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HIMARS and Army Landing Craft conduct joint amphibious training November 6, 2019 — KIN, OKINAWA, Japan -- U.S. Marines with 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, and soldiers with 10th Support Group successfully embarked and disembarked a U.S. Marine High Mobility Artillery Rocket System onto a U.S. Army landing craft, utility, 2000, Oct. 31, 2019, in Okinawa, Japan. This marks the first time a Marine HIMARS was loaded on an Army landing craft in the Indo-Pacific. MORE

3rd Marine Division conducts Exercise Samurai 1-20 November 6, 2019 — CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – Over the past week, from Oct. 22-25, 2019, the 3rd Marine Division conducted Exercise Samurai 1-20, as part of an ongoing series of training to exercise command and control on the battlefield. The goal of Samurai 1-20 was to conduct battle drills that validate the 3rd Marine Division’s movement, setup of a combat operations center, force protection, and passage of command and control between supporting elements in a combat scenario. MORE

1st MAW Rapid Deployment Exercise November 6, 2019 — 1st Marine Aircraft Wing rapidly deployed more than 25 aircraft to austere, expeditionary locations and then returned those aircraft and forces to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from October 24 to 25, 2019. MORE

3rd Marine Division participates in Fuji Viper 20-1 November 5, 2019 — CAMP FUJI, GOTEMBA, Japan -- U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, currently deployed 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, as part of the Unit Deployment Program, are participating in Fuji Viper 20-1 in Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Gotemba, Japan from Sep. 29 to Nov. 4, 2019. MORE

Odyssey Company: Paving the way for combat logistics November 5, 2019 — “We should take pride in our force and recent operational successes,” General David H. Berger, 38th Commandant of the Marine Corps, wrote recently in his planning guidance, “But the current force is not organized, trained, or equipped to support the naval force – operating in contested maritime spaces, facilitating sea control, or executing distributed maritime operations. We must change.” MORE

2019 Thunder FTX September 18, 2019 — OKINAWA, Japan - U.S. Marines with 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, practiced a command and control during exercise, Thunder Field Training Exercise, aboard Camp Hansen’s Central Training Area on Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 18, 2019. MORE

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle arrives at 3rd Marine Division September 13, 2019 — OKINAWA, Japan -- 3rd Marine Division has received the new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle on Okinawa, Japan, which will replace the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle currently being used by the U.S. Marine Corps. MORE

31st MEU completes MAGTF-level sequential islands-seizure rehearsal from amphibious shipping September 11, 2019 — CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa – The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Squadron 11 (CPR-11) conducted a series of sequential operations rehearsing naval expeditionary combined-arms maneuver from Wasp Amphibious Ready Group ships to shore in the Philippine and East China Seas and in the vicinity of Okinawa, Japan, August 9-19, 2019. MORE

31st MEU conducts long-range raid, airfield seizure September 11, 2019 — CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa – U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit executed a simulated airfield seizure from ships of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group to Ie Shima Training Facility in order to set conditions to establish a forward arming and refueling point (FARP). MORE

Philippine-U.S. Assault Amphibious Vehicle Subject Matter Expert Exchange September 6, 2019 — SUBIC BAY, Philippines — U.S. Marines from the 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, conducted an Assault Amphibious Vehicle subject matter expert exchange with the Philippine Marine Corps and Navy in order to further develop a shared understanding of amphibious operations. The exchange was conducted in preparation for the annual bilateral military exercise Kamandag 3. MORE