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Cpl. Andre Thomas, right, tries food prepared by students

Cpl. Andre Thomas, right, tries food prepared by students

Cpl. Andre Thomas, right, tries food prepared by students and volunteers in the Camp Courtney English language class at the Urumin Welfare Center Dec. 10. Okinawan students and Marine volunteers got together at... More

Marines with Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division,

Marines with Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division,

Marines with Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, launch an anti-personnel obstacle breaching system during live-fire training here April 10 during Exercise Balikatan 2... More

Teams take off during the annual Henoko Hare Boat Races

Teams take off during the annual Henoko Hare Boat Races

Teams take off during the annual Henoko Hare Boat Races July 10. Each team consisted of eight rowers, a drummer and one coxswain provided by the Henoko Fisherman’s Association.

Marines enhance convoy operation abilities

Marines enhance convoy operation abilities

Marines with Motor Transport Company, Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, dismount their tactical vehicles to set up camp at Landing Zone Cardinal July 12.

Marines conduct convoy operations

Marines conduct convoy operations

Marines with Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, work to take down a tent at Landing Zone Cardinal July 15 after participating in a four-day training evolution.

Sailors from shock trauma platoon, attached to Combat

Sailors from shock trauma platoon, attached to Combat

Sailors from shock trauma platoon, attached to Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, rush a simulated casualty to a landing zone during casualty evacuation drills with c... More

Heavy equipment operators with Combat Engineer Company,

Heavy equipment operators with Combat Engineer Company,

Heavy equipment operators with Combat Engineer Company, Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, reconstruct a berm on a range here, Feb. 8, during Exercise Cobra Gold 2012... More

Sgt. Kyle J. Becker, team leader with Force Reconnaisance

Sgt. Kyle J. Becker, team leader with Force Reconnaisance

Sgt. Kyle J. Becker, team leader with Force Reconnaisance Company, 3rd Reconnaisance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, conducts professional military education to Royal Thai Marine... More

Cmdr. Puthaparn, a nurse with the Royal Thai Navy and

Cmdr. Puthaparn, a nurse with the Royal Thai Navy and

Cmdr. Puthaparn, a nurse with the Royal Thai Navy and instructor with Tactical Casualty Combat Care team along with Petty Officer 3rd Class John A. Bitella, a hospital corpsman with 3rd Medical Battalion team, ... More

Royal Thai Marine Corps advance toward the objective

Royal Thai Marine Corps advance toward the objective

Royal Thai Marine Corps advance toward the objective while U.S. Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit provide security during the multilateral amphibious assault here Feb. 10. The Marines were conductin... More

Sailors with Shock Trauma Platoon, 3rd Medical Battalion,

Sailors with Shock Trauma Platoon, 3rd Medical Battalion,

Sailors with Shock Trauma Platoon, 3rd Medical Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, conduct training with simulated casualties during Cobra Gold '... More

Marines from Amphibious Assault Company, Combat Assault

Marines from Amphibious Assault Company, Combat Assault

Marines from Amphibious Assault Company, Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force and a Royal Thai Marine patrol and search for improvised explosive devices as part of count... More

Marines conduct counter-IED training at Cobra Gold 2012

Marines conduct counter-IED training at Cobra Gold 2012

Marines with Amphibious Assault Company and a Royal Thai Marine patrol and search for improvised explosive devices as part of counter-IED training. The training event is one of multiple training evolutions duri... More

Thailand, Republic of Korea, US forces conduct amphibious assault

Thailand, Republic of Korea, US forces conduct amphibious assault

A Republic of Korea Marine provides security while U.S. Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, rush toward the objective during the multilateral ... More

Staff Sgt. Peter A. Scott, a platoon sergeant with

Staff Sgt. Peter A. Scott, a platoon sergeant with

Staff Sgt. Peter A. Scott, a platoon sergeant with Combat Engineer Company, Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, gives a demolition handling and usage class during demo... More

Royal Thai Marines receives professional military

Royal Thai Marines receives professional military

Royal Thai Marines receives professional military instruction on how to properly engage targets at the amphibious assault vehicle gunnery range at the training area here Feb. 11. Royal Thai and the Republic of ... More

Royal Thai, U.S. and Republic of Korea Marines participate

Royal Thai, U.S. and Republic of Korea Marines participate

Royal Thai, U.S. and Republic of Korea Marines participate in a survival training class during Exercise Cobra Gold 2012 here Feb. 11. The training showed Marines how to survive in jungle terrain such as; findin... More

During a cultural exchange, a Royal Thai Marine demonstrates

During a cultural exchange, a Royal Thai Marine demonstrates

During a cultural exchange, a Royal Thai Marine demonstrates his kicking ability he uses for Muay Thai boxing at the training area here Feb. 15. Royal Thai Marines, Republic of Korea Marines and U.S. Marines wi... More

Marines with CAB look for coral reefs while piloting

Marines with CAB look for coral reefs while piloting

Marines with CAB look for coral reefs while piloting a combat rubber raiding craft on their way to Kushi Crossing off the coast of Camp Schwab March 30. The purpose of the reconnaissance was to see where their ... More

Utilities Marines improve field conditions

Utilities Marines improve field conditions

Marines pour water into a pump to clear air from the line at Kin Blue April 12. The Marines are able to provide clean water for drinking and showering by purifying ocean water. The Marines are with CAB.

Drew A. Sizemore, a boy scout with Troop 112 in Okinawa,

Drew A. Sizemore, a boy scout with Troop 112 in Okinawa,

Drew A. Sizemore, a boy scout with Troop 112 in Okinawa, takes aim at the marksmanship station during a weeklong camp at Kin Blue Beach Training Area April 12. During the camp, the scouts had the opportunity to... More

JGSDF tour facilities, observe AAV capabilities

JGSDF tour facilities, observe AAV capabilities

Assault amphibious vehicles of Combat Assault Battalion show their cross- country capabilities during a demonstration at Camp Schwab July 10. The AAV crewmen demonstrated the capabilities to members of the Japa... More

Lt. Col. Terry M. Paustenbaugh, left, gives a speech

Lt. Col. Terry M. Paustenbaugh, left, gives a speech

Lt. Col. Terry M. Paustenbaugh, left, gives a speech to Marines, sailors and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members as Cpl. Aaron S. Kang and Lance Cpl. Ziyi Guo translate in Japanese during the welcome party ... More

Lance Cpl. Joseph R. Hauer clears a smoke-filled room

Lance Cpl. Joseph R. Hauer clears a smoke-filled room

Lance Cpl. Joseph R. Hauer clears a smoke-filled room during live-fire grenade training at Camp Hansen Sept. 14. Hauer is a light armored vehicle crewman with the light armed reconnaissance platoon. The platoon... More

Terumi Tokuda, left, chainsaws the remaining pieces

Terumi Tokuda, left, chainsaws the remaining pieces

Terumi Tokuda, left, chainsaws the remaining pieces of his collapsed house as Lance Cpl. Mitchell C. Dunson assists him at Henoko Oct. 17. Marines and sailors volunteered to help Tokuda, a Henoko resident, take... More

Marines wait with their assault amphibious vehicles

Marines wait with their assault amphibious vehicles

Marines wait with their assault amphibious vehicles during surf qualification off the coast of Oura Wan Beach at Camp Schwab Oct. 30. The qualification is required to guarantee the Marines are competent swimmer... More

Marines drive an assault amphibious vehicle aboard

Marines drive an assault amphibious vehicle aboard

Marines drive an assault amphibious vehicle aboard the USS Denver during Exercise Keen Sword 2013 Nov. 9. U.S. military and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel are training alongside each other at locatio... More

Marines with Combat Engineer Company calculate the

Marines with Combat Engineer Company calculate the

Marines with Combat Engineer Company calculate the net explosive weight of the charges they will use during urban mobility breaching training Dec. 6 at the Central Training Area near Camp Schwab. The company is... More

Assault amphibious vehicle crew members instruct Pfc.

Assault amphibious vehicle crew members instruct Pfc.

Assault amphibious vehicle crew members instruct Pfc. Nathan E. Craig (center) on how to operate an AAV Jan. 24 in the North Fuji Maneuver Area at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji on mainland Japan. Mari... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Richard E. Bousman uses a bulldozer

U.S. Marine Sgt. Richard E. Bousman uses a bulldozer

U.S. Marine Sgt. Richard E. Bousman uses a bulldozer to push out a layer of earth from the future site of an explosive ordnance demolition site Feb. 14 at Ban Chan Krem, Kingdom of Thailand. The construction is... More

A Marine fires an M240B medium machine gun Nov. 2 during

A Marine fires an M240B medium machine gun Nov. 2 during

A Marine fires an M240B medium machine gun Nov. 2 during exercise Blue Chromite 15 in the Central Training Area. Blue Chromite demonstrates the Navy and Marine Corps’ expeditionary capabilities from the sea. Ma... More

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 along with Marines from the Combat Assault Battalion conduct an urban mobility breaching exercise. The Seabees are working with Marines from the Combat ... More

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officers and Marines

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officers and Marines

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officers and Marines with Combat Assault Battalion prepare to board an MV-22B Osprey March 1 at the Central Training area near Camp Hansen. The Osprey transported the JGSDF offic... More

Marines with Combat Assault Battalion discuss their

Marines with Combat Assault Battalion discuss their

Marines with Combat Assault Battalion discuss their first water-borne movement March 5 at Camp Schwab during water-operations training. The Marines used the first day of training for refreshing basic assault am... More

Marines pilot an assault amphibious vehicle aboard

Marines pilot an assault amphibious vehicle aboard

Marines pilot an assault amphibious vehicle aboard the USS Denver during Exercise Keen Sword 2013 Nov. 9, 2012. CAB is the only battalion-sized combat assault unit in the Marine Corps. It provides 3rd Marine Di... More

Members of Combat Assault Battalion place a simulated

Members of Combat Assault Battalion place a simulated

Members of Combat Assault Battalion place a simulated casualty on a stretcher April 11 before evacuating the Marine via an MV-22B Osprey.

CAB, Ospreys conduct casualty evacuation training

CAB, Ospreys conduct casualty evacuation training

Lance Cpl. Andrew R. Becker provides security as an MV-22B Osprey touches down at the central training area April 11 during a casualty evacuation drill. Becker is a combat engineer with Combat Assault Battalion... More

Republic of Korea and U.S. amphibious assault vehicles

Republic of Korea and U.S. amphibious assault vehicles

Republic of Korea and U.S. amphibious assault vehicles and ships gather in preparation for an amphibious landing on Hwajin-ri and Doksuk-ri beaches April 26 in Republic of Korea waters during Ssang Yong 13. The... More

A U.S. Navy landing ship prepares to offload during

A U.S. Navy landing ship prepares to offload during

A U.S. Navy landing ship prepares to offload during an amphibious landing by Republic of Korea and U.S. Marines on Doksuk-ri Beach using assault amphibious vehicles April 26. The amphibious landing was the culm... More

Marines and sailors with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine

Marines and sailors with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine

Marines and sailors with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, paddle through the water during the annual Henoko dragon boat races at Matsuda-No-Hama Beach June 2. The races are a revered tradition on Okinawa, an... More

Pfc. Orlando Gonzalez, I Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd

Pfc. Orlando Gonzalez, I Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd

Pfc. Orlando Gonzalez, I Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, provides security for his fire team during an amphibious raid exercise with Royal Thai marines during exercise Cooperat... More

Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion push a combat

Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion push a combat

Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion push a combat rubber raiding craft June 14 from Oura Wan shore on Camp Schwab to take children for a ride during the 2nd annual “Do What Daddy Does” day. The CRRCs are ... More

Marines with the 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd

Marines with the 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd

Marines with the 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, return to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) after conducting amphibious assault training with the Malaysian army during... More

Marines with the Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine

Marines with the Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine

Marines with the Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, return to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga after conducting amphibious assault training with the Malay... More

Lance Cpl. Jose M. Orantes ensures all bolts are secure

Lance Cpl. Jose M. Orantes ensures all bolts are secure

Lance Cpl. Jose M. Orantes ensures all bolts are secure after coming ashore during a field training exercise July 15 at the Central Training Area. The battalion-wide training exercise employed the unique capabi... More

Pfc. Nathaniel A. Henthorne engages and suppresses

Pfc. Nathaniel A. Henthorne engages and suppresses

Pfc. Nathaniel A. Henthorne engages and suppresses targets July 22 at Range 10 near Camp Schwab during a combined-arms exercise. Marines with Combat Engineer Co., CAB, worked with mortarmen with 3rd Battalion, ... More

Okinawa families make splash with service members

Okinawa families make splash with service members

Lance Cpl. Ricardo Gonzalez plays with children from the Asunaro Nursery School of Nago City Aug. 10 at Oura Wan Beach on Camp Schwab. “The biggest thing for us was just the opportunity to be able to come,” sai... More

Cpl. Nikolas C. Wurdelman returns fire Aug. 15 during

Cpl. Nikolas C. Wurdelman returns fire Aug. 15 during

Cpl. Nikolas C. Wurdelman returns fire Aug. 15 during platoon-level military operations in urban terrain and counterinsurgency operations training at the Combat Town facility in the Central Training Area. Wurde... More

Maj. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy III, right, receives the

Maj. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy III, right, receives the

Maj. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy III, right, receives the traditional Mameluke sword before cutting a cake Sept. 16 at the 71st birthday of the 3rd Marine Division at Camp Courtney. Marine Corps tradition dictates tha... More

The USS Ashland floats off the coast of Camp Schwab

The USS Ashland floats off the coast of Camp Schwab

The USS Ashland floats off the coast of Camp Schwab Sept. 18. Service members with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expedit... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jordan D. Watson sights-in

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jordan D. Watson sights-in

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jordan D. Watson sights-in with his rifle while participating in a basic amphibious assault exercise Sept. 18 on the beach at Camp Schwab. Watson is a hospital corpsman with Weapons Comp... More

Pfc. Nicholas T. Bower aims-in with his M4 service

Pfc. Nicholas T. Bower aims-in with his M4 service

Pfc. Nicholas T. Bower aims-in with his M4 service rifle during the reaction to sniper and improvised explosive device evolution of the 3rd Marine Division Rifle Squad Competition Sept. 25 at the Central Traini... More

Combat scenarios challenge Marines during Chromite

Combat scenarios challenge Marines during Chromite

Marines escort a downed pilot role-player they located Dec. 5 amid a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel scenario during Exercise Chromite. During the exercise, Marines gained valuable experience, which... More

A Marine provides cover for two combat engineers as

A Marine provides cover for two combat engineers as

A Marine provides cover for two combat engineers as they prepare a simulated bangalore torpedo for use Jan. 21 at Landing Zone Dodo in the Central Training Area. The Marines are participating in an expansive ob... More

Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Company fire

Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Company fire

Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Company fire light armored vehicle-mounted mortars Feb. 11 during mortar live-fire training at the Central Training Area near Camp Hansen. The LAV-mortar variant is an ... More

U.S. Marines Sgt. Jakob W. Schulz demonstrates how

U.S. Marines Sgt. Jakob W. Schulz demonstrates how

U.S. Marines Sgt. Jakob W. Schulz demonstrates how to prepare an explosive detonator to Royal Thai Navy Petty Officer’s 1st Class Kemjaer Nakprom, left, and Prajak Mikaew, center, Feb. 17 at Ban Chan Krem, King... More

A Marine competitor, top, drives his opponent into

A Marine competitor, top, drives his opponent into

A Marine competitor, top, drives his opponent into the ground May 31 during the annual Henoko Okinawa-Style Sumo Tournament at Mae-No-Hama field in Henoko. Okinawa-style sumo wrestling, also known as kakuriki, ... More

Lance Cpl. Aaron R. Blessing, center right, is lifted

Lance Cpl. Aaron R. Blessing, center right, is lifted

Lance Cpl. Aaron R. Blessing, center right, is lifted by his opponent Yousuke Miyagi May 31 during the annual Henoko Okinawa-style Sumo Tournament at Mae-No-Hama field in Henoko. Okinawa-style sumo wrestling, a... More

Finalists line up after presenting their costumes June

Finalists line up after presenting their costumes June

Finalists line up after presenting their costumes June 21 during the Super Duper Cosplay Contest at the Palms on Camp Hansen. The contestants went on stage to show their costumes and compete for first place. Th... More

Lance Cpl. Josue E. GonzalezDuran , right, directs

Lance Cpl. Josue E. GonzalezDuran , right, directs

Lance Cpl. Josue E. GonzalezDuran , right, directs Lance Cpl. Nolan J. Anderson listens where to drive an assault amphibious vehicle as they prepare to board a high-speed vessel July 14 at Kin Red, Okinawa. KM... More

Lance Cpl. Jeffery A. Anderson, a Grand Junction, Colorado,

Lance Cpl. Jeffery A. Anderson, a Grand Junction, Colorado,

Lance Cpl. Jeffery A. Anderson, a Grand Junction, Colorado, native, reads the names of fallen United Nations service members July 17 during a visit to the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Mari... More

Key leaders with the Korean Marine Exchange Program

Key leaders with the Korean Marine Exchange Program

Key leaders with the Korean Marine Exchange Program 14-12 attend a meeting to finalize training plans July 21 at 1st Republic of Korea Marine Division Base, Pohang, South Korea. During the meeting, staff member... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jason D. Humphries, an Auburn,

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jason D. Humphries, an Auburn,

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jason D. Humphries, an Auburn, Washington, native, demonstrates how to perform a proper functions check of an M240B medium machine gun before starting a patrol training event July 22 duri... More

Exploding onto field, engineer Marines take range

Exploding onto field, engineer Marines take range

Composition C-4 and dynamite are detonated by U.S. and Republic of Korea Marines safely positioned in a bunker July 23 during demolitions training at Susungri Range in Pohang, South Korea, as part of Korean Mar... More

Boxes of explosives are staged for demolitions training

Boxes of explosives are staged for demolitions training

Boxes of explosives are staged for demolitions training July 23 at Susungri Range, Pohang, Republic of Korea, as part of Korean Marine Exchange Program 14-12. ROK and U.S. Marines followed all safety procedures... More

.S. Marines carry Bangalore torpedoes fused with detonation

.S. Marines carry Bangalore torpedoes fused with detonation

.S. Marines carry Bangalore torpedoes fused with detonation cord used to clear obstacles at Crow Valley, the Philippines, during Amphibious Landing Exercise 15, Oct. 8. PHIBLEX is an annual, bilateral training ... More

Lt. Col. James Sweeney shakes hands with James Young

Lt. Col. James Sweeney shakes hands with James Young

Lt. Col. James Sweeney shakes hands with James Young during a meet-and-greet with the Eli Young Band Oct. 31 at the Army and Air Force Exchange Service on Camp Schwab. The band came to the AAFES to congratulate... More

Marines and Assault Amphibious Vehicles aboard the

Marines and Assault Amphibious Vehicles aboard the

Marines and Assault Amphibious Vehicles aboard the USS Germantown prepare to depart for Camp Schwab, Japan during exercise Blue Chromite 15 Nov. 1. Blue Chromite exercises the interoperability and joint capabil... More

U. S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Carlos T. Jackson, left,

U. S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Carlos T. Jackson, left,

U. S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Carlos T. Jackson, left, answers questions regarding the capabilities and limitations of amphibious assault vehicles with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Yoshiyuki Goto Dec. 4 ... More

Cpl. Howard Brown plays the trumpet during the 2nd

Cpl. Howard Brown plays the trumpet during the 2nd

Cpl. Howard Brown plays the trumpet during the 2nd annual English Day Camp Feb. 28 at the Nago City Youth Center. Okinawa community volunteers and Marines stationed on Camp Schwab helped teach English to Okinaw... More

Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion pull a

Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion pull a

Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion pull a combat rubber raiding craft during a relay race March 20 at Camp Hansen, Okinawa. The relay race was part of 9th Engineer Support Battalion’s St. Patrick’s Day... More

Gunnery Sgt. Maurice Williams teaches children how

Gunnery Sgt. Maurice Williams teaches children how

Gunnery Sgt. Maurice Williams teaches children how to dye eggs April 4 during a United Service Organization Easter celebration on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan. The camp opened its gates to Henoko and Nago City r... More

U.S. Marines ready the M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge

U.S. Marines ready the M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge

U.S. Marines ready the M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge April 23, during Exercise Balikatan 2015 at Crow Valley, Philippines. The MICLIC is 1,750 pounds of composite C-4 fired remotely from inside an assault amphi... More

Cpl. David Vargas-Merlo waits calmly in the darkness

Cpl. David Vargas-Merlo waits calmly in the darkness

Cpl. David Vargas-Merlo waits calmly in the darkness of an amphibious assault vehicle before rushing into an attack, Oct. 26, 2015, on Okinawa, Japan, during Blue Chromite 2016. Blue Chromite is a large-scale, ... More

 Two U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicles push towards a beachhead during the second amphibious assault of Blue Chromite 2016

Two U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicles push towards a beachhead ...

Okinawa, Japan (Oct. 29, 2015) Two U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicles push towards a beachhead during the second amphibious assault of Blue Chromite 2016, at Kushii Crossing, Okinawa, Japan. The Marines pu... More

A U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle pushes towards

A U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle pushes towards

A U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle pushes towards a beach-head during the second amphibious assault of Blue Chromite 2016, at Kushii Crossing, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 29, 2015. The Marines onboard pushed thr... More

EASTERN TRAINING AREA, OKINAWA, Japan – Marines with

EASTERN TRAINING AREA, OKINAWA, Japan – Marines with

EASTERN TRAINING AREA, OKINAWA, Japan – Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, run together during the annual rifle squad/crew-served we... More

2,500 Marines and Sailors Division run

2,500 Marines and Sailors Division run

Maj. Gen. Richard L. Simcock II, commanding general of 3rd Marine Division,addresses approximately 2,500 Marines and Sailors following a division wide motivational run at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 12, 2... More

Sgt. Pedro A. Borunda was named the 2016 Noncommissioned

Sgt. Pedro A. Borunda was named the 2016 Noncommissioned

Sgt. Pedro A. Borunda was named the 2016 Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for III Marine Expeditionary Force in December of 2016. Today, his fellow Marines consider him a leading example and inspiration both... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Andrei B. Greenfield, left,

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Andrei B. Greenfield, left,

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Andrei B. Greenfield, left, breaks down a weapon with Philippine Marine Sgt. Rolly R. Cariaga, right, an AAV gunner with Assault Armor Battalion, aboard Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, on Ju... More

Philippine Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph Casabuena rests

Philippine Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph Casabuena rests

Philippine Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph Casabuena rests in the shade on a 100-degree day during amphibious operations with U.S. Marines from Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, July 18, 2017, on Camp Sch... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel Odom is a mortar man

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel Odom is a mortar man

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel Odom is a mortar man with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion attached to Combat Assault Battalion through the unit deployment program, supporting Northern Viper, Aug. 9-26,... More

U.S. Marines rappel during the rappel phase of the

U.S. Marines rappel during the rappel phase of the

U.S. Marines rappel during the rappel phase of the 3rd Marine Division Annual Squad Competition December 4, 2017, in Okinawa, Japan. The squad competition is a challenge to see which unit is the fittest for com... More

A 3rd Marine Division Marine rappels during the rappel

A 3rd Marine Division Marine rappels during the rappel

A 3rd Marine Division Marine rappels during the rappel phase of the 3rd Marine Division Annual Squad Competition December 4, 2017, in Okinawa, Japan. The squad competition is a challenge to see which unit is th... More

Lance Cpl. Tom M. Enright, center right, attempts to

Lance Cpl. Tom M. Enright, center right, attempts to

Lance Cpl. Tom M. Enright, center right, attempts to topple Yoshiya Sakumoto May 31 during the annual Henoko Okinawa-Style Sumo Tournament at Mae-No-Hama field in Henoko. The tournament serves to build on the a... More

The explosion from an anti-personnel obstacle breaching

The explosion from an anti-personnel obstacle breaching

The explosion from an anti-personnel obstacle breaching system erupts here April 10 during Exercise Balikatan 2011. Marines from Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, em... More

Lance Cpl. Andrew C. Brooks was one of seven Marines

Lance Cpl. Andrew C. Brooks was one of seven Marines

Lance Cpl. Andrew C. Brooks was one of seven Marines with Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, to receive the Purple Heart for wounds received during recent Afghanistan... More

Marines with Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division,

Marines with Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division,

Marines with Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, celebrate as they cross the finish line during the annual Henoko Hare Boat Races July 10. The Marines were one of six ... More

Casualty evacuation corpsman with 4th Marine Aircraft

Casualty evacuation corpsman with 4th Marine Aircraft

Casualty evacuation corpsman with 4th Marine Aircraft Wing are escorted to a CH-46 helicopter by a crewman with Marine Medium Helicopter Squardron 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Ma... More

Heavy equipment operators with Combat Engineer Company,

Heavy equipment operators with Combat Engineer Company,

Heavy equipment operators with Combat Engineer Company, Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, reconstruct the earth berm of a range here, Feb. 8, during Exercise Cobra G... More

Two CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters of Marine Medium

Two CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters of Marine Medium

Two CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters of Marine Medium Headquarters Squadron 262, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, fly over amphibious assault vehicles storming the beach as Republic of Kor... More

Royal Thai Marines practice weapons handling skills

Royal Thai Marines practice weapons handling skills

Royal Thai Marines practice weapons handling skills before advancing through the Military Operations on Urban Terrain town at the Ban Cham Krem training area here Feb. 8 during Cobra Gold '12. Cobra Gold is a r... More

A Royal Thai Marine establishes security by setting

A Royal Thai Marine establishes security by setting

A Royal Thai Marine establishes security by setting up the cordoned off area that the simulated IED was found during training. Other U.S. Marines from Amphibious Assault Company, Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd M... More

Sailors with Shock Trauma Platoon, 3rd Medical Battalion,

Sailors with Shock Trauma Platoon, 3rd Medical Battalion,

Sailors with Shock Trauma Platoon, 3rd Medical Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, conduct training with simulated casualties during Cobra Gold '... More

Royal Thai and U.S. Marines practice combat life saving

Royal Thai and U.S. Marines practice combat life saving

Royal Thai and U.S. Marines practice combat life saving techniques using simulated casualty victims as part of CLS drills here Feb. 10 during Exercise Cobra Gold 2012. The exercise is a recurring multinational ... More

A member of the Royal Thai Marines displays a plant

A member of the Royal Thai Marines displays a plant

A member of the Royal Thai Marines displays a plant while his Thai translator points out the parts that are edible during a survival training class as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2012 here Feb. 11. A portion of... More

Master Sgt. Kent L. Corbett (right), the operations

Master Sgt. Kent L. Corbett (right), the operations

Master Sgt. Kent L. Corbett (right), the operations chief for Combat Engineer Company, Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force helps a Marine setup his demolition package d... More

Marines with Amphibious Assault Vehicle Company train

Marines with Amphibious Assault Vehicle Company train

Marines with Amphibious Assault Vehicle Company train with Royal Thai Marines at the amphibious assault vehicle gunnery at the Ban Chan Krem training area here Feb. 11. Amphibious Assault Vehicle Company, Comba... More

Republic of Korea Marines conduct Taekwondo, a form

Republic of Korea Marines conduct Taekwondo, a form

Republic of Korea Marines conduct Taekwondo, a form of martial arts, during the sports cultural exchange at the training area here Feb. 15 as part of Cobra Gold 2012. Cobra Gold is an annual Royal Thai and U.S.... More

Marines with Combat Assault Battalion pilot a combat

Marines with Combat Assault Battalion pilot a combat

Marines with Combat Assault Battalion pilot a combat rubber raiding craft on their way to Kushi Crossing off the coast of Camp Schwab March 30. Kushi Crossing is where CAB lands its amphibious assault vehicles ... More

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