weight of various tactical vehicles. The Marines are part of Bridging Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group.

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Defense Security Cooperation University Hits One-Year Milestone With Great Success

Sri Lanka Navy Marines meet and shake hands with U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) while on a regularly scheduled deployment of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th MEU, August 25, 2018. The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and the embarked Marines of the 13th MEU conducted a theater security cooperation exercise with the Sri Lankan Navy and Navy Marines. Part of a growing U.S.-Sri Lanka naval partnership, the exercise was also an opportunity for U.S. Seventh Fleet to explore local logistics support services for visiting naval forces operating throughout the Indo-Pacific region.

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Landing Support Company Executes Paraloft Training Operations on Le Shima

Lance Cpl. Daniel Vollman parachutes to the ground after jumping from a CH-53E Super Stallion during parachute training operations Aug. 13, 2018 at Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan. Landing Support Company completed parachute and air delivery training to ensure Marines maintain proficiency and meet required training hours. Vollman, a parachute rigger with Air Delivery Platoon, LS Co., 3rd Transportation Support Battalion, is a native of Alexandria, Louisiana.

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Lt. Gen. Berger relinquishes command to Lt. Gen. Craparotta

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David H. Berger, right, the outgoing commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC), passes the MARFORPAC colors to Lt. Gen. Lewis A. Craparotta, the incoming commander, during a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 8, 2018. The change of command ceremony represents the transfer of responsibility and authority over MARFORPAC between commanders.

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DNA Testing To Begin Immediately on Remains From North Korea, Officials Say

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command conduct an honorable carry ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H), Hawaii, Aug. 1, 2018. Carry teams will move fifty-five transfer cases, containing what are believed to be the remains of American service members lost in the Korean War, to the DPAA facility at JBPH-H for identification. North Korea recently turned over the remains to the U.S. and is the first mass turnover of remains since the early '90s.

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Rim of the Pacific Exercise Features Last Flight for RQ-7B Shadow

A U.S. Marine Corps RQ-7B Shadow Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) assigned to Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3 prepare to launch in support of the amphibious landing demonstration as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise Marine Corps Base Hawaii July 21, 2018. The launch was the last flight for the Shadow in the U.S. Marine Corps in which the platform will be replaced with the RQ-21 Blackjack, a technologically superior and expeditionary UAS. RIMPAC provides high-value training for task-organized, highly capable Marine Air-Ground Task Force and enhances the critical crisis response capability of U.S. Marines in the Pacific. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California.

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Marines with TRT Plt. take on the jungle

Cpl. Chad T. Adams, left, and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Kendra L. Tenorio patrol through Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan July 26, 2018. Marines with Tactical Readiness and Training Platoon, Marine Logistics Group Headquarters, 3rd Marine Logistics Group conducted patrols to maintain tactical proficiency within combat environments in order to train other units in 3rd MLG. Adams is a native of Rancho Cucamonga, California. Tenorio is a native of Orange County, California.

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Talks Bolster U.S.-Australia Security Relationship, Mattis Says

Australian Minister for Defence Marise Payne and Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis speak with each other following a session during the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultation at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Ca., July 23, 2018.

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STEP ONE, CHECK – 31ST MEU COMPLETES MEUEX

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, riding Assault Amphibious Vehicles, head toward the shore during a mechanized assault as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s MEU Exercise, near Ginoza Village, Okinawa, Japan, June 28, 2018. Marines and Sailors with Echo Company performed the final training event of MEUEX, an assault launched from Camp Schwab and targeting Combat Town, part of Okinawa’s Central Training Area. Marines with Echo Company, the mechanized assault element with BLT 2/5, partner with AAV crews to perform raids and assaults launched from the sea. MEUEX is the first in a series of three pre-deployment training events that prepare the 31st MEU to deploy at a moment’s notice. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations.

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Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Team Searches for the Missing

In this file photo, U.S. Navy Equipment Operator 2nd Class Spencer Angel, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery noncommissioned officer augmentee, shovels mud out of a wet screening station’s water supply during a DPAA recovery mission in Khammouan province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, June 10, 2018. DPAA team members deployed to the area in hopes of locating U.S. service members who went missing from the Vietnam War. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.

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Marines, Sailors volunteer at Okinawan senior citizen home

Marines and Sailors wash a car at Ai-no-Mura Senior Citizens Home, Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa, Japan, June 9, 2018. Marines and Sailors volunteer to upkeep the senior citizen home to improve the quality of life. Volunteering helps build camaraderie within the unit along with building relationships with the local community.

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MARFORPAC hosts annual Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium in Hawaii

Senior Leaders from the Indo-Pacific region sit on a panel discussing the value of amphibious operations during the Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium (PALS) 2018 in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 22, 2018. The purpose of PALS is to bring together senior leaders of allied and partner militaries with an interest in amphibious operations and capability development in order to foster stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade sets sail

Japanese UH-60J helicopters leave to assist in simulated casualty evacuations during an amphibious warfare exercise on the DDH Type Hyuga while underway in the Pacific Ocean, May 19, 2018. Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, joined the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members to embark with the newly formed Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade to enhance the ARDB’s capabilities to deal with various situations on islands. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide range of military operations.

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Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade sets sail

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members join U.S. Marines and Sailors, to celebrate an amphibious warfare exercise at Camp Ainoura, Sasebo, Japan, May 16, 2018. Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, joined the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members to embark with the newly formed Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade to enhance the ARDB’s capabilities to deal with various situations on islands. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide range of military operations.

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nic Arendale, a grenadier assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment and Philippine Marines with 10th Marines Company provide security on the beach during the amphibious landing exercise as part of Exercise Balikatan at the Naval Education and Training Center, in San Antonio, Zambales, Philippines May 8, 2018. This training is held to further interoperability between the U.S. and the Philippines while conducting amphibious exercises. Exercise Balikatan, in its 34th iteration, is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism and other combined military operations held from May 7 to 18.

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Iwakuni Marines rescue boat passengers at Kintai Bridge

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dawson Hatzman, an engineer assistant with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, explains how he helped a boatman at the Kintaikyo Bridge in Iwakuni City, Japan, May 1, 2018. Hatzman helped a local Japanese boatman free his boat from the current in the Nishiki River during Easter weekend.

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31st MEU returns home after historic deployment

Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit move packs and gear pier side at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, April 21, 2018, after returning from the 31st MEU’s Spring Patrol 2018. The 31st MEU partners with the Navy’s Amphibious Squadron 11 to form the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, a cohesive blue-green team capable of accomplishing a variety of missions across the Indo-Pacific.

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Dunford Visits With Australian Chief of Defense, Moves on to Thailand

Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with Air Chief Marshal Mark D. Binskin, chief of the Australian Defense Force upon their arrival at the Admirality House in Sydney, Australia, Feb. 5, 2018.

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Leaders walk toward unity

Yoshihiko Fukuda, mayor of Iwakuni City, and U.S. Marine Corps Col. Richard F. Fuerst, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, walk the streets during the Eighth Joint Leadership Walk in Iwakuni City, Japan, Jan. 31, 2018. The event displayed the effort put forth by MCAS Iwakuni to strengthen the existing relationship with the Japanese community and showcased the working relationship between Japanese leaders and MCAS Iwakuni.

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