U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2d Marines and members of the Japan Self-Defense Force Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade offload a Japan Self Defense Force CH-47JA Chinook helicopter during Keen Sword 23 at Tsutara, Japan, Nov. 16, 2022. Keen Sword is a biennial training event that exercises the combined capabilities and lethality developed between 3d Marine Division, III … [Read more...]
Navy and Marines Commence CARAT Indonesia 2022
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Joaquin Martinez, vice commander, U.S. 7th Fleet gives a speech during the opening ceremony for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2022, Dec. 7. CARAT Indonesia is a bilateral exercise between Indonesia and the United States designed to promote regional security cooperation, maintain and strengthen maritime partnerships, and enhance maritime … [Read more...]
Marines Take Part in Large-Scale Planning Exercise
DECEMBER 5, 2022 - The beautiful city of Toulon, France is located along the Mediterranean coast and is best known for its naval base and harbor. With its rugged landscape and crystal, clear blue waters, it is home to many naval ships and vessels of the French Maritime Forces Command, or French Navy. This year, United States Marine and Naval officers with 2nd Marine Division … [Read more...]
Marines Work with Thai Military on Explosive Ordnance Disposal
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Alex Koeneke, a Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) Thailand Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) instructor with 3rd EOD Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, supervises Staff Sgt. Parawut Pongfai, a Thailand Mine Action Center (TMAC) student, during an EOD level 1-2 course at Jarumanee training area, Ratchaburi, Thailand, November … [Read more...]
Marines and Airmen Join Forces in Modernization Efforts
NOVEMBER 30, 2022 - Marine Corps Systems Command recently teamed up with I Marine Expeditionary Force, the U.S. Air Force’s 22nd Airlift Squadron, and industry on a job requiring some heavy lifting: transporting two MAC-50 All-Terrain Cranes cross-country from California to Mississippi and back. The joint collaborative effort in late October—which aligns with the Defense … [Read more...]