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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

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – Lance Cpl. Demetrious

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – Lance Cpl. Demetrious

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – Lance Cpl. Demetrious Board holds a ballistic shield before firing during an Special Reaction Team familiarization range Nov. 8 aboard Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. Board completed ... More

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – A Marine with the Provost

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – A Marine with the Provost

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – A Marine with the Provost Marshal’s Office prepares for a Special Reaction Team Special Effects Small Arms Marking System Tactic Based Training range Nov. 22 at Combat Town, Okinaw... More

Travelling at reduced speeds helps motorists see the

Travelling at reduced speeds helps motorists see the

Travelling at reduced speeds helps motorists see the road better and allows the driver more time to react to road conditions.

Corpsman selected for Sailor of Year

Corpsman selected for Sailor of Year

Petty Officer 1st Class Scott A. Moore of U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan, was selected as 2011 Navy Medicine West Sailor of the Year Nov. 10.

Lance Cpl. Spencer Brady, a reconnaissance man with

Lance Cpl. Spencer Brady, a reconnaissance man with

Lance Cpl. Spencer Brady, a reconnaissance man with Company B, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, sprints with a full water jug during the sandbag and water jug t... More

Thirty-six Okinawans, 24 service members and two family

Thirty-six Okinawans, 24 service members and two family

Thirty-six Okinawans, 24 service members and two family members hit the mats to compete against each other in the tournament, which was put together to allow Status of Forces Agreement personnel to compete agai... More

Maintaining groups of at least two, the Special Reaction

Maintaining groups of at least two, the Special Reaction

Maintaining groups of at least two, the Special Reaction Team, Provost Marshal’s Office, Company B, Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, clear building 729, a house in old Futenma ... More

Lance Cpl. Nicolas Keel, a military policeman with

Lance Cpl. Nicolas Keel, a military policeman with

Lance Cpl. Nicolas Keel, a military policeman with Provost Marshal’s Office, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, practices baton striking techniques during Level 2 oleoresin capsicum spray qualification Jan. 4 on Ca... More

III MEF, MCBJ joins "Social Media Revolution"

III MEF, MCBJ joins "Social Media Revolution"

In August, the official III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Bases Japan Facebook, YouTube and Flickr pages were launched and have been pushing out stories, photos and videos telling the stories of M... More

Marine Corps University professor tours, lectures on counter terrorism

Marine Corps University professor tours, lectures on counter terrorism

Marines from Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, listen as Dr. Christopher C. Harmon, the Maj. Gen. Matthew C. Horner Chair of military theory, Marine Corps ... More

DBIDS nears registration deadline

DBIDS nears registration deadline

The Defense Biometric Identification System will increase security at Kadena Air Base by allowing gate guards to scan identification cards and filter authorized personnel onto base. Additionally, the DBIDS syst... More

Marines celebrate legacy, life of MLK Jr.

Marines celebrate legacy, life of MLK Jr.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Keeon Haynes, a hospital corpsman with 3rd Medical Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, performs an interpretive dance in ... More

Chaplain of Marine Corps visits Okinawa

Chaplain of Marine Corps visits Okinawa

Rear Adm. Margaret Kibben, Deputy Chief of Navy Chaplains and Chaplain of the Marine Corps, speaks with chaplains and religious programs specialist from across the Pacific region at a professional development c... More

Don't Be Silent. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Don't Be Silent. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

In 2010, 2,617 service members reported being a victim of sexual assault, according to the Department of Defense Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military. During Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the milit... More

Contracted movers pack belongings at base housing on

Contracted movers pack belongings at base housing on

Contracted movers pack belongings at base housing on Camp Foster, April 8 while Sgt. Jason Moore, noncomissioned officer-in-charge of Camp Foster Traffic Management Office, looks on. Last year, Foster TMO succe... More

Armed Forces of the Philippines Marines maintain security

Armed Forces of the Philippines Marines maintain security

Armed Forces of the Philippines Marines maintain security after clearing a room during Exercise Balikatan 2011 on Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, April 8. Balikatan means “shoulder to shoulder,” which represents t... More

Armed Forces of the Philippines Marines maintain security

Armed Forces of the Philippines Marines maintain security

Armed Forces of the Philippines Marines maintain security after clearing a room during Exercise Balikatan 2011 on Fort Magsaysay, April 8. Balikatan means “shoulder to shoulder,” which represents the bilateral ... More

Lance Cpl. Allen J. Henricks, right, a radar technician

Lance Cpl. Allen J. Henricks, right, a radar technician

Lance Cpl. Allen J. Henricks, right, a radar technician with 12th Marine Regiment (Rein.), 3rd MarDiv., III MEF, leads a group of ROK Marines in clearing a room during MOUT training at Camp Rodriguez, April 10.

Pfc. Nicole M. Merrill, mechanic assigned to Headquarters

Pfc. Nicole M. Merrill, mechanic assigned to Headquarters

Pfc. Nicole M. Merrill, mechanic assigned to Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, refills the motor oil into the engine of a M1123 high... More

Volunteers support displaced families from Honshu, Japan

Volunteers support displaced families from Honshu, Japan

Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeff Rose, a supply technician with the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron from Misawa Air Base, fills platters with food for himself and his wife Shoko who is holding their 2-week-old daugh... More

Marines based out of Camp Kinser hang fish kites over

Marines based out of Camp Kinser hang fish kites over

Marines based out of Camp Kinser hang fish kites over the Aja River for Golden Week in Urasoe City, Okinawa, April 16. Golden Week is a collection of four national holidays spanning seven days celebrated in Jap... More

During the Passover Ceder, a sterling silver Seder

During the Passover Ceder, a sterling silver Seder

During the Passover Ceder, a sterling silver Seder plate is used to arrange six items which retell the story of the exodus from Egypt. Traditionally, this is the focus of the ritual meal which Navy Cmdr. Joel D... More

Marines and mess hall managers from different camps

Marines and mess hall managers from different camps

Marines and mess hall managers from different camps aboard Okinawa sample food at a cutting, or food tasting, at the Base Food Service Building, Camp Kinser, April 21. The Marines perform the cutting to sample ... More

Landing meritorious promotions | Promotions reward high-performing junior Marines

Landing meritorious promotions | Promotions reward high-performing jun...

Marines must be recommended by their command, stand on a meritorious promotion board and display Marine Corps traits and principles to be considered for meritorious promotion. Meritorious promotions are a means... More

Students with the Ryakuren-Kaikan Okinawa face off

Students with the Ryakuren-Kaikan Okinawa face off

Students with the Ryakuren-Kaikan Okinawa face off during a sparring session in Okinawa City June 15. For Okinawans, martial arts began with kobudo, which uses common household and farming implements as weaponr... More

Umehara recognized for significant contributions

Umehara recognized for significant contributions

Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri, commanding general of Marine Corps Base Camp Butler and deputy commander of Marine Corps Bases Japan, presents a Meritorious Civilian Service award to Ichiro Umehara, community relat... More

III MEF sends first parliamentary intern to Tokyo to gain valuable experience, develop relationships

III MEF sends first parliamentary intern to Tokyo to gain valuable exp...

Capt. John A. Sautter, center, a trial counsel lawyer serving with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, discusses his internship with Maj. Gen. Peter J. Tall... More

Marines volunteer at local school

Marines volunteer at local school

Marines with Engineer Maintenance Company, 3rd Maintenance Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, take down a tree at Takahara Elementary School July 1. Engineer maintenance comp... More

Motorcyclists don personal protective equipment during

Motorcyclists don personal protective equipment during

Motorcyclists don personal protective equipment during the advanced rider track day held on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma July 16. Motorcyclists aboard Okinawa are given several opportunities throughout the ... More

Marines and sailors stationed in Japan stand behind

Marines and sailors stationed in Japan stand behind

Marines and sailors stationed in Japan stand behind their team’s flag during the opening ceremony of the 2011 WestPac Regional Softball Tournament on Camp Foster Aug. 8. The tournament was double-elimination st... More

Marines and sailors with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion,

Marines and sailors with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion,

Marines and sailors with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, enter the water wearing M25 rebreathers off the beaches of Camp Schwab Aug. 9. The M25 rebreathers pro... More

Marines sound off as a unit in response to cadence,

Marines sound off as a unit in response to cadence,

Marines sound off as a unit in response to cadence, building teamwork and motivation during a motivational run on Camp Hansen Aug. 9.

Hansen encouraged to use martial arts room

Hansen encouraged to use martial arts room

Lance Cpl. Haji A. Janneh (left) disarms Seaman Michael J. Lesinski during an Aiki Jujitsu class in the martial arts room at the House of Pain Gym North Aug. 16. Janneh is a postal clerk with Marine Corps Base ... More

Liberty Campaign Order improvements take effect

Liberty Campaign Order improvements take effect

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck, III Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general and Marine Corps Bases Japan commander, signed into effect MCBJ/III MEF Order 1050.7A Liberty Campaign Order Aug. 25, applicable for... More

Cpl. Eugene Keith, a heavy equipment operator with

Cpl. Eugene Keith, a heavy equipment operator with

Cpl. Eugene Keith, a heavy equipment operator with Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, prepares to operate a tractor, rubber-tired,... More

A Marine with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, tightens

A Marine with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, tightens

A Marine with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, tightens a knot during a classroom session at the tactical water-crossing course at the JWTC Aug. 24. Ropes are used with other standard-issue gear, such as waterproofi... More

Military Police Support Company prepares for upcoming deployment

Military Police Support Company prepares for upcoming deployment

Marines with Military Police Support Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF, walk away from their vehicles for a debrief Aug. 30 after completing a scenario during convoy operations... More

Air Crash Fire Rescue members become fire-officer qualified

Air Crash Fire Rescue members become fire-officer qualified

Marines and an airman from Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting formulate a detailed plan of attack for a fire scenario during the Fire Officer One course on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Oct. 12. (U.S. Marine ... More

Sailors with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine

Sailors with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine

Sailors with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, stand at the position of attention during remarks at a cake-cutting ceremony in honor of the U.S. Navy's 236th birthday on Camp Foster, Oct. 13.

US Navy celebrates 236th Birthday

US Navy celebrates 236th Birthday

Sailors with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, stand at the position of attention during remarks at a cake-cutting ceremony in honor of the U.S. Navy's 236th birthday on Camp Foster, Oc... More

Sgt. Carlos S. Pereyra, regimental embarkation chief,

Sgt. Carlos S. Pereyra, regimental embarkation chief,

Sgt. Carlos S. Pereyra, regimental embarkation chief, shows Marines where to properly place the center of balance mark on a vehicle during embarkation training on Camp Kinser, Oct. 14. Pereyra is assigned to Co... More

Mess hall: first choice for Marines, sailors

Mess hall: first choice for Marines, sailors

Marines and sailors stationed on Camp Foster await their self-created Oki-burrito at the Foster Mess Hall, Oct. 14. The new Oki-burrito is part of a new island-wide campaign to encourage Marines and sailors to ... More

Families unite to remember. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Families unite to remember. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Family members say a prayer during the Walk to Remember ceremony at the chapel on Camp Lester, Oct. 15. The ceremony is held by the Angel Babies support group, which helps families affected by prenatal loss. (U... More

3rd MLG celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

3rd MLG celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

The Ballet Folklorico de Mexicano Okinawa performs for U.S. service members and civilians during the 23rd Annual Hispanic Heritage Month observance during a celebration at Camp Kinser's Surfside ballroom, Oct. ... More

AFP, US ceremony shows bilateral partnership

AFP, US ceremony shows bilateral partnership

Brig. Gen. Craig Q. Timberlake, commanding general of the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, III Marine Expeditionary Force, addresses an audience during the opening ceremony of Amphibious Landing Exercise 2012 ... More

Col. John Ostrowsky, left, Humanitarian Assessment

Col. John Ostrowsky, left, Humanitarian Assessment

Col. John Ostrowsky, left, Humanitarian Assessment Survey Team officer in charge, holds a young child shortly after helping him into a vehicle in Lopburi, Thailand, Oct. 18. The HAST assisted affected Thai comm... More

Japan Minister of Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba walks

Japan Minister of Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba walks

Japan Minister of Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba walks to the air traffic control tower at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Oct. 19 with Brig. Gen. Craig Q. Timberlake, commanding general of 3rd Marine Expediti... More

Japan Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba walks

Japan Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba walks

Japan Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba walks to the air traffic control tower here with Brig. Gen. Craig Q. Timberlake, commanding general of 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, III Marine Expeditionar... More

Col. Andrew R. MacMannis, left, listens to Sgt. Maj.

Col. Andrew R. MacMannis, left, listens to Sgt. Maj.

Col. Andrew R. MacMannis, left, listens to Sgt. Maj. Gonzalo Vasquez, right, during Amphibious Landing Exercise 2011. MacMannis was responsible for the employment of more than 2,200 Marines and sailors while co... More

**DUPLICATE** MCB Fire Department responds to local fire

**DUPLICATE** MCB Fire Department responds to local fire

Firefighters from the Marine Corps Base Fire Department help fight a fire at the Daiwa Electrical Warehouse here at the request of Japanese police Oct. 26. Chatan is located next to Camp Foster. Together firefi... More

LOGCOM leadership visits III MEF

LOGCOM leadership visits III MEF

Maj. Gen. Charles L. Hudson talks with personnel at the motor pool of Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, on Camp Foster during his visit to Okinawa Oct. 25.... More

Youth celebrate red ribbon week

Youth celebrate red ribbon week

Staff Sgt. Alexander J. Bush, a sousaphonist with the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band, plays music for a crowd of children from Zukeran Elementary School on Camp Foster Oct. 28 during the school’s Red Ribbo... More

USO Futenma reopens, US Marine Corps Photo

USO Futenma reopens, US Marine Corps Photo

Col. James G. Flynn, center right, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Sgt. Maj. Brent L. Cook, far right, sergeant major of MCAS Futenma, and Freddie Cotton, center, manager of USO Futenma,... More

U.S. Marine Chief Warrant Officer Natee Kietchai, Thai

U.S. Marine Chief Warrant Officer Natee Kietchai, Thai

U.S. Marine Chief Warrant Officer Natee Kietchai, Thai subject-matter expert for the humanitarian assistance survey team from III Marine Expeditionary Force, conducts an assessment of Lopburi, Thailand, Oct. 30... More

Marines unhook latches holding a tent together to set

Marines unhook latches holding a tent together to set

Marines unhook latches holding a tent together to set it up during Exercise Command and Control on Camp Courtney Nov. 1. Each tent only takes six Marines eight minutes to erect. The Marines are assigned to Head... More

Marines, JGSDF share techniques

Marines, JGSDF share techniques

Sgt. John W. Hooser III, an instructor with Special Operations Training Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, checks the knots tied by the members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force during tactical rope su... More

Republic of Korea ambassador to Japan visits MCAS Futenma

Republic of Korea ambassador to Japan visits MCAS Futenma

Republic of Korea Ambassador Shin Kak Soo is greeted by Col. James G. Flynn during a visit to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Nov. 2. The visit was meant to familiarize Soo with Marine operations on Okinawa an... More

US Marine Corps Forces, Korea general encourages Combat Logistics Battalion 4

US Marine Corps Forces, Korea general encourages Combat Logistics Batt...

Maj. Gen. Michael R. Regner, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Korea, speaks to members of Combat Logistics Battalion 4 at a formation held on Camp Foster Nov. 3. During the formation, Regner shared storie... More

Simulator enables call-for-fire training

Simulator enables call-for-fire training

David E. Gaul shows Marine leaders and other virtual trainer staff the capabilities of the supporting arms virtual trainer on Camp Hansen Nov. 3. The SAVT facilitates calling for indirect fire on different type... More

Energy, installations, environment secretary visits

Energy, installations, environment secretary visits

Jackalyne Pfannenstiel (center), assistant secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment, Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri (right), commanding general for Marine Corps Installations Pacific, and Jos... More

Marine Corps University plans to improve education

Marine Corps University plans to improve education

Maj. Gen. Thomas M. Murray speaks to officers attending the Expeditionary Warfare School through the College of Distance Education and Training, part of the Marine Corps University, during a brief at the Ocean ... More

Marines exit onto a balcony to don gas masks during

Marines exit onto a balcony to don gas masks during

Marines exit onto a balcony to don gas masks during level four mission-oriented protective posture training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Nov. 4. The training was conducted to increase the Marines' pr... More

Sgt. Shanna L. Diep high-fives an athlete as he passes

Sgt. Shanna L. Diep high-fives an athlete as he passes

Sgt. Shanna L. Diep high-fives an athlete as he passes by a crowd at the 12th Annual Kadena Special Olympics on Kadena Air Base Nov. 5. Service members and civilians cheered on athletes as they arrived at the R... More

Toys for Tots receives first toy of season

Toys for Tots receives first toy of season

The first toys of the holiday season were donated during the kick-off event for the 20th annual Marine Corps Toys for Tots drive at the exchange on Camp Foster Nov. 5.

Avoid, report harmful toads. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Avoid, report harmful toads. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

The cane toad, or Bufo marinus, has recently been found at locations on Camp Kinser. The toad, which has not been found on any other Marine Corps installation on the island, can be identified by their skin, whi... More

Minister of Defense Ichikawa makes a courtesy call

Minister of Defense Ichikawa makes a courtesy call

Minister of Defense Ichikawa makes a courtesy call to Maj. Gen. William D. Beydler, acting Okinawa area coordinator and commanding general of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, at Building 1 here Nov. 12. The purpose of... More

A Marine and an interpreter with Combat Logistics Battalion

A Marine and an interpreter with Combat Logistics Battalion

A Marine and an interpreter with Combat Logistics Battalion 4 explain to actors portraying civilians that they are sweeping the area for improvised explosive devices during a convoy exercise Dec. 5. The actors ... More

Oki-Am Kai makes Tots bike donation

Oki-Am Kai makes Tots bike donation

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck and Sadao Kudaka present a new bicycle to Staff Sgt. Angelico A. Carranza during the Okinawa-America Association's holiday social held at the Laguna Garden Hotel on Okinawa Dec. 6. Ok... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Kingsley K. Agbitor shows how

Petty Officer 2nd Class Kingsley K. Agbitor shows how

Petty Officer 2nd Class Kingsley K. Agbitor shows how to properly apply a tourniquet during a mass-casualty exercise on Camp Hansen Dec. 6. Agbitor is a surgical technician with 3rd Medical Battalion.

JGSDF tours Butler's ordnance disposal unit

JGSDF tours Butler's ordnance disposal unit

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Sgt. Maj. Masaki Ando, an explosive ordnance disposal sergeant, looks through the scope of a special application scoped rifle during the explosive ordnance disposal study tour of... More

U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa corpsmen unload a patient

U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa corpsmen unload a patient

U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa corpsmen unload a patient in critical care from a CH-46E Sea Knight Helicopter during a simulated contingency response exercise Dec. 8 at USNH Okinawa. The exercise provided the hosp... More

Marines with 3rd Marine Landing Group disembark a U.S.

Marines with 3rd Marine Landing Group disembark a U.S.

Marines with 3rd Marine Landing Group disembark a U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility at White Beach Naval Facility Dec. 9 after returning from Thailand, where they assisted with flood-relief operations.

III MEF band hosts holiday concert

III MEF band hosts holiday concert

Chief Warrant Officer Stephen B. Giove introduces the III Marine Expeditionary Force band during their “Spirit of the Season” holiday concert at the Camp Foster Theater Dec. 9. “The concert offers a variety of ... More

Naha Air Base hosts annual air show

Naha Air Base hosts annual air show

A local veteran admires a Mitsubishi F-2 fighter on display at the Air Fiesta 2011 on Naha Air Base Dec. 11. Local community members and guests had a chance to take a look inside the static displays and see wha... More

Recon Marines return from Afghanistan

Recon Marines return from Afghanistan

Marines and sailors are greeted by friends and family at the USO on Camp Schwab Dec. 12, after returning from a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan. The Marines and sailors are with 3rd Reconnaissance Battali... More

Third Marine Expeditionary Brigade reactivated

Third Marine Expeditionary Brigade reactivated

Brig. Gen. Craig Q. Timberlake attaches a battle streamer to the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade colors, signifying the reactivation of the brigade. The MEB provides combatant commanders with a scalable emerge... More

Master Sgt. Jason A. Bolyard drops off his donation

Master Sgt. Jason A. Bolyard drops off his donation

Master Sgt. Jason A. Bolyard drops off his donation to a Toys for Tots drop-off location after completing a three-mile hike with the squadron on Camp Foster Dec. 13. More than 250 toys were collected, overflowi... More

Don Shove shares words and prayers during the grand

Don Shove shares words and prayers during the grand

Don Shove shares words and prayers during the grand opening of the Marine Corps Base Camp Butler Chapel Youth Center at Camp Foster Feb. 19. The opening included speeches from the Marine Corps Installations Pac... More

A local resident harvests hijiki, or seaweed, from

A local resident harvests hijiki, or seaweed, from

A local resident harvests hijiki, or seaweed, from the Camp Courtney beach shoreline, Feb. 20. Hijiki grows on the rocky coastlines around Japan, Korea and China. Camp Courtney opens its gates to the residents ... More

Sgt. Matthew D. Hanson prepares to detonate a charge

Sgt. Matthew D. Hanson prepares to detonate a charge

Sgt. Matthew D. Hanson prepares to detonate a charge placed on a nearby door while Marines prepare to clear the building during breaching training on Camp Hansen March 14. Hanson is a special response team memb... More

Lance Cpl. Joseph T. Crouch calms his suspect during

Lance Cpl. Joseph T. Crouch calms his suspect during

Lance Cpl. Joseph T. Crouch calms his suspect during duress call training in combat town at the central training area March 20. Crouch is a military policeman with PMO.

Marines are surprised by a simulated improvised explosive

Marines are surprised by a simulated improvised explosive

Marines are surprised by a simulated improvised explosive device during a small-unit leadership evaluation on Camp Hansen March 27. The SULE is a culminating event designed to test students of the sergeants cou... More

Military policeman saves victim with automated external defibrillator

Military policeman saves victim with automated external defibrillator

Cpl. Tristan I. Hobson checks the trunk of a patrol car for supplies on Camp Foster March 28. Hobson saved a local community member’s life on Camp Kinser Feb. 18 with the aid of an automated external defibrilla... More

Firefighters, EOD Marines conduct first hazardous material training together

Firefighters, EOD Marines conduct first hazardous material training to...

Sgt. Ryan S. Potts, left, and Sgt. David L. Crouse explosive ordnance disposal technicians, are decontaminated by firefighters at the Camp Hansen Joint Training Facility April 2. The exercise was the first in w... More

Marines conduct security augment force training

Marines conduct security augment force training

Sgt. Patrick F. Rice, middle, watches Pfc. Suthera D. Sok as he practices using the baton during security augment force training on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma April 6. This training teaches Marines to rea... More

Maj. Joe L. Moore, center left, discusses the history

Maj. Joe L. Moore, center left, discusses the history

Maj. Joe L. Moore, center left, discusses the history of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma July 17 on MCAS Futenma with government officials from Wakayama prefecture, Japan. During the briefing, participants not... More

Symposium displays high-tech  training devices

Symposium displays high-tech training devices

Marines set up security after exiting the Humvee Egress Assistance Trainer during a drill at Camp Hansen April 23. The Marines are with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1... More

Firefighters with the Kin Town Fire Department check

Firefighters with the Kin Town Fire Department check

Firefighters with the Kin Town Fire Department check Lance Cpl. Alden Strodder for injuries during a combined-joint exercise at the Kin Blue Training Area April 25. During the exercise, Strodder, an aviation fl... More

Sgt. Timmy J. Crochet hugs his wife Cassandra and son

Sgt. Timmy J. Crochet hugs his wife Cassandra and son

Sgt. Timmy J. Crochet hugs his wife Cassandra and son Jestin at the explosive ordnance disposal shop on Camp Hansen May 4 after returning from a six and a half-month deployment in Helmand province, Afghanistan.... More

Marines receive hands-on training with a rough terrain

Marines receive hands-on training with a rough terrain

Marines receive hands-on training with a rough terrain crane during a licensing course Aug. 12 on Camp Hansen. The class took place Aug. 11-15 and was geared toward expanding 7th Communication Battalion’s opera... More

Marines with 9th ESB return from Afghanistan

Marines with 9th ESB return from Afghanistan

Sgt. Daniel G. Malmberg hugs his wife Raechel and their daughter Evelyn upon his return to Camp Hansen from a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan. Malmberg, a military policeman with 9th Engineer Support Batt... More

UN P-3 visits Futenma. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

UN P-3 visits Futenma. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Royal Australian Air Force Group Captain Luke C. Stoodley, right, greets the crew of a U.N. AP-3C Orion aircraft after landing at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma June 7. Stoodley is the commanding officer of t... More

Sgt. Mardia A. Tompo plays “Concerto for Clarinet”

Sgt. Mardia A. Tompo plays “Concerto for Clarinet”

Sgt. Mardia A. Tompo plays “Concerto for Clarinet” during the 2012 summer concert at the Okinawa Convention Center June 9. Tompo is a clarinetist for the III MEF Band

Sgt. Paul I. Mead and Staff Sgt. Bradley M. Passage

Sgt. Paul I. Mead and Staff Sgt. Bradley M. Passage

Sgt. Paul I. Mead and Staff Sgt. Bradley M. Passage prepare equipment to approach a simulated vehicle-borne IED during training at Kadena Air Base June 11. The Marines train regularly, so they are prepared for ... More

Infantry battalion arrives at Schwab

Infantry battalion arrives at Schwab

Col. Stephan P. Neary welcomes Marines and sailors from 2nd Battalion 3rd Marine Regiment, who arrived on Okinawa as part of the resumption of infantry battalions under the unit deployment program here June 11.... More

Service members experience deep-sea life

Service members experience deep-sea life

Marines and sailors enjoyed the sight of whale sharks, manta rays and other aquatic sea life during a trip to the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium July 24. The service members are with Headquarters and Service Battali... More

Members of the Shizuoka prefecture, Japan Self-Defense

Members of the Shizuoka prefecture, Japan Self-Defense

Members of the Shizuoka prefecture, Japan Self-Defense Force and Marines load supplies into a Humvee at the Shizuoka airport Sept. 2 during the Shizuoka disaster drill. The interoperability training between the... More

2012 CFC-Overseas begins. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

2012 CFC-Overseas begins. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Col. Katherine J. Estes fills out a pledge form for the 2012 Combined Federal Campaign-Overseas with Capt. Christopher M. Eyre at Camp Foster Sept. 17. The mission of the CFC is to promote and support philanthr... More

Bad parking job? No, this parking nightmare is the

Bad parking job? No, this parking nightmare is the

Bad parking job? No, this parking nightmare is the result of Typhoon Jelawat, which brought with it destructive winds of up to 137 mph. Jelawat was the sixth and most destructive typhoon to affect Okinawa this ... More

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