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12th Marine Littoral Regiment announced, USMC remains ready to address regional security challenges

12th Marine Regiment, currently stationed on Camp Hansen, is scheduled to transition to the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR) by fiscal year 2025. 12th MLR will remain stationed in Okinawa. No force-level increase will occur in Okinawa under the agreement and personnel levels will not exceed those outlined in the 2012 Defense Policy Review Initiative (DPRI) Realignment Plan.

F-35B makes precautionary Landing

While conducting flight operations on December 1, an F-35B Lightning II aircraft, currently assigned to VMFA-121, made a precautionary landing at Kadena Air Base at approximately 1:40 p.m. due to a suspected electrical issue.

Exercise Keen Sword 2023

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BUTLER, OKINAWA, JAPAN – Units from the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and U.S. military have begun exercise Keen Sword 23 on November 10, 2022.

III MEF hosts first EVO/EVOI course for MCB Hawaii

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, O’AHU, Hawaii – III Marine Expeditionary Force held its first Basic Emergency Vehicle Operator (EVO) and Emergency Vehicle Operator Instructor Course (EVOC) June 13-17, 2022, for Marines stationed at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

Space-Available Flights Are Ready for Boarding

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BUTLER, Okinawa, Japan – Air Mobility Command reinstated the pre-pandemic Space-Available travel program, allowing service members to apply for free flights to the U.S. and abroad effective April 14, 2022.

FEML Ends as Japan Opens Its Borders

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BUTLER, OKINAWA, JAPAN – Temporarily authorized Funded Environmental and Morale Leave (FEML) for personnel assigned to Okinawa ends August 1, 2022, approximately 60 days after the Government of Japan’s (GOJ) decision to end arrival testing and quarantine requirements for inbound travelers.

U.S. Marine Corps Deactivates Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367

MCAS KANEOHE BAY -- Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 367, Marine Aircraft Group 24, cased their colors during the unit's deactivation ceremony here today.

Keen Edge 22

OKINAWA, Japan – U.S. Forces, including III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and Japan Self Defense Forces participated in Keen Edge 22, a bilateral command post exercise, from Jan. 27 through Feb. 3, 2022.

Funded Environmental Morale Leave approved for Okinawa

CAMP BUTLER, OKINAWA, Japan – U.S. Marine Corps Forces Japan (MARFORJ) released its Okinawa-Based Funded Environmental and Morale Leave Bulletin December 10, 2021.

3D Marine Expeditionary Brigade and the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade begin annual command post exercise Yama Sakura 81 in Japan

OKINAWA, Japan – The 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade are taking part in Yama Sakura 81, an annual command post exercise, Dec. 7 to Dec. 13, 2021 at Camp Courtney, Okinawa and Camp Ainoura, Nagasaki, Japan. The 3D MEB’s and ARDB’s portion of the exercise is part of the largest command post exercise held between the U.S. Army and the JGSDF called Yama Sakura 81.

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