Oshima youth exchange strengthens ties
January 23, 2013 — CAMP FOSTER, Japan - After a fun-filled four-day visit to Okinawa, 24 children and their six chaperones bid farewell to their host families Jan. 14 and made their journey back to Oshima Island, Kesennuma City, Miyagi prefecture.The Oshima visitors came to Okinawa as part of the youth cultural exchange program hosted by Marine Corps Community MORE
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III MEF Band entertains ROK Marines
January 23, 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 III MEF Band performs annually for ROK service member, and this year’s event included III MEF’s ceremonial, party and rock bands.“I was MORE
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Brief addresses Corps’ key issues
January 23, 2013 — CAMP FOSTER, Japan - Sgt. Maj. Irene Z. O’Neal, sergeant major of the Office of the Inspector General, Headquarters Marine Corps, presented the commandant of the Marine Corps’ special interest brief to Marines and sailors with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Jan. 9 at the Camp Foster Theater.The brief educated the Marines and sailors of 1st MAW, III MORE
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Marine dedicates himself to instructing martial arts
January 23, 2013 — CAMP FOSTER, Japan - Leg sweeps and hip and shoulder throws are not the first things to come to mind when one hears the job title logistics chief, but Master Sgt. Kenneth A. Roberts dedicates much of his time to teaching those techniques.When Roberts is not working as the logistics chief for G-4, supply and logistics, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, MORE
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Squadron consistently recognized for safety
January 23, 2013 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA - Safety isn’t something that just happens, nor can it be considered separately from mission planning,” said Capt. David M. Garcia, an aviation safety officer with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262. “A tactically sound plan is also an inherently safe plan by nature.”The squadron, part of Marine Aircraft Group MORE
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Marines master bridge building
January 23, 2013 — CAMP HANSEN, Japan - As Marines traverse through the dense jungle, they stumble upon a 70-foot-wide trench approximately 50-feet-deep. Without hesitation, the Marines pull out a 100-foot rope and lower a Marine down to cross the trench and start building a one-rope bridge.Marines with 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, practiced MORE
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Sailors, Marines depart for Cambodia MEDEX 13-1
January 23, 2013 — CAMP FOSTER, Japan - Marines and sailors with 3rd Medical Battalion departed Okinawa for Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Jan. 17 to conduct Cambodia Medical Exercise 13-1.The service members will work alongside Royal Cambodian Armed Forces medical personnel at the Phnom Penh Preah Ket Meleah Hospital during subject-matter expert exchanges to increase MORE
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Medical officer of Marine Corps visits Okinawa
January 23, 2013 — CAMP FOSTER, Japan - The medical officer of the Marine Corps, Rear Adm. Michael H. Anderson, and deputy medical officer of the Marine Corps, Rear Adm. Charles Harr, visited medical personnel and conducted briefings Jan. 14-17 throughout Okinawa.Anderson and Harr toured medical clinics and met with service members to see the work III Marine MORE
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General provides guidance for 2013
January 10, 2013 — CAMP BUTLER, Japan — Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr., the commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force, provided guidance to his command Jan. 4 that explained his intent and vision for III MEF during 2013.The commanding general’s message reinforced and expanded upon guidance provided in 2011 and 2012, and praised the performance of his MORE
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III MEF Band band of year
January 10, 2013 — CAMP FOSTER, Japan - The III Marine Expeditionary Force Band was selected as the Marine Corps band of the year Dec. 18 by a panel of Headquarters Marine Corps judges.Bands from all over the Marine Corps compete for the prestigious award, which is given out annually.“We’re all very proud of what we accomplished,” said Lance Cpl. David V. Kelley, a MORE
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