IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, Japan -- U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion 2nd Marines of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, U.S. Airmen with the 353rd Special Operations Group stationed at Kadena Air Base, Japan, and MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma,...

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni -- U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, completed the first stage of Eagle Wrath 2016 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, July 17, 2016.The annual exercise focuses on providing...

OMINATO, Japan (NNS) -- U.S. mine countermeasures (MCM) units and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force MCM units are scheduled to commence the 2016 Mine Countermeasures Exercise (MCMEX) 2JA, July 17.MCMEX 2JA is an annual bilateral exercise held between the U.S. and Japan to strengthen interoperability...

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson is scheduled to visit China, July 17 to 20, to meet with People's Liberation Army (Navy) (PLA(N)) commander Adm. Wu Shengli. The goal of the three-day visit to Beijing and Qingdao is to improve mutual understanding and...

POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii -- When disaster strikes, most people observe from the outside. They cringe, they pity, they pray.However, some brave men and women choose not to be casual observers. They are the volunteer force who respond to emergencies, like Force Reconnaissance Marines with III...