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260201-N-JQ001-1007

Captain James Angerman (right) Commanding Officer of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, salutes as the battalion flag is raised during the Relief-in-Place / Transfer-of-Authority (RIPTOA) ceremony from NMCB 4 to NMCB 11 on Camp Shields, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 02, 2026. NMCB 11 is forward deployed under Commander, Task Force 75, which executes command and control of assigned Naval Expeditionary Combat Forces across the 7th Fleet area of operations to defend U.S. allied and partner interest. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alexa H. Trafton)
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260201-N-JQ001-1002

Commander John Frank (left) Commanding Officer of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, salutes as the battalion flag is lowered during the Relief-in-Place / Transfer-of-Authority (RIPTOA) ceremony from NMCB 4 to NMCB 11 on Camp Shields, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 02, 2026. NMCB 11 is forward deployed under Commander, Task Force 75, which executes command and control of assigned Naval Expeditionary Combat Forces across the 7th Fleet area of operations to defend U.S. allied and partner interest. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alexa H. Trafton)
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260127-M-SH338-1111

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, forward deployed to 3rd Marine Division, 4th Marine Regiment as part of the unit deployment program, sprint to their security positions after unloading from an MV-22 Osprey while conducting a helicopter raid as part of a combined Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation on Ie-Shima, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 27, 2026. The MCCRE is a formal evaluation of 4th Marine Regiment, 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, and 3rd Marine Division's Headquarters Battalion to confirm combat readiness for each unit. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. John Simpson)
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251104-M-JI447-1013

U.S. Marines with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, conduct an obstacle course during Operation Odyssey Stormbreaker III at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 4, 2025. The exercise enhanced Marines’ ability to install, operate, and maintain tactical communications architecture while strengthening leadership, teamwork, and expeditionary readiness in support of III MEF operations across the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Meshaq Hylton)
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251104-M-JI447-1200

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Brandon Aguilar, a native of California and a satellite communications operator maintainer with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, patrols on an obstacle course during Operation Odyssey Stormbreaker III at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 4, 2025. The exercise enhanced Marines’ ability to install, operate, and maintain tactical communications architecture while strengthening leadership, teamwork, and expeditionary readiness in support of III MEF operations across the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Meshaq Hylton)
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251104-M-JI447-1377

U.S. Marines with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, maneuver through chest deep water during Operation Odyssey Stormbreaker III at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 4, 2025. The exercise enhanced Marines’ ability to install, operate, and maintain tactical communications architecture while strengthening leadership, teamwork, and expeditionary readiness in support of III MEF operations across the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Meshaq Hylton)
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U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Logistics Group conduct aerial deliveries during Resolute Dragon 2

OKINAWA, Japan (Sept. 23, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Devin McRae, a loadmaster with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 153, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, waits for arrival at a drop zone before releasing container delivery systems from a KC-130J Super Hercules during an air delivery operation for Resolute Dragon 25 at Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 23, 2025. Resolute Dragon is an annual bilateral exercise in Japan that strengthens the command, control, and multi-domain maneuver capabilities of U.S. Marines in III Marine Expeditionary Force and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. McRae is a native of California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan Rodriguez Pastrana)
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Fleet Activities Okinawa Enhances Readiness During Citadel Protect Exercise

WHITE BEACH NAVAL FACILITY, Japan (July 9, 2025) — A 33-foot Force Protection-Medium Harbor Security Boat attached to Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa’s (CFAO) Naval Security Forces (NSF) conducts high-speed maneuvers during a Citadel Protect weapons training exercise in the waters near White Beach Naval Facility, Japan, July 9, 2025. Citadel Protect allows NSF personnel to simulate and train for threats to Navy installations and units. CFAO maintains and operates facilities to support United Nations Command-Rear missions, coalition and allied partners, U.S. Navy ships, submarines, and aircraft, and Joint Force assets in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class MacAdam Kane Weissman)
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250622-N-AC117-1695

Candles lit by local volunteers and U.S. Navy Sailors stationed on Okinawa illuminate memorial walls following a volunteer candle lighting event at Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa, Japan, June 22, 2025. Held on the eve of Okinawa Memorial Day, the event marked the 80th anniversary of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, honoring more than 200,000 lives lost and strengthening ties between the U.S. Navy and the local community. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class MacAdam Kane Weissman)
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250622-N-AC117-1777

Candles lit by local volunteers and U.S. Navy Sailors stationed on Okinawa spell out the Japanese symbols for “peace” during a volunteer candle lighting event at Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa, Japan, June 22, 2025. Held on the eve of Okinawa Memorial Day, the event marked the 80th anniversary of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, honoring more than 200,000 lives lost and strengthening ties between the U.S. Navy and the local community. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class MacAdam Kane Weissman)
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250622-N-AC117-1632

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Bianca Cureau, from Austin, Texas, assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, lights a candle during a volunteer candle lighting event at Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa, Japan, June 22, 2025. Held on the eve of Okinawa Memorial Day, the event marked the 80th anniversary of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, honoring more than 200,000 lives lost and strengthening ties between the U.S. Navy and the local community. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class MacAdam Kane Weissman)
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250622-N-DN657-1209

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Andrea Mayrose, from Salem, South Dakota, assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, helps light the more than 7,000 candles that illuminate the memorials walls and walk ways at Peace Memorial Park during a volunteer candle lighting event in Itoman, Okinawa, Japan, June 22, 2025. Held on the eve of Okinawa Memorial Day, the event marked the 80th anniversary of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, honoring more than 200,000 lives lost and strengthening ties between the U.S. Navy and the local community. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zack Guth)
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U.S. Marines with CLR-37 Conduct Basic Jungle Skills Course

OKINAWA, Japan (March 6, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Taiyo Tatara, left, a communication strategy and operations officer with 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3rd MLG), and Cpl. Ekwili Ekpo, right, a food service specialist with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd MLG, traverse through water during a Basic Jungle Skills Course at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, March. 7, 2025. Tatara is a native of Japan. Ekpo is a native of Texas. The course is designed to sharpen the Marines' ability to operate effectively in harsh, unfamiliar terrain, preparing them to confront adversaries in any environment, ensuring they remain agile and combat-ready in the face of evolving threats. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Weston Brown)
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MCIPAC Marines and sailors compete against each other in the Pacific Iron Challenge

OKINAWA, Japan (Jan. 23, 2025) — U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Corps Installations Pacific use the battle ropes during the Pacific Iron Challenge on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 23, 2024. During the event, Marines and Sailors with MCIPAC competed against each other in three high intensity events improving morale and increasing unit cohesion. Shin is a native of Utah and Bista is a native of Ohio. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brody Robertson)
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Maritime Raid Force conducts Visit, Board, Search and Seizure Exercise

(Dec. 12, 2024) A U.S. Marine with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, sets security during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 12, 2024. VBSS is part of maritime interception operations that aim to delay, disrupt, or destroy enemy forces or supplies in the maritime domain. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Raul SotoVilla)
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241212-M-QH573-1207

Yasuhiro Arakaki, left, the mayor of Yaese Town and U.S. Marine Corps Col. William Pacatte, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, look at toy donations during the Merry Marine Toy Drive in Yaese Town, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 12, 2024. The Merry Marine Toy Drive originated from the Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Program, Kubasaki High School. The program collects toys to give to local community children in Okinawa. Pacatte is a native of Nevada. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brody Robertson.)
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241212-M-QH573-1023

Toys from the Merry Marine Toy Drive are displayed during the Merry Marine Toy Drive in Yaese Town, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 12, 2024. The Merry Marine Toy Drive originated from the Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Program, Kubasaki High School. The program collects toys to give to local community children in Okinawa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brody Robertson.)
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31st MEU | BLT 2/4 Small Boat Sustainment

(Dec. 10, 2024) U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 31st Marine Expeditonary Unit, conduct boat formation drills with an enhanced combat rubber reconnaissance craft during a small boat sustainment training at Naval Base White Beach, Okinawa, Japan on Dec. 10, 2024. This training was conducted for the first time in the Indo-Pacific region in order to introduce the Marines to the newly fielded E-CRRC and increase their proficiecy for upcoming boat raids. The E-CRRC has an increased load carrying capacity as well as improved ride quality, speed, stability and seakeeping in heavy seas over the legacy CRRC. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Angel Diaz Montes De Oca)
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241209-M-DJ385-1003

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Marielena Valtierra, a postal clerk with Marine Corps Installations Pacific Marine Corps Base Camp Butler Postal, sorts packages at the MCIPAC Postal Operations Center on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 9, 2024. The MCIPAC Postal Operations Center is responsible for sending mail abroad and distributing incoming military mail to all post offices on Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, U.S. Army Garrison Tori Station, and Kadena Air Force Base. During the holidays, MCIPAC MCB Camp Butler Postal increased their working hours over 72-hour holiday liberty periods and regularly processed up to six full-sized trailer trucks each day. Valtierra is a native of Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Thomas Sheng)
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241209-M-DJ385-1029

U.S. Marines and master labor contractors with Marine Corps Installations Pacific Marine Corps Base Camp Butler Postal, sort mail bags and parcels at the MCIPAC Postal Operations Center on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 9, 2024. The MCIPAC Postal Operations Center is responsible for sending mail abroad and distributing incoming military mail to all post offices on Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, U.S. Army Garrison Tori Station, and Kadena Air Force Base. During the holidays, MCIPAC MCB Camp Butler Postal increased their working hours over 72-hour holiday liberty periods and regularly processed up to six full-sized trailer trucks each day. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Thomas Sheng)
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