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7th Communication Battalion will establish, maintain, and defend communication networks and services simultaneously for Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) command elements (CE), Marine component headquarters, and/or a Combined/Joint Task Force headquarters (C/JTF HQ) in order to facilitate a commander's ability to command and control forces.
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP S. D. BUTLER, Okinawa, Japan – The III Marine Expeditionary Force played a crucial role in supporting the Marine Corps' financial audit, providing essential documents needed for various checks on financial activities related to purchases and payments. These activities form what is known as the Procure to Pay (P2P) process
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The U.S. Marine Corps’ Japan-based aviation forces received their first F-35 deployment from the continental United States on March 8, 2025. Based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, an F-35B squadron of Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, deployed to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, under the Marine Corps’ Unit Deployment Program to temporarily support MAG-12, 1st MAW flight operations in the Indo-Pacific.
Ten Marines with 12th Littoral Logistics Battalion successfully completed new equipment training with the Autonomous Low-Profile Vessel (ALPV) at Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan, in January 2025. The training, sponsored by the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, and provided by Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC-PAC), introduced Marines to both remote and direct operation of the ALPV, a next-generation unmanned logistics platform designed to sustain Stand-in Forces in contested maritime environments.
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Nelson Maradiaga, Oceanside, California native, and radio operator with 7th Communication Battalion (Comm Bn.), III Marine...
U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Henry Li, a satellite transmission system operator with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force...
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Diego Sanchez-Fuentes, a radio operator assigned to Bravo Company, 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force...
Stephanie Mafrici of Rotterdam, New York commissioned into the Marine Corps through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2007. Upon completing The Basic School and Basic Communications Officer Course, she began her career as a Communications Officer. Her fleet assignments include Platoon Commander, Company Operations Officer, and Company Executive Officer, Communications Company, 2d Marine Logistics Group, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. She deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM 9 to Al-Taqaddum, Iraq. She also served as Company Commander, Operations Officer, and Executive Officer, Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18 (MWCS-18), Okinawa, Japan. Her supporting establishment assignments include duties as Warfighting Instructor, Staff Platoon Commander (Company E and Company D), and S-6, The Basic School. She has also served as a Planner for Deputy Commandant, Information and Operations Officer for the Vandegrift Team. Her most recent assignment was Assistant Chief of Staff G-6 for Training and Education Command. Lieutenant Colonel Mafrici is a graduate of Advanced Communications Officer Course, US Marine Corps Expeditionary Warfare School, Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course, US Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and the US Secretary of Defense Strategic Thinkers Program at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
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Sergeant Major Valadez hails from Chihuahua, Mexico, and spent his formative years in both El Paso,