Marines’ preparation spares installation typhoons wrath
July 30, 2014 — Just before Typhoon Neoguri made landfall, most inhabitants of Okinawa were waiting it out in their residences. Yet some Marines braved the wind and rain to prepare Camp Foster facilities and provide safety and security for the duration of the storm. Marines with Camp Services and military law enforcement units assigned to III Marine MORE
 0 Comments
|
JGSDF, US military officers learn humanitarian aid, disaster relief operations
July 28, 2014 — Officers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army attended a command and staff course July 11 at the Camp Courtney theater. The command and staff course, also known as the CGS, provides officers with background information on the III Marine Expeditionary Force and its humanitarian assistance and disaster MORE
0 Comments
|
|
|
MLG CG passes unit colors, bids farewell
July 28, 2014 — 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force welcomed their new commanding general, Brig. Gen. (select) Tracy W. King, during a change of command ceremony July 18 at Roberts Field on Camp Kinser. Before taking command of 3rd MLG, King was the commanding officer of Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine MORE
0 Comments
|
|
|
Osprey makes Sapporo Airshow debut
July 28, 2014 — Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 displayed the MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft July 20 during the 28th Sapporo Airshow at the Sapporo Okadama Airport. The squadron is with Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. More than 20,000 people attended the biannual airshow, which displayed MORE
0 Comments
|
|
|
The dangers of social media
July 21, 2014 — A Marine is using social media when a female he does not recognize sends him a friend request. He enjoys meeting new people, so he accepts her request. They begin to chat and soon decide to meet. Before they meet, she tells the Marine he must contact, a man who knows the woman. The man tells him he must pay money or the Marine and his family and MORE
0 Comments
|
VMGR-152 SUMOs begin transfer to MCAS Iwakuni
July 16, 2014 — – Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 marked the beginning of its transfer to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni during a ceremony July 15 at MCAS Futenma. The transfer of VMGR-152 is part of the U.S. Marine Corps and Government of Japan’s bilateral effort to reduce impact to communities around MCAS Futenma, realign the presence and MORE
0 Comments
|
|
|
Marine thanked for saving life of Okinawa teen
July 15, 2014 — Kanami Oshiro, a 15-year-old student at Ginowan High School, and her mother, Masayo Oshiro, visited Camp Kinser July 10 to thank 1st. Sgt Andre S. Guay after he provided Kanami with lifesaving aid following an accident on Route 58, Okinawa, Japan. While driving, Guay noticed Kanami Oshiro lying in the road June 16, and used his own vehicle to MORE
0 Comments
|
|
|
Hansen Marines, local community take part in Operation Eye Catch
July 15, 2014 — Kin Town community leaders and Camp Hansen Marines worked with the Traffic Safety Association to raise awareness against drunk driving July 1 in front of Gate 1 at Camp Hansen. The event was part of Operation Eye Catch, a traffic safety campaign with the mission to raise awareness against and eradicate drunk driving. The campaign started with an MORE
0 Comments
|
|
|
ROK, US Marines flex machine gun muscle
July 15, 2014 — Republic of Korea and U.S. Marines executed live-fire training June 18 at the Susungri Range in Pohang, Republic of Korea, during Korean Marine Exchange Program 14-8. The participants included ROK Marines with Military Police Company, 1st ROK Marine Division, and U.S. Marines with Company A, 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, as well as 4th Law MORE
0 Comments
|
|
|
Seminars educate Marines about transition to reserve forces
July 14, 2014 — The III Marine Expeditionary Force Reserve Liaison Office held seminars at Marine Corps installations throughout Okinawa June 23-27 on the benefits the Marine Corps Forces Reserve has to offer and how to transition from active duty to the reserves. “A lot of Marines know nothing of the reserves,” said Staff Sgt. Brian T. Joseph, a Miami, MORE
0 Comments
|