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III MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Okinawa, Japan

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Lance Cpl. Anthony Compton, a water purification specialist with Engineer Platoon, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, rinses his face after completing an oleoresin capsicum fight-through drill during non-lethal weapons training August 16, 2017. Compton is currently assigned as an augment to Camp Guard on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, where he provides support to the base Provost Marshall Office and Marine Corps Police Department. Compton is a native of Beaufort, North Carolina. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards)

Lance Cpl. Anthony Compton, a water purification specialist with Engineer Platoon, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, rinses his face after completing an oleoresin capsicum fight-through drill during non-lethal weapons training August 16, 2017. Compton is currently assigned as an augment to Camp Guard on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, where he provides support to the base Provost Marshall Office and Marine Corps Police Department. Compton is a native of Beaufort, North Carolina. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards)

Photo by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards

Staff Sgt. Leo Briggs, the staff non-commissioned officer in charge of Camp Hansen Camp Guard, executes a restraining maneuver on Lance Cpl. Alexander Madden, an infantryman with Headquarters and Service Company, 3d Intelligence Battalion, III MEF, during non-lethal weapons training August 16, 2017. Briggs, a non-lethal weapons instructor, conducted non-lethal weapons and restraint technique training with members of the Camp Guard on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, where they provide support to the base Provost Marshall Office and Marine Corps Police Department. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards)

Staff Sgt. Leo Briggs, the staff non-commissioned officer in charge of Camp Hansen Camp Guard, executes a restraining maneuver on Lance Cpl. Alexander Madden, an infantryman with Headquarters and Service Company, 3d Intelligence Battalion, III MEF, during non-lethal weapons training August 16, 2017. Briggs, a non-lethal weapons instructor, conducted non-lethal weapons and restraint technique training with members of the Camp Guard on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, where they provide support to the base Provost Marshall Office and Marine Corps Police Department. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards)

Photo by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards

Staff Sgt. Leo Briggs, the staff non-commissioned officer in charge of Camp Hansen Camp Guard, sprays oleoresin capsicum on Sgt. Christopher Benoit, a field artillery sensor support Marine with Headquarters Battery, Target Acquisition Platoon, 12th Marines, during non-lethal weapons training August 16, 2017. Briggs, a non-lethal weapons instructor, conducted non-lethal weapons and restraint technique training with members of the Camp Guard on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, where they provide support to the base Provost Marshall Office and Marine Corps Police Department. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards)

Staff Sgt. Leo Briggs, the staff non-commissioned officer in charge of Camp Hansen Camp Guard, sprays oleoresin capsicum on Sgt. Christopher Benoit, a field artillery sensor support Marine with Headquarters Battery, Target Acquisition Platoon, 12th Marines, during non-lethal weapons training August 16, 2017. Briggs, a non-lethal weapons instructor, conducted non-lethal weapons and restraint technique training with members of the Camp Guard on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, where they provide support to the base Provost Marshall Office and Marine Corps Police Department. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards)

Photo by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards

A U.S. Marine picks up trash at Miss Veedol Beach, Misawa, Japan, August 19, 2017, during Exercise Northern Viper 2017. Marines, Sailors, Airmen banded together with Misawa City employees to participate in the beach cleanup. NV17 tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps forces to enhance regional cooperation between participating nations to collectively deter security threats. The Marine is assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 36, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

A U.S. Marine picks up trash at Miss Veedol Beach, Misawa, Japan, August 19, 2017, during Exercise Northern Viper 2017. Marines, Sailors, Airmen banded together with Misawa City employees to participate in the beach cleanup. NV17 tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps forces to enhance regional cooperation between participating nations to collectively deter security threats. The Marine is assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 36, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez

Service members devote their morning to picking up trash at Miss Veedol Beach, Misawa, Japan, August 19, 2017, during Exercise Northern Viper 2017. Marines, Sailors, Airmen banded together with Misawa City employees to participate in the beach cleanup. NV17 tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps forces to enhance regional cooperation between participating nations to collectively deter security threats. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

Service members devote their morning to picking up trash at Miss Veedol Beach, Misawa, Japan, August 19, 2017, during Exercise Northern Viper 2017. Marines, Sailors, Airmen banded together with Misawa City employees to participate in the beach cleanup. NV17 tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps forces to enhance regional cooperation between participating nations to collectively deter security threats. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez

Two U.S. Marines pick up trash at Miss Veedol Beach, Misawa, Japan, August 19, 2017, during Exercise Northern Viper 2017. Marines, Sailors, Airmen banded together with Misawa City employees to participate in the beach cleanup. NV17 tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps forces to enhance regional cooperation between participating nations to collectively deter security threats. The Marines are assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 36, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

Two U.S. Marines pick up trash at Miss Veedol Beach, Misawa, Japan, August 19, 2017, during Exercise Northern Viper 2017. Marines, Sailors, Airmen banded together with Misawa City employees to participate in the beach cleanup. NV17 tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps forces to enhance regional cooperation between participating nations to collectively deter security threats. The Marines are assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 36, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez

A U.S. Marine and Sailor search for trash at Miss Veedol Beach, Misawa, Japan, August 19, 2017, during Exercise Northern Viper 2017. Marines, Sailors, Airmen banded together with Misawa City employees to participate in the beach cleanup. NV17 tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps forces to enhance regional cooperation between participating nations to collectively deter security threats. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

A U.S. Marine and Sailor search for trash at Miss Veedol Beach, Misawa, Japan, August 19, 2017, during Exercise Northern Viper 2017. Marines, Sailors, Airmen banded together with Misawa City employees to participate in the beach cleanup. NV17 tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps forces to enhance regional cooperation between participating nations to collectively deter security threats. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez

Pfc. James P. Gross, a radio and satellite communications operator, places barbed wire on the ground at Misawa Air Base, Japan, August 10, 2017, signifying the start of exercise Northern Viper 2017. This exercise tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps forces to work together and provides the opportunity to conduct realistic training in an unfamiliar environment. Gross, a Milwaukee native, is with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

Pfc. James P. Gross, a radio and satellite communications operator, places barbed wire on the ground at Misawa Air Base, Japan, August 10, 2017, signifying the start of exercise Northern Viper 2017. This exercise tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps forces to work together and provides the opportunity to conduct realistic training in an unfamiliar environment. Gross, a Milwaukee native, is with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez

A U.S. Marine maintains a MV-22 Osprey at Misawa Air Base, Japan, August 9, 2017, signifying the start of exercise Northern Viper 2017. This exercise tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps forces to work together and provides the opportunity to conduct realistic training in an unfamiliar environment. The Marine is assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

A U.S. Marine maintains a MV-22 Osprey at Misawa Air Base, Japan, August 9, 2017, signifying the start of exercise Northern Viper 2017. This exercise tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps forces to work together and provides the opportunity to conduct realistic training in an unfamiliar environment. The Marine is assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez

A U.S. Marine puts a cover on a MV-22 Osprey at Misawa Air Base, Japan, for exercise Northern Viper 2017, August 9, 2017. This exercise tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps forces to work together and provides the opportunity to conduct realistic training in an unfamiliar environment. The Marine is assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

A U.S. Marine puts a cover on a MV-22 Osprey at Misawa Air Base, Japan, for exercise Northern Viper 2017, August 9, 2017. This exercise tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps forces to work together and provides the opportunity to conduct realistic training in an unfamiliar environment. The Marine is assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Headquarters Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, embark on a field exercise with the New Zealand Army 16th Field Artillery Regiment at Waiouru Military Training Facility, Waiouru, New Zealand, July 26, 2017. The purpose of this exercise is to improve U.S. and NZ targeting and fire support familiarization and interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MCIPAC Combat Camera Lance Cpl. André T. Peterson)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Headquarters Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, embark on a field exercise with the New Zealand Army 16th Field Artillery Regiment at Waiouru Military Training Facility, Waiouru, New Zealand, July 26, 2017. The purpose of this exercise is to improve U.S. and NZ targeting and fire support familiarization and interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MCIPAC Combat Camera Lance Cpl. André T. Peterson)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Peterson

U.S. Marines with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) and their families attend a change of command ceremony on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 16, 2017. LtCol. Bradley S. Cowley has been relinquished as commanding officer of 5th ANGLICO by LtCol. Timothy M. Slinger. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MCIPAC Combat Camera Lance Cpl. Jesula Jeanlouis)

U.S. Marines with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) and their families attend a change of command ceremony on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 16, 2017. LtCol. Bradley S. Cowley has been relinquished as commanding officer of 5th ANGLICO by LtCol. Timothy M. Slinger. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MCIPAC Combat Camera Lance Cpl. Jesula Jeanlouis)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jesula Jeanlouis

U.S. Marines with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) and their families attend a change of command ceremony on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 16, 2017. LtCol. Bradley S. Cowley has been relinquished as commanding officer of 5th ANGLICO by LtCol. Timothy M. Slinger. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MCIPAC Combat Camera Lance Cpl. Jesula Jeanlouis)

U.S. Marines with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) and their families attend a change of command ceremony on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 16, 2017. LtCol. Bradley S. Cowley has been relinquished as commanding officer of 5th ANGLICO by LtCol. Timothy M. Slinger. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MCIPAC Combat Camera Lance Cpl. Jesula Jeanlouis)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jesula Jeanlouis

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Headquarters Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, embark on a field exercise with the New Zealand Army 16th Field Artillery Regiment at Waiouru Military Training Facility, Waiouru, New Zealand, July 26, 2017. The purpose of this exercise is to improve U.S. and NZ targeting and fire support familiarization and interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MCIPAC Combat Camera Lance Cpl. André T. Peterson)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Headquarters Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, embark on a field exercise with the New Zealand Army 16th Field Artillery Regiment at Waiouru Military Training Facility, Waiouru, New Zealand, July 26, 2017. The purpose of this exercise is to improve U.S. and NZ targeting and fire support familiarization and interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MCIPAC Combat Camera Lance Cpl. André T. Peterson)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Peterson

Capt. Justin Griffis is a current operations and training officer with Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, whom assisted in the rescue of a 7-year old Japanese boy who almost drowned at Maeda Flats, Okinawa, Japan, July 23, 2017.

Capt. Justin Griffis is a current operations and training officer with Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, whom assisted in the rescue of a 7-year old Japanese boy who almost drowned at Maeda Flats, Okinawa, Japan, July 23, 2017.

Photo by Sgt. Laura Guana

Lance Cpl. Jeanette E. Fernando holds a jar of sand taken from her trip to Iwo Jima, August 1, 2017, at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. Fernando and other Marines in her squadron were given the opportunity to revisit the battlegrounds at which Fernando's grandfather, a Navajo Code Talker, fought during World War II. Fernando is an airframe mechanic assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, currently on a unit deployment program with 1st MAW based in Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

Lance Cpl. Jeanette E. Fernando holds a jar of sand taken from her trip to Iwo Jima, August 1, 2017, at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. Fernando and other Marines in her squadron were given the opportunity to revisit the battlegrounds at which Fernando's grandfather, a Navajo Code Talker, fought during World War II. Fernando is an airframe mechanic assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, currently on a unit deployment program with 1st MAW based in Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez

Lance Cpl. Jeanette E. Fernando and other Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, hike towards the Iwo Jima memorial site on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, July 26, 2017. Fernando and other Marines in her squadron were given the opportunity to revisit the battlegrounds at which Fernando's grandfather, a Navajo Code Talker, fought during World War II. Fernando is an airframe mechanic assigned to HMLA-169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, currently on a unit deployment program with 1st MAW based in Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Laura Gauna)

Lance Cpl. Jeanette E. Fernando and other Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, hike towards the Iwo Jima memorial site on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, July 26, 2017. Fernando and other Marines in her squadron were given the opportunity to revisit the battlegrounds at which Fernando's grandfather, a Navajo Code Talker, fought during World War II. Fernando is an airframe mechanic assigned to HMLA-169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, currently on a unit deployment program with 1st MAW based in Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Laura Gauna)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BUTLER, Okinawa, Japan - The Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diving team completed embark today aboard HMAS Melville to commence recovery operations near the site where an MV-22 Osprey entered the water on Aug. 5.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BUTLER, Okinawa, Japan - The Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diving team completed embark today aboard HMAS Melville to commence recovery operations near the site where an MV-22 Osprey entered the water on Aug. 5.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jorge A. Rosales

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BUTLER, Okinawa, Japan – On Aug. 6 at around 3:00 a.m. local time, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps suspended search and rescue operations for three Marines involved in the Aug. 5 MV-22 Osprey mishap off the east coast of Australia. Operations have now shifted to recovery efforts. The next-of-kin for the three missing Marines have been notified.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BUTLER, Okinawa, Japan – On Aug. 6 at around 3:00 a.m. local time, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps suspended search and rescue operations for three Marines involved in the Aug. 5 MV-22 Osprey mishap off the east coast of Australia. Operations have now shifted to recovery efforts. The next-of-kin for the three missing Marines have been notified.

Photo by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BUTLER, Okinawa, Japan - Search and rescue operations continue for three U.S. Marines that were aboard an MV-22 Osprey involved in a mishap off of the east coast of Australia around 4:00 p.m. Aug. 5. Twenty-three of 26 personnel aboard have been rescued. The MV-22 was assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The aircraft involved in the mishap had launched from the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) and was conducting regularly scheduled operations when the aircraft entered the water. The ship's small boats and aircraft immediately responded in the search and rescue efforts. The 31st MEU is currently operating with the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group as part of a regularly-scheduled deployment in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
The circumstances of the mishap are currently under investigation. There is no additional information available at this time. Media can contact III Marine Expeditionary Force public affairs at IIIMEFPAO@usmc.mil.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BUTLER, Okinawa, Japan - Search and rescue operations continue for three U.S. Marines that were aboard an MV-22 Osprey involved in a mishap off of the east coast of Australia around 4:00 p.m. Aug. 5. Twenty-three of 26 personnel aboard have been rescued. The MV-22 was assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The aircraft involved in the mishap had launched from the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) and was conducting regularly scheduled operations when the aircraft entered the water. The ship's small boats and aircraft immediately responded in the search and rescue efforts. The 31st MEU is currently operating with the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group as part of a regularly-scheduled deployment in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The circumstances of the mishap are currently under investigation. There is no additional information available at this time. Media can contact III Marine Expeditionary Force public affairs at IIIMEFPAO@usmc.mil.

Photo by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards

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