By Gina Harkins, Staff writer 12:27 p.m. EDT October 1, 2015
One of the Marine Corps' oldest infantry regiments will be among the units moving from Japan to Guam over the next few years.
Continue reading "Marines identify units that will move from Japan to Guam" »
Jim Matheny, WBIR 5:35 p.m. EDT September 25, 2015
(WBIR) East Tennessee has been home to several recipients of the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for military valor. However, Lt. Alexander "Sandy" Bonnyman is the only recipient whose heroism and final moments alive can still be seen in stunning video that was recorded during a deadly battle.
Continue reading "Bonnyman's bravery filmed in Oscar-winning documentary" »
U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sgt. Jason W. Fudge // RELEASED
Date Posted:07.25.2015 8:12AM
U.S. Marines travel to Tarawa, Kiribati to participate in a repatriation ceremony July 25, 2015. During the ceremony the remains of approximately 36 U.S. Marines who had fallen during World War II at the Battle of Tarawa were loaded onto a Marine Corps C-130J Hercules aircraft for transport back to the U.S.
Continue reading "Tarawa Marines Return Home After 70 Years" »
by LCpl Carlos Cruz Jr.
Date Posted:07.19.2015 04:45
IWAKUNI, Japan - Out in the field where Marines may lack showers, laundry mats or even mess halls, Marine Corps Community Services’ Tactical Field Exchange comes through, bringing happiness like a glass of cold water in the summer.
Continue reading "MCCS supports Marines in Exercise Dragon Fire 2015" »
U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Ricardo Hurtado
Date Taken:04.20.2015 | Date Posted:04.24.2015 9:30PM
U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 3rd and 4th Marine Regiments, visited Santa Juliana Elementary School in Crow Valley, Tarlac, Philippines, April 20, during exercise Balikatan 2015. The Marines played games and read with children at the school. Balikatan is an annual Philippines-U.S. military training exercise and humanitarian civic assistance engagement, which highlights the longstanding partnership between both nations. This year's iteration takes place from April 20-30.
Continue reading "Video: U.S. Marines Connect with Local School Children" »
By Hope Hodge Seck, Staff writer
2:47 p.m. EDT April 6, 2015
Navy and Marine officials will be able to put brand-new seabasing ships through their paces next month in a Pacific-based exercise designed to highlight the concept.
Continue reading "Pacific seabasing exercise will highlight new ships" »
by LCpl Lupe Campos
Date Taken:03.11.2015 | Date Posted:03.12.2015 4:59AM
March is the annual observance of Women's History Month, dedicated to commemorating and celebrating women in the United States of America. Since the beginning of our nation's history, women have played a significant part our military. Continue to view highlights of a few women in the United States Marine Corps' history, past and present.
Continue reading "Video: MCAS Iwakuni Celebrates Women's History Month 2015" »
By Ashley Rowland
Stars and Stripes
Published: February 9, 2014
SEOUL — The U.S. and South Korea announced plans Monday for two annual spring military exercises, which come amid questions of whether Seoul will assume wartime control of allied forces as planned next year.
Continue reading "Dates announced for spring US-South Korea exercises" »
By Gina Harkins
Jun. 2, 2014 - 06:00AM
When the Marine Corps unveiled its new 10-year road map — Expeditionary Force 21 — in April, one of its fundamental principles was that small teams of Marines must be ready to deploy to, and sustain themselves in, isolated, austere and hostile environments.
Continue reading "RIMPAC to include experiment on small-unit operations" »
By Lance Cpl. Alissa P. Schuning | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | May 20, 2014
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- With the summer months fast approaching, residents of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, will want to begin preparing for typhoon season beginning on June 1 until November 30.
Continue reading "Brace yourselves, typhoon season is coming" »
By Ashley Rowland
Stars and Stripes
Published: April 16, 2014
SEOUL — A U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship headed to the site where a South Korean ferry sank Wednesday to help if needed, the U.S. Navy said.
Continue reading "USS Bonhomme Richard heading to capsized South Korea ferry" »
By Staff Sgt. Joseph Digirolamo | III MEF/MCIPAC Consolidated Public Affairs Office | March 28, 2014
CAMP MUJUK, Republic of Korea -- A multilateral combined arms and amphibious exercise known as Ssang Yong 2014 officially started at Pohang, Republic of Korea March 27.
Continue reading "‘Twin Dragons’ massive joint military exercise begins" »
Story by Cpl Brandon Suhr
Date Posted:01.09.2014 23:05
FUTENMA, Japan - Marines and sailors with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion departed Jan. 7 to Hawaii for Exercise Sandfisher 2014 to expand their capabilities, training and combat readiness.
Continue reading "Recon Marines depart for Sandfisher 2014" »
Story by Cpl Brandon Suhr
Date Posted:11.23.2013 20:43
LUZON, Philippines - One full-grown adult elephant weighs approximately four tons, 8,000 pounds, and is the size of two cars stacked on top of each other.
Continue reading "Logistics Marines keep relief aid moving" »
Published November 21, 2013
Associated Press
CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines – The U.S. Marines' newest and in some quarters most controversial transport airplane is showing the world what it's got — for the sake of the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, and perhaps its own future.
By Seth Robson
Stars and Stripes
Published: November 21, 2013
CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines — Flying over a village that had been slammed by Typhoon Haiyan, Osprey crew chief Sgt. William Kaker saw a big Philippines flag staked out on the ground with a sign that read “God Help Us.”
Continue reading "Marine Ospreys proving their worth in Philippines" »
By Ashley Rowland
Stars and Stripes
Published: November 20, 2013
VILLAMOR AIR BASE, Philippines — The U.S. Marines are scaling back their relief efforts as roads in the areas hardest hit by Typhoon Haiyan are being cleared, allowing the Philippine military and aid groups to deliver supplies on their own.
Continue reading "US Marines scale back typhoon relief operations" »
by LCpl Matthew Bragg
10.04.2013 | Date Posted:10.05.2013 01:29
KAHUKU TRAINING AREA, Hawaii — Marines and sailors with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment completed a weeklong exercise at Kahuku Training Area Oct. 4, 2013. The exercise focused on familiarizing new Marines with current training methods used within the company while helping seasoned Marines sustain knowledge they were already taught.
Continue reading "'Lava Dogs' instill squad-level tactics in new Marines" »
By Sgt. Jennifer Pirante | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | September 03, 2013
AT SEA -- Marines and Sailors of 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Boxer Amphibious Ready Group headed to paradise to conduct Exercise Tropic Thunder in Hawaii, Aug. 30 through Sept. 1, 2013.
Continue reading "13th MEU conducts Tropic Thunder, showcases Ospreys" »
Photos by Staff Sgt. Matthew Orr | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Date: 08.30.2013
Date Posted: 09.02.2013 18:27
Two Reconnaissance Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provide security while a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) vehicle drives off a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) at Bellows Beach on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, during sustainment training Aug. 30, 2013.
Story by Sgt. Ben Eberle
Date Posted:08.17.2013 19:00
FIVE HILLS TRAINING AREA, Mongolia – U.S. Marines and Mongolian Armed Forces service members were back on the parade deck here for the start of another training evolution Aug. 17, only a couple days after the closing ceremony for the multinational peacekeeping exercise Khaan Quest 2013.
Continue reading "Mongolian troops, police begin non-lethal weapons exercise with US Marines" »
Jul. 28, 2013 - 09:51AM
By James K. Sanborn
Staff writer
Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command wants help conducting an elaborate role-player exercise to prepare soon-to-deploy operators for missions in the Philippines
Continue reading "Exercise highlights MARSOC's role in Philippines" »
By Gina Harkins and Sam Fellman
Staff writers
Jul. 27, 2013 - 06:00AM
Marines may soon head to the Philippines on rotational deployments as U.S. and Philippine officials discuss strengthening an already tight military partnership to counter China’s rise to a major regional power.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Published: June 19, 2013
Three studies are underway on Oahu to find sites to house 2,700 Marines from Okinawa, Japan, but it may take until 2026 to implement what is estimated to be a $2.5 billion move.
Continue reading "DOD studying moving 2,700 Marines from Okinawa to Hawaii" »
Story by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Toni Burton
07.13.2013 18:58
USS BLUE RIDGE, At Sea – Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Pacific (FASTPAC) conducted training on NATO medical causality evacuation procedures in preparation for Talisman Saber 2013, July 12, 2013.
By Gina Harkins
Staff writer
Jun. 23, 2013
Officials with Marine Corps Forces Pacific are trying to match past doctrine with new capabilities as they return their focus to the Unit Deployment Program, which shrank significantly over the past eight years.
Continue reading "1-star: Corps must 'relearn' UDP rotations" »
Courtesy Story | III Marine Expeditionary Force / Marine Corps Installations Pacific | Date: 06.17.2013
TANJUNG GELANG NAVAL BASE, Malaysia - U.S. Marines with Landing Force Company participating in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2013 (CARAT 2013) began land-based training and amphibious assault operations with Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) June 15.
Continue reading "Marines train in Malaysia during CARAT 2013" »
Jun. 11, 2013 - 06:00AM
By Gina Harkins
Staff writer
The Marine Corps’ presence in Australia will increase fivefold next year as military officials there look to the U.S. for guidance in developing their amphibious capabilities, a Marine general with oversight of operations in the Pacific said June 11
Continue reading "Marines' role in Australia to expand next year, general says" »
Story by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal
06.06.2013 16:04
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Marines of Marine Aircraft Group 49 departed their home station at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst May 30-31, 2013, for a deployment to the Pacific as part of the U.S. Marine Corps’ resumption of the Unit Deployment Program.
By Dan Lamothe, Gina Harkins and James K. Sanborn, Staff writers
Apr. 19, 2013 - 10:42AM
As the Marine Corps and Navy expand their presence throughout the Asia-Pacific region, officials are examining how best to move personnel and equipment and tackle the logistical challenge of operating in a theater so vast and dispersed.
Continue reading "With Pacific pivot, Marines eye ‘Single Naval Battle' strategy" »
Story by Capt. Justin Jacobs | III Marine Expeditionary Force / Marine Corps Installations Pacific | Date: 02.26.2013
DEDEDO, Guam - The last members of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division arrived here Feb. 25, rounding out the final personnel deployed to Guam in support of Exercise Guahan Shield.
Continue reading "Last Marines arrive, all Guahan Shield personnel here" »
By Sgt. D.R. Cotton
U.S. Marine Forces, Pacific
January 30, 2013
AIEA, Hawaii -- A long line of men in uniform lunge from one end of a field to another, twisting their torsos with a “dynamic warm-up” in anticipation of physical exertion. Although this could be a scene from any Marine’s physical training session, these warriors were not preparing to take the field of battle, but the field of play at the 2013 NFL Pro Bowl.
Continue reading "Marines, NFL work mutual support at Pro Bowl" »
By Lance Cpl. Terence G. Brady
Marine Corps Installations Pacific
January 24, 2013
IE SHIMA, Okinawa, Japan -- As AV-8B Harriers rapidly take off and land, Marines on the ground provide the critical support to keep them in the air, ensuring mission accomplishment no matter the environment.
Continue reading " Marines refuel Harriers for rapid takeoffs, landings at Ie Shima" »
By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Jan 20, 2013 17:12:11 EST
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — When the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit gets underway for shipboard pre-deployment training this spring, it will become the first West Coast-based unit to take the MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor out to sea.
Continue reading "West Coast MEU readies for novel deployment" »
By Lance Cpl. Pete Sanders
Marine Corps Installations Pacific
January 17, 2013
CAMP MUJUK, Republic of Korea -- The III Marine Expeditionary Force Band performed for the Republic of Korea Marine Corps’ 1st Marine Division Jan. 13 at the division’s headquarters in Pohang, Republic of Korea.
The Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General James F. Amos, gives his thoughts in a wide ranging interview.
By: Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe
December 07, 2012
As the process of rebalancing its forces to the Asia-Pacific begins to gain further traction, the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) sees itself returning to a familiar region of the world. In this context, the Commandant of the USMC, General James F. Amos, spoke to Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe about the Corps’ transformation and modernization, the impact of successive deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, the status of Marine Corps activities in Africa and South America, the strategic realignment to the Asia-Pacific, the likely future battlefield, and defense budget cuts.
Continue reading " “Our Institutional DNA”: The U.S. Marine Corps Surges to the Asia-Pacific" »
By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Oct 30, 2012 17:06:31 EDT
It’s official. The Marine Corps has returned to its amphibious roots.
Continue reading "As Marines leave Afghanistan, more go to sea" »
Thousands could go. What you need to know.
By Dan Lamothe
Staff writer
Sep. 28, 2009
The Corps is planning to send more Marines to Japan, with an artillery battery arriving before the end of the month and entire battalions eventually expected to deploy for regular six-month tours.