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U.S. Marines, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force begin Exercise Forest Light Western Army

Col. Robert Brodie, left, commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, stands with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Kouki Watanabe, commanding officer of the JGSDF 12th Infantry Regiment after the opening ceremony for Exercise Forest Light Western Army at Camp Oyanohara, Kyushu, Japan, Jan. 18, 2020. The exercise will consist of field training events including basic infantry skills, vertical assaults integrated with MV-22B Osprey flight operations, and combined–arms, and enhances the collective defense capabilities of the U.S.-Japanese alliance. 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 premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.
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31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Maritime Raid Force begins Training Exercise in Hawaii

Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force secure a simulated casualty during Visit, Board, Search and Seizure training in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Jan. 10, 2020. During VBSS training, the Marines hone their ship boarding and seizure capabilities to better perform maritime interdiction operations. 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 premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.
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U.S. Navy Seabees with NMCB 5’s Detail Iwakuni Start a Landfill Capping Project in Support of MCAS

Equipment Operator 3rd Class Marco Padilla, from San Antonio, and Equipment Operator 3rd Class Micheal King, from St. Stephen, South Carolina, deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5’s Detail Iwakuni, put logs into the bucket of backhoe to clean the project site. U.S. Navy Seabees with NMCB-5’s Detail Iwakuni are constructing a landfill capping project in support of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. NMCB-5 is deployed across the Indo-Pacific region conducting high-quality construction to support U.S. and partner nations to strengthen partnerships, deter aggression, and enable expeditionary logistics and naval power projection.
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Yama Sakura 77 Draws to a Close

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Gary J. Volesky, I Corps commanding general, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Lt. Gen. Takayuki Onozuka, commanding general of the JGSDF Eastern Army, address Yama Sakura 77 participants during the closing ceremony at Camp Asaka, Japan, Dec. 15, 2019. “We have shown over the past week that no enemy can stand against us if we fight together,” Volesky said. “There were many accomplishments shared by our forces during this exercise, including many that have never been done before.”
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Yama Sakura 77 Kicked Off - “Together to the Future!”

America’s First Corps Soldiers salute the colors during the opening ceremony of exercise Yama Sakura 77 at Camp Asaka, Japan, Dec. 9, 2019. “Months of careful planning were invested to bring us together today, and there is nowhere I’d rather be,” said Lt. Gen. Gary J. Volesky, I Corps commanding general. “I’m honored and humbled to fight alongside you.”
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1st Marine Aircraft Wing Rapid Deployment Exercise

CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters sit on the tarmac in preperation for a rapid deployment exercise conducted by 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditioary Force in Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 24, 2019. As the only forward deployed MEF, III MEF is strategically postured to quickly and effectively respond to any crisis using austere, expeditionary bases and established airfields within the Indo-Pacific region.
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3rd Marine Division Participates in Fuji Viper 20-1

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Zachary Scalzo participates in a combat marksmanship range during exercise Fuji Viper 20.1 in Camp Fuji, Japan, Oct. 16, 2019. Fuji Viper is a regularly scheduled training evolution for infantry units assigned to 3rd Marine Division as part of the unit deployment program. The training allows units to maintain their lethality and proficiency in infantry and combined arms tactics. Scalzo is assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.
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MARFORPAC Initiates Simulated Crisis Action Drill: 31st MEU Rapidly Responds

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 36 conduct a decontamination during a “no-notice” embassy reinforcement and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear response drill on Camp Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 31, 2019. The exercise demonstrated the MEU’s ability to conduct planning, insertion, execution, and retrograde at distances of up to 600 miles within 72 hours. 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 premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Ronald Reagan Earns Project Good Neighbor Award

File photo - The Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) sails while underway. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region. (October 4, 2019)
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Admiral Visits Cordova as Part of Navy's Arctic Expeditionary Exercise

Rear Adm. Scott Gray, commander of Navy Region Northwest, learns about local commercial fishing processes from John Renner, a commercial fisherman in Cordova. Gray was in Alaska along with approximately 3,000 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps personnel supporting the Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise (AECE) 2019. AECE 2019, is a joint training exercise that tests expeditionary logistical capabilities in the Arctic region and prepares joint forces to respond to crises across the Indo-Pacific.
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Royal Thai Army First to Receive Strykers

Gen. Robert B. Brown, U.S. Army Pacific commanding general and Gen. Apirat Kongsompong, Royal Thai Army commander-in-chief, address RTA soldiers and senior leaders during a Stryker handover ceremony Sept. 12, 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Royal Thai Army Stryker represents the commitment between the United States and Thailand to modernize the Royal Thai Army, and further supports the U.S.-Thailand alliance’s goal towards a free and open Indo-Pacific. .
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U.S. and Royal Thai Armed Forces Co-host 2019 Indo-Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference

Gen. Kongsompong Apirat (left), commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, and Gen. James C. McConville (right), U.S. Army Chief of Staff, hold a joint press conference during the 11th Indo-Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference (IPACC XI), the 43rd Pacific Armies Management Seminar (IPAMS XLIII), and the 5th Senior Enlisted Leaders Forum (SELF V), Sept. 9 – 11, 2019, in Bangkok, Thailand. IPACC/IPAMS/SELF are a series of Department of the Army and U.S. Army Pacific forums to build interpersonal relationships, foster multilateralism, dialogue, and cooperation for regional approaches to contemporary security challenges in the Indo-Pacific.
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Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, JMSDF Sail together in Western Pacific

The Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) sails alongside the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force guided-missile destroyer JS Myoko (DDG-175) while underway. The Navy and JMSDF regularly operate, train and exercise together to improve interoperability and strengthen joint capabilities. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region.
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31st MEU Completes MAGTF-level Sequential Islands-seizure Rehearsal from Amphibious Shipping

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to set perimeter security during a simulated airfield seizure after a long-range raid from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 12, 2019. The 31st MEU and Amphibious Squadron 11, aboard Wasp Amphibious Ready Group ships, conducted a series of sequential operations which simulated naval expeditionary combined-arms maneuver from amphibious assets to shore, utilizing Marine Air-Ground Task Force capabilities integrated across all warfighting domains. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kenny Nunez Bigay)
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U.S. Marines Complete Simulated Sequential Expeditionary Operations at Ie Shima Training Facility

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, post security as an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft lands during a simulated airfield seizure after a long-range raid from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 12, 2019. The 31st MEU and Amphibious Squadron 11, aboard Wasp Amphibious Ready Group ships, conducted a series of sequential operations which simulated naval expeditionary combined-arms maneuver from amphibious assets to shore, utilizing Marine Air-Ground Task Force capabilities integrated across all warfighting domains.
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36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airmen install a ring cowl on a 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron B-52 Stratofortress on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Aug. 7, 2019. The 36th EAMXS positions maintainers around the clock to respond at a moments notice in support of the Continuous Bomber Presence in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael S. Murphy)
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Marine F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft complete GAU-22 cannon, ordnance hot reload exercise in Indo-Pacific Region

An F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, lands after dropping a Joint Direct Attack Munition and a laser guided bomb during an aerial gunnery and ordnance hot-reloading exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), Solomon Sea, August 4, 2019. Wasp, flagship of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 31st MEU, is operating in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as ready-response force for any type of contingency, while simultaneously providing a flexible and lethal crisis response force ready to perform a wide range of military operations.
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USCGC Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) Arrives in American Samoa on Patrol

The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) moored in the Port of Pago Pago, American Samoa, Aug. 3, 2019. The crew is participating in Operation Aiga to conduct fisheries law enforcement and strengthen partnerships in American Samoa and Samoa throughout August.
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U.S. Army Teams with Fijian Military for Exercise Cartwheel 2019

Soldiers serving with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 25 Infantry Brigade Combat Team, exit a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Nadi International Airport, July 27. The Soldiers will embed and train with the Republic of Fiji Military Forces for approximately three weeks in a field training exercise called Exercise Cartwheel. The exercise is an opportunity to enhance professional relationships, military operations and readiness between the U.S. Army and Fijian forces while strengthening security relations for a free and open Indo-Pacific.
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USS Ronald Reagan Holds Coral Sea Remembrance Ceremony

Capt. Pat Hannifin, commanding officer of the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), and Capt. Forrest Young, commanding officer of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, lay a wreath into the Coral Sea during a remembrance ceremony for USS Lexington (CV 2). Ronald Reagan is the first aircraft carrier to commemorate Lexington since the discovery of the wreckage in 2018. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region.
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