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III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) provides the United States with a forward-deployed force in readiness in the Pacific Theater, as a globally responsive, expeditionary, and fully scalable Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF), capable of generating, deploying, and employing forces for crisis response, forward presence, major combat operations, and campaigns.
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III MEF Marines provide assistance in the Philippines.
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CAMP COURTNEY, Okinawa, Japan - U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 3 Matthew Holmberg, a financial management resource officer with III Marine Expeditionary Force, was awarded the Financial Management Resource Officer CWO of the Year for the inaugural 2023 Marine Corps Financial Management Awards Program, Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 30, 2024. To be awarded the Financial Management Resource Officer CWO of the Year, a Marine should demonstrate financial management initiative, financial management systems improvement, and embrace and demonstrate innovation. Financial management initiatives include consistent timely and accurate payments, training which directly enhanced financial management, creating financial policy, and improving audit readiness. A Marine should also contribute to financial management systems improvement by embracing and demonstrating innovation. “Chief Warrant Officer Holmberg is absolutely deserving of this award,” said Maj. Nicholas Payne, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, G-8, with III MEF. “Over the past two years while at III MEF, his proficiency and dedication has led to improved processes for financial management across the MEF. We are extremely proud of him being recognized at the highest levels.” Chief Warrant Officer 3 Holmberg is responsible for supporting III MEF by providing critical accounting, business management systems expertise, and analyzing efficient resource execution through financial trends and transactions. “What really motivates me to perform above the standard is the desire to fix problems, improve processes, or solve financial management problems for Marines,” said Holmberg. “There can be some impacts to our relationships with our host nation or partner nations if we are not successful and I'd like to think that I’ve been successful due to the support of everybody else within the financial management community at III MEF.” The Marine Corps Financial Management Awards Program was established in 2023 and is sponsored by the Marine Corps Association and Foundation to recognize the outstanding achievement and innovation of individual Marines and civilian Marines who made significant contributions to the financial management community and exemplified superior excellence and dedication to the mission. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Holmberg will formally receive the award March 22, 2024. His award represents his efforts enhancing financial management in the Marine Corps and improving the financial stability of Marines.
From February 1 to 8, 2024, Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces and U.S. Marines and Sailors from III Marine Expeditionary Force will simulate a large-scale theater-level command post exercise, Keen Edge 24, across the southwest islands.
Lt. Gen. James W. Bierman, relinquished command of III Marine Expeditionary Force to Lt. Gen. Roger B. Turner, Jan. 26, 2024, at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan.
Lt. Gen. Bierman shakes hands with Gen. Yoshida, Chief of Staff of the Japan Joint Staff, during an outcall at the Ministry of Defense, on 17 January. Lt. Gen. Bierman was appreciative of the outcall and the close bond shared between U.S. and Japanese leaders. (Courtesy Photo from the Japan Joint Staff)
Distinguished guests from the U.S. and Japan gathered on Iwo Jima March 30, 2024 to pay tribute to one another and those lost during the battle of Iwo Jima.
CAMP MUJUK, South Korea – U.S. Marines from across III Marine Expeditionary Force, and Marines from 1st Marine Division, I MEF, deployed from Japan and the United States to join their ROK counterparts to exercise as the Combined Marine Component Command during Freedom Shield 24.
U.S. Marines from Japan arrived in the Republic of Korea, Feb. 11, to participate in the latest iteration of Korea Marine Exercise Program.
U.S. Marines from III Marine Expeditionary Force assisted the Government of the Philippines by providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in response to the natural disaster in Mindanao, Republic of the Philippines, Feb. 12-15, 2024.
At the request of the Government of the Philippines, U.S. Marines from III Marine Expeditionary Force will support the U.S. Agency for International Development by providing foreign humanitarian assistance to the ongoing disaster relief mission in Mindanao, Republic of the Philippines, Feb. 12, 2024.