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Exercise Koa Moana: The first direct training between U.S. Marines, Papua New Guinea Defence Force

Papua New Guinea soldiers and U.S. Marines and Sailors stand in formation during the opening remarks for Exercise Koa Moana, June 18, 2016, at Taurama Barracks, Papua New Guinea. The multi-national, bilateral exercise is designed to improve interoperability and relations through mil-to-mil training and by sharing infantry, engineering, medical and law enforcement skills. The Papua New Guinea soldiers are with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Royal Pacific Islands Regiment, Papua New Guinea Defence Force. The Marines and Sailors are with Task Force Koa Moana, originally assigned to I and I Marine Expeditionary Force.

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Task Force Koa Moana arrives in Papua New Guinea

A Papua New Guinean naval ship heads toward USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2) for Task Force Koa Moana to disembark their gear and personnel, off the coast of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, June 17, 2016. This marks the first time the Papua New Guinea Defence Force and U.S. Marines will train together directly. Papua New Guinea is the second of four destinations for the task force during their deployment in the Asia-Pacific region. Their deployment consists of multiple multi-national, bilateral exercises designed to increase the interoperability and relations between participating nations by sharing infantry, engineering, law enforcement and medical skills. The Marines and Sailors are originally assigned to I and III Marine Expeditionary Force.

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Red Flag-Alaska 16-2

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Malcolm Cappelle, a quality assurance safety observer with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, and forward deployed to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, walks with his team to an arriving F/A-18C Hornet during exercise Red Flag-Alaska 16-2 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 16, 2016. Cappelle’s team carried and secured ordnance on the squadron’s fighter jets in support of exercise Red Flag-Alaska 16-2.

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Red Flag-Alaska 16-2

U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, taxi down the runway at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, during their participation in Red Flag-Alaska 16-2, June 7, 2016. Red Flag-Alaska 16-2 provides squadrons the opportunity to train with joint and international units, increasing their combat skills by participating in simulated combat situations in a realistic threat environment. (U.S. Marine photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin/Released)

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Task Force Koa Moana teaches non-lethal capabilities in Timor Leste

Cpl. Preston G. Thompson (Right) instructs Pvt. Fransicso Araujo how to properly operate the X26-E Taser during Exercise Crocodilo 16, June 7, 2016, at Metinaro, Timor Leste, as part of Task Force Koa Moana’s deployment to nations in the Asia-Pacific region. The task force brings capabilities in law enforcement, infantry, engineering and combat lifesaving skills to increase interoperability and relations with participating nations. Araujo is with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, Timor Leste Defense Force. Thompson, from Wyoming, Michigan, is a military police and chief instructor for the non-lethal weapons course with Task Force Koa Moana, originally assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

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U.S. MARINES CONDUCT AMPHIBIOUS EXERCISE WITH PHILIPPINE MARINE CORPS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA

In this file photo, U.S. Marines, assigned to Company Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, conduct an amphibious exercise with service members of the Philippine Marine Corps.The service members participated in a number of classes and exercises with the Marines and Sailors aboard the USS Ashland (LSD 48) in support of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training. CARAT is a series of annual, bilateral maritime exercises between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the armed forces of nine partner nations to include Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Timor-Leste. The Ashland is assigned to the U.S. 7th Fleet.

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Man down: MRF-D simulates casualty evacuation

Marines endure light debris from a UH-1Y Venom helicopter at a landing zone outside of Robertson Barracks, Northern Territory, Australia, on May 20, 2016. Marines with Marine Rotational Force - Darwin simulated causality evacuations with a UH-1Y Venom helicopter. MRF-D is a six-month deployment of Marines into Darwin, Australia, training in a new environment. The Marines are with Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, MRF-D and Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, MRF-D.

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Closing the gap: Airmen, Marines and Sailors practice Air Field Damage Repair

U.S. Marine Corps Marines observe Airmen operating heavy equipment during a two day joint airfield damage repair exercise May 18, 2016 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Airmen demonstrated the method and technique the U.S. Air Force uses for airfield damage repair the first day of the exercise and the Marines applied those techniques during the second day.

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Army mariners conducts weapons training at sea

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (May 16, 2016) - A Soldier with 545th Transportation Company, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, fires a M2 .50-caliber machine gun from the deck of Logistical Support Vessel-2, the CW3 Harold C. Clinger, during waterborne gunnery training May 16, miles off shore of Oahu, Hawaii.

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Red Patchers: The Misunderstood Marines

Marines conduct a helicopter support team exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, April 22, 2016. The Marines are landing support specialists, commonly referred to as red patchers, with Landing Support Detachment, 3rd Transportation Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

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JSDF, U.S. Marines continue Ship to Shore Earthquake Relief

HAKUSUI SPORTS PARK, AICHI, Japan (April 20, 2016) - Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) personnel carry supplies from a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), in Hakusui Sports Park, Kyushu island. The supplies are in support of the relief effort after a series of earthquakes struck the island of Kyushu. The 31st MEU is the only continually forward-deployed MEU and remains the Marine Corps' force-in-readiness in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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JSDF, U.S. Marines continue Ship to Shore Earthquake Relief

AT SEA (April 20, 2016) - Japan Maritime Self Defense Force personnel, U.S. Navy sailors and U.S. Marines load supplies onto a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) that is aboard a JS Hyuga (DDH 181). The supplies are in support of the relief effort after a series of earthquakes struck the island of Kyushu. The 31st MEU is the only continually forward-deployed MEU and remains the Marine Corps' force-in-readiness in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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31st MEU Marines help JSDF deliver much needed supplies to residents of Kyushu island

KYUSHU, Japan (April 19, 2016) - U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Japan Self Defense Force members deliver relief supplies to Hakusui Sports Park. The supplies are in support of the relief effort after a series of earthquakes struck the island of Kyushu. The 31st MEU is the only continually forward-deployed MEU and remains the Marine Corps' force-in-readiness in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Samantha Villarreal/Released) 160419-M-TA699-096

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Japanese and U.S. Sailors Load Supplies For Earthquake Relief Efforts

ISLAND OF KYUSHU, Japan (April 19, 2016) - Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Sailors and U.S. Navy Sailors load supplies aboard an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, aboard the JS Hyuga off the coast of the Island of Kyushu. The Marines with VMM-265 had just flown in from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and landed aboard the JS Hyuga in order to load supplies for the residents of the island of Kyushu. 160419-M-AO893-042

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U.S. Marine Awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal for Heroic Act

Lt. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy, III Marine Expeditionary Force Commanding General, presents an award to Maj. William Easter, the theatre security cooperation officer with III MEF, in the Battle Cabin room of the III MEF headquarters building, Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 14, 2020. Easter was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps medal for saving the life of a drowning, pregnant woman.

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Boxer, Bonhomme Richard and Dokdo Amphibious Ready Groups Operating Together During Exercise Ssang Yong

WATERS EAST OF KOREA (March 8, 2016) - U.S. ships from the Boxer and Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Groups are underway with the Dokdo Amphibious Ready Group from the Republic of Korea during Ssang Yong 2016. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps team are committed to the ROK-U.S. Alliance and conduct exercises regularly to ensure interoperability and maintain strong working relationships to support the sovereignty of the Republic of Korea. Ssang Yong familiarizes American armed forces with the Korean peninsula and builds upon the strong preexisting relationship between the two militaries.

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Komatsu ATR enhances interoperability for defense of Japan

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron(VMFA) 314, forward based to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, arrive at Komatsu Air Base, Japan, for the Komatsu Aviation Training Relocation exercise March 7, 2016. The ATR program, established in 2007, is in place as a result of the Defense Policy Review Initiative to increase the operational readiness of U.S. and Japanese forces, enhance bilateral interoperability and reduce local noise pollution.

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3d MEB transitions from Freedom Banner 16 into Ssang Yong 16

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Detachment 39, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, disembark from a high speed vessel in support of exercises Freedom Banner/Ssang Yong at Pier 9, Pohang seaport, South Korea, March 5, 2016. Exercise Ssang Yong 2016 is a biennial military exercise focused on strengthening the amphibious landing capabilities of the Republic of Korea, the U.S., New Zealand and Australia. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Allison Lotz/Released)

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Exercise Iron Fist: PHIBLEX

A Landing Craft Air Cushion from Assault Craft Unit Five, lands ashore to drop equipment and personnel in support of the Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) for Exercise Iron Fist 2016 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 26, 2016. This year’s PHIBLEX was a bilateral, ship-to-shore, amphibious assault, between the U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, utilizing AAVs to seize objectives via beachhead.

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Cobra Gold 16: Noncombatant Evacuation Preparation

A MV-22 Osprey sits on display for Thai, Malaysian and Japanese service members and spectators to tour during a noncombatant evacuation demonstration as part of exercise Cobra Gold 16 at Utapao, Thailand, February 17, 2016. The Osprey brings a longer travel range and bigger capacity for supplies compared to traditional helicopters, but it can access tighter spaces than a traditional fixed-wing aircraft. Cobra Gold is a multi-national exercise designed to increase cooperation and advance the Pacific region’s peace and interoperability. The Osprey is with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

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