U.S. Marines and Vietnamese troops move through the
U.S. Marines and Vietnamese troops move through the grounds of the Imperial Palace in the old citadel area of Hue, Vietnam, Feb. 26, 1968, after seizing it from Communist hands. The heavy damage was the result ... More
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force provides rear security during a bottom-up house clearing exercise as part of a close-quarters tactics range on Camp Ha... More
A reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary
A reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Amphibious Reconnaissance Platoon reloads a pistol magazine during marksmanship training aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), un... More
Marine 2nd Lt. Maxwell Bennett, a Communications Strategy
Marine 2nd Lt. Maxwell Bennett, a Communications Strategy and Operations officer with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes a cell phone picture from the vantage point of an Imperial Japanese machine gunner... More
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force carries a simulated casualty during a stress shoot as part of a close-quarters tactics range on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, ... More
Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary
Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) celebrate the 122nd birthday of the Hospital Corps on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 17, 2020. The Hospital Corpsman birthday was established... More
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force carries ammo cans during a stress shoot as part of a close-quarters tactics range on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, May 14, 202... More
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force grabs ammunition prior to a modified qualification as part of a close-quarters tactics range on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, ... More
Force Reconnaissance Marines with the 31st Marine
Force Reconnaissance Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Maritime Raid Force clear a stairway during a close-quarters tactics range on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 20, 2020. The 31st MEU... More
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Maritime Raid Force fast ropes into a close-quarters tactics exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 21, 2020. The 31st MEU, th... More
Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) with Naval Beach
Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) with Naval Beach Unit 7 move supplies in preparation to board amphibious assault ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 19. 2021. The 31st MEU is operating a... More
Marines Conduct IED Training. U.S. Marine expeditionary force
Marines from Truck Platoon, Headquarters and Services Company and Combat Engineer Company, Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, drag simulated improvised explosive devi... More
31st MEU Embarks for Asia-Pacific Region
Tactical vehicles parked in front of Peralta Hall, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit headquarters building wait to depart enroute to White Beach Naval Facility where they will be loaded onto ships for the 31st... More
31st MEU Fast Ropes Aboard USNS Alan Shepard
Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) fast rope from a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter onto the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS A... More
Comm Marines Keeps 3rd MEB Wired
Lance Cpl. Joshua Daigler, with Radio Data Team, Company B, 7th Communications Battalion, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade test network connections prior to Amphibious Landing Exercise 2011, Oct. 6. Phiblex 201... More
Seaman Jason S. Ramirez, corpsman, Marine Aircraft
Seaman Jason S. Ramirez, corpsman, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Tech. Sgt. Isidro Dadizon, a medical technician for the Philippine Air Force discuss a child's prognosis during t... More
Cpl. Chadrick Green, an electrician with Combat Logistics
Cpl. Chadrick Green, an electrician with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, Marine Expeditionary Unit 31, plays with Jennie Hernadaz, a student with Anastacio EL Dinglas Elementary School) during the Engineer Civil... More
Brig. Gen. Joel C. Marayag, commander, 1st Air Division,
Brig. Gen. Joel C. Marayag, commander, 1st Air Division, Philippine Air Force speaks during the opening ceremony for PHIBLEX 2011 held on Clark Air Base, Pampanga, Republic of the Philippines, Oct. 14, 2010. PH... More
Brig. Gen. Mark A. Brilakis, commanding general, 3d
Brig. Gen. Mark A. Brilakis, commanding general, 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and Brig. Gen. Rustico O. Guerrero, commandant, Philippine Marine Corps, shake hands during the closing ceremony of Amphibious L... More
U.S. military personnel along with their Filipino
U.S. military personnel along with their Filipino counterparts conducted initial bilateral recovery assistance in the areas impacted by Typhoon Juan international name, Megi), Oct. 20-22. During this period, U... More
Phiblex '11 comes to close during ceremony
A bilateral color guard presents the colors during the closing ceremony of Amphibious Landing Exercise 2011 here, Oct. 22. Throughout the exercise, AFP and U.S. personnel conducted different training evolutions... More
Vehicles and gear, from the 31st Marine Expeditionary
Vehicles and gear, from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, is embarked onto a Landing Craft Utility in preparation for the MEU’s deployment throughout the Asia-Pacific region. T... More
Blue-green team helps landings aboard Essex
A crew member of the USS Essex guides an AV-8B Harrier to its designated space after completing flight operations Feb. 1. The 31st MEU is an ideal example of how the Marine Corps trains and operates as a Marine... More
A Marine with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, Ground
A Marine with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, Ground Combat Element, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Forward, III Marine Expeditionary Force, breaks down and stows away his parachute after executing a high-altit... More
3rd Reconnaissance Battalion Marines conduct HALO training during Cobr...
A Marine with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, Ground Combat Element, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Forward, III Marine Expeditionary Force, breaks down and stows away his parachute after executing a high-altit... More
Royal Thai and U.S. Marine aircraft provide air support
Royal Thai and U.S. Marine aircraft provide air support for an amphibious assault raid here Feb. 10, 2011, during Exercise Cobra Gold 2011. Cobra Gold 2011 is a regularly scheduled multinational training exerci... More
Marines with BLT 2/5, 31st MEU, III MEF, practice MCMAP
Marines with BLT 2/5, 31st MEU, III MEF, practice MCMAP techniques with Cambodian service members Feb. 27. The 31st MEU visited and participated in bilateral training as part of the U.S. Pacific Command’s Theat... More
31st MEU rady to provide relief in Japan
Sailors with Amphibious Squadron 11 attach chains to a CH-46E Sea Knight with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, during flight deck operations, March 13. Marines... More
A Sailor signals the Marine pilots of a CH-53E Super
A Sailor signals the Marine pilots of a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, as it takes off during flight operations March 17. The 31st... More
The USS Essex (LHD 2), with the 31st Marine Expeditionary
The USS Essex (LHD 2), with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard, nears the coast of Japan at sunrise, Mar. 27, 2011. The 31st MEU and Amphibious Squadron 11 delivered food, water, comfort items and commer... More
Meals Ready-to-Eat are moved March 27 to an elementary
Meals Ready-to-Eat are moved March 27 to an elementary school here serving as a shelter for 400 families that were displaced by the March 11 tsunami and earthquake. The MREs were offloaded from two Navy landing... More
Col. Andrew MacMannis (right), 31st Marine Expeditionary
Col. Andrew MacMannis (right), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit commanding officer, talks with Eija Kimizuka, commander of Joint Task Force-Tohoku, about present operations during Kimizuka’s visit aboard USS Esse... More
A Marine with Battalion Landing Team, 2d Battalion,
A Marine with Battalion Landing Team, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, helps a local man remove an unscathed table from a severely damaged house here during Operation Field Day, a debr... More
Heavy equipment operated by a Marine with the 31st
Heavy equipment operated by a Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, carries a destroyed truck to a collection point, where over 100 others rest. As part of Operation Tomodachi, the 31st MEU is ready t... More
Dragons join 31st MEU as air combat element
Two CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, taxi across a runway on Marine Corps Air Station Futenm... More
A Marine with Company F communicates with USS Tortuga
A Marine with Company F communicates with USS Tortuga via radio as his boat heads through the surf to White Beach Naval Facility June 28. The Marines and USS Tortuga conducted launch and recovery operations to ... More
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrives for Talisman Sabre 2011
Lance Cpl. Don Picha, right, with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, poses for a picture with a child after letting him try on Marine Corps gear at Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011's opening ceremony at the Rockha... More
31st MEU arrives for Talisman Sabre 2011
Lance Cpl. Don Picha, right, with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, poses for a picture with a child after letting him try on Marine Corps gear at Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011's opening ceremony at the Rockha... More
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Stephan A. Fournier,
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Stephan A. Fournier, left, and Craig J. Reyes, right, both mortarmen with Company G, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III M... More
Marines with Company F lay in floor boards on their
Marines with Company F lay in floor boards on their combat rubber raiding craft near Kin Blue Beach July 13.
U.S. Marines and Australian Defence Force personnel
U.S. Marines and Australian Defence Force personnel listen as U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Thomas A. Salas, right, from Yigo, Guam, a martial arts instructor trainer with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logi... More
Corps’ amphibious roots on display
Amphibious assault has long been a part of Marine Corps tradition, demonstrated first during the landing at New Providence Island, Bahamas, in 1776 and utilized during many major conflicts of World War II and t... More
An amphibious assault vehicle carrying elements of
An amphibious assault vehicle carrying elements of Company G, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, charges onto Freshwater Beach, Queensland, Australia, in ... More
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion,
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element, load an internally transportable vehicle into a CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter... More
Aviation Combat Element embarks, brings aerial assets to 31st MEU
A CH-53E Sea Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 (Reinforced) prepares to land on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 28. HMM-2... More
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, discuss plans for moving the supplies with the role players during a disaster relief training exercise held on Camp Hansen Oct. 10. Du... More
Lance Cpl. Cody Lindeman, left, a machine gunner with
Lance Cpl. Cody Lindeman, left, a machine gunner with BLT 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, communicates with a Philippine Marine during the mock mechanized amphibious assault at the Naval Training Facility in San Mi... More
Brig. Gen. Craig Q. Timberlake, commanding general
Brig. Gen. Craig Q. Timberlake, commanding general of 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and distinguished guests stand at attention while colors are presented during the closing ceremony for Amphibious Landing E... More
PHILIPPINE SEA (April 15, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 2nd
PHILIPPINE SEA (April 15, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Marcus Carter with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), a native of Houston, Texas, gives a Marine with the 31st MEU a... More
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 16, 2020) An F-35B Lightning
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 16, 2020) An F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares to land on the flight deck of... More
Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. poses for a photo with
Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. poses for a photo with Naoki Kondo, administrator for the Sendai International Airport Office, after presenting him a plaque for their efforts and support during Operation Tomodac... More
Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri says goodbye to children
Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri says goodbye to children as he exits Oshima Elementary during a visit Jan. 12. During the visit, nearly 30 members of the III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations... More
Raymond and Motoko Richards (left), homestay volunteers
Raymond and Motoko Richards (left), homestay volunteers were greeted by Naoko Kikuta (right) on Oshima Island, Jan. 12. Kikuta's children participated in the homestay program last summer.
Marines with Company A, Battalion Landing Team 1st
Marines with Company A, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, run toward an objective at the Kin Blue training area, Okinawa, Japan, during a mock boat raid ... More
Spouses of service members with III Marine Expeditionary
Spouses of service members with III Marine Expeditionary Force graduate Okinawa Leadership Seminar at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, March 1, 2018. OLS graduates participated in week long lectures and workshops o... More
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion,
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, are transported aboard amphibious assault vehicles to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga from Ca... More
Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit unload
Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit unload their gear and equipment off of a Navy landing craft here, Feb. 8. The Marines aboard the landing craft were some of the first elements of the 31st MEU to ar... More
U.S. Marine amphibious assault vehicles from the 31st
U.S. Marine amphibious assault vehicles from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit line up on a beach during the bilateral mechanized raid training here Feb. 11.The Marines were training with Royal Thai Marines du... More
U.S. Marine Lt. Col. William E. Arick III, commanding
U.S. Marine Lt. Col. William E. Arick III, commanding officer of Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, briefs official visitors about the non-combatant evacuation operation site here Fe... More
A reconnaissance Marine takes part in a timed shooting
A reconnaissance Marine takes part in a timed shooting drill while marksmanship instructors watch where his shots hit during a three-week maritime raid force urban sniper course at Camp Schwab April 14. The ins... More
Marines brace against Aussie advance during Exercise Hamel 2012
Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a response to contact drill here, June 30. The Marines of 3rd platoon with Weapons platoon rei... More
Sergeant Levi J. Slife, a joint terminal air controller,
Sergeant Levi J. Slife, a joint terminal air controller, gives a class on reads a map in preparation of calling close-air support at Afghanistan 2010. The JTAC is the chief designator of artillery or close-air ... More
Lance Cpl. Shane A. Bailey seperates trash and recyclables
Lance Cpl. Shane A. Bailey seperates trash and recyclables with citizens of Kin Town during a community relations event at the Kin Town fishery port Aug. 4. Bailey is a machine-gunner with Battalion Landing Tea... More
Staff Sgt. Leo A. Hunnicutt prepares fake IEDs for
Staff Sgt. Leo A. Hunnicutt prepares fake IEDs for a mock convoy around Camp O’Donnell Oct. 9. Members of the Philippine Marines, Army and U.S. Marines participated in a convoy to learn how one another react to... More
Joy M. Aguilas speaks during the closing ceremony of
Joy M. Aguilas speaks during the closing ceremony of an engineering civic assistance project Oct. 16 as part of the bilateral Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) 2013. Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine E... More
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Justin M. Millard
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Justin M. Millard examines Nab Sinyon’s back as Aorowan Pandee, right, translates at a cooperative health engagement Feb. 11 at Nong Ya Plong village, Ban Dan Lan Hoi District,... More
A U.S. Navy landing craft air cushion hovercraft
A U.S. Navy landing craft air cushion hovercraft transporting U.S. Marines glides toward the beach Feb. 14 during an amphibious assault demonstration alongside Royal Thai Marines in Sattahip, Kingdom of Thailan... More
Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense
Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialists practice evacuating a simulated casualty from a hazardous area May 24 during a reconnaissance fitness test at Camp Hansen. The CBRN Marines per... More
A U.S. Marine assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion,
A U.S. Marine assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, peers down his AN/PVQ-31 Rifle Combat Optic at a simulated enemy during a mock mechanized raid at the Shoalwater ... More
Sgt. Juan F. Cerna secures detonation cord to the primer
Sgt. Juan F. Cerna secures detonation cord to the primer of a percussion actuated neutralizer Oct. 23 during disruptive-tools training at the Demolitions 2 Range in the Central Training Area. Cerna and other ex... More
Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st
Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU), III Marine Expeditionary Force, load gear and equipment onto the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) at U.S. Navy White Beach Port Fa... More
U.S. Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit,
U.S. Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, use a Landing Craft Air Cushion to load gear and equipment onto the USS Germantown at U.S. Navy White Beach Port Facility, O... More
U.S. Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit,
U.S. Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, load gear and equipment onto the USS Germantown at U.S. Navy White Beach Port Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 16, 2013. The M... More
Philippine Armed Forces service members, local volunteers
Philippine Armed Forces service members, local volunteers and U.S. Marines help unload bags of food off a truck Nov. 18 at Villamor Air Base in Luzon, Philippines. Some of the bags contain enough food to feed f... More
An MV-22B Osprey aircraft, assigned to the 3rd Marine
An MV-22B Osprey aircraft, assigned to the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, carrying a bilateral assessment team, lands to refuel on the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, Nov. 18. Operation Damayan is th... More
U.S. Marine Cpl. Stephen Jarrell, of Toledo, Ohio,
U.S. Marine Cpl. Stephen Jarrell, of Toledo, Ohio, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, observes a destroyed village from a MV-22B Osprey aircraft as a bilateral assessment team lands to deli... More
Seawater is pumped through tactical water purification
Seawater is pumped through tactical water purification systems here Nov. 19. The TWPS systems uses state-of-the-art reverse osmosis technology to produce potable water. Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines Nov... More
Lieutenant Col. Omar J. Randall (right), commanding
Lieutenant Col. Omar J. Randall (right), commanding officer of Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), discusses the locations for aid deliveries with a village mayor using a Philip... More
A sailor signals to an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft
A sailor signals to an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, as part of 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and in support of Joi... More
Lt. Gen. John Wissler (center), the commanding general
Lt. Gen. John Wissler (center), the commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force, meets Marines and sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit during a visit here, Nov 26. Elements of the 31st MEU... More
Sgt. Rick D. Guthrie (left), the engineer platoon sergeant
Sgt. Rick D. Guthrie (left), the engineer platoon sergeant for Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), explains the capabilities of the embarked heavy equipment to Ambassador Philip... More
A CH-53E Super Stallion touches down at Landing Zone
A CH-53E Super Stallion touches down at Landing Zone Falcon Jan. 3 during confined area landing training in the Central Training Area. The helicopter and crew are with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, curr... More
Maj. Neil E. Oswald, center, inspects his CH-53E Super
Maj. Neil E. Oswald, center, inspects his CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with his crew before flying Jan. 8 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Oswald is a CH-53E pilot with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron ... More
Logistics Marines establish command operations center on Courtney
Lance Cpl. Nicholas Montgomery, left, executes an inventory review with Lance Cpl. Darrell W. Evans Jan. 15 at a command operations center training event at Camp Courtney. During the training, the Marines estab... More
A Marine, left, with Company F, Battalion Landing Team
A Marine, left, with Company F, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, maintains security with a service member of the 12th Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, during a small-unit tr... More
Marines aboard amphibious assault vehicles conduct
Marines aboard amphibious assault vehicles conduct a rehearsal combined forcible entry landing operation on Dogue beach March 29 in Pohang, Republic of Korea as part of exercise Ssang Yong 2014. Ssang Yong demo... More
Australian soldiers run out of a CH-53E Super Stallion
Australian soldiers run out of a CH-53E Super Stallion April 4 in Pohang, Republic of Korea as part of a simulated vertical assault. The Australians assaulted a wooded area after disembarking and used technique... More
Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd
Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and under the command of 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, III Marine Expeditionary Force ... More
Combat shooting takes Marine overseas, shooting professionally for his...
First Lieutenant Andrew H. Walker engages targets at unknown distances with the Beretta M9 pistol during the Australian Army Skill at Arms Meeting May 3, 2014. The AASAM is an annual weapons based competition w... More
Sgt. Kiera Persen, right, folds origami with children
Sgt. Kiera Persen, right, folds origami with children of the Nagomi Nursing Home for Children June 22 in Nago. Marines and sailors spent the day doing activities and having an American-style cookout with the re... More
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers receive instruction
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers receive instruction during shallow water egress training (SWET) at Camp Hansen’s pool, June 26. The SWET course covered how to use a breathing regulator and flotation de... More
Top leaders observe ongoing exchange program
Lieutenant General John E. Wissler (right), commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force, shakes hands with Lt. Gen. Koichiro Bansho, commanding general of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force Western Ar... More
Private Naoki Yamagudi posts security while practicing
Private Naoki Yamagudi posts security while practicing small unit level techniques and procedures as part of the Japan Observer Exchange Program at Kin Blue beach here, July 16. Yamagudi is a scout swimmer with... More
Marines fast-rope from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter
Marines fast-rope from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter July 18 at the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, during a Marine Expeditionary Unit exercise. The training scenario called for the 31st MEU’s Batta... More
Maj. Gen. Andrew W. O’Donnell, center, talks to a
Maj. Gen. Andrew W. O’Donnell, center, talks to a representative of the North Kanto Defense Bureau, left, July 20 during a static display of the MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft at Yakota Air Base. Marines flew... More
Spectators observe the MV-22 Osprey as part of the
Spectators observe the MV-22 Osprey as part of the Sapporo Air Show at Sapporo Okadama Airport, July 20. More than 20,000 spectators viewed U.S. and Japan military and commercial aircraft that were either on st... More
Spectators get an up-close look at various aircraft
Spectators get an up-close look at various aircraft as part of the Sapporo Air Show at Sapporo Okadama Airport, July 20. More than 50,000 spectators viewed U.S. and Japan military and commercial aircraft that w... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Traciemarie D. San Juan, center,
Petty Officer 3rd Class Traciemarie D. San Juan, center, is awarded the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal at Camp Hansen, July 25, for her actions in stabilizing a Marine World War II veteran after he suffere... More
U.S. Marines and soldiers with the Japan Ground Self
U.S. Marines and soldiers with the Japan Ground Self Defense Force shake hands following the conclusion of the Japan Observer Exchange Program (JOEP) at Camp Hansen, Aug. 7. The JGSDF soldiers integrated with B... More
Children hula hoop Aug. 8 during a beach bash at the
Children hula hoop Aug. 8 during a beach bash at the United States Army Garrison Torii Station beach. The beach bash was held as a fun event to allow service members and their families an opportunity to relax b... More