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III Marine Expeditionary Force

Uruma, Okinawa, JP

III Marine Expeditionary Force

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Current Personnel:

Lance Cpl. Eadan Avramidis

2nd Lt. Heather Born

Lance Cpl. Alexander Canal

Lance Cpl. Justin Cledera

Sgt. Nicholas Cox

Lt. Col. Joshua Diddams

Cpl. Diego Garcia

1st Lt. Owen Hitchcock

Master Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Holly

1st Lt. Isabel Izquierdo

1st Lt. Daniel Kim

Lance Cpl. Jennifer Le

Luc Maccioni

Rodney Michael

Lance Cpl. Giovanni Navarrette

Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Pruett

Capt. Pawel Puczko

Staff Sgt. Megan Roses

2nd Lt. Taiyo Tatara

Chief Warrant Officer Pete Thibodeau

2nd Lt. Tyler Thomas

Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Wetzel

Maj. Matthew Wolf

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Marines Participate in the Okinawa Communication Strategy and Operations Field Training Exercise 2025

U.S. Marine with III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific, participate in the Communication Strategy and Operations Field Training Exercise 2025 on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, from April 7-11, 2025. The COMMSTRAT FTX is a five-day event focused on increasing physical conditioning, technical acumen, and tactical proficiency to provide commanders with capable COMMSTRAT forces at the tactical level. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Diego Garcia)

Taken: 04.14.2025 | Video by Cpl. Diego Garcia

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Recent Videos

Marines Participate in the Okinawa Communication...

04.14.2025 | Video by Cpl. Diego Garcia

U.S. Marine with III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific, participate in the Communication Strategy and Operations...

U.S. Marines Conduct the Communication Strategy and...

04.11.2025 | Video by Lance Cpl. Briseida Villasenor

U.S. Marines with Communication Strategy and Operations sections from across III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific...

2025 Okinawa COMMSTRAT Field Training Exercise...

04.08.2025 | Video by Lance Cpl. Briseida Villasenor

U.S. Marines with Communication Strategy and Operations sections from across III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific...

2025 Okinawa COMMSTRAT Field Training Exercise...

04.07.2025 | Video by Lance Cpl. Briseida Villasenor

U.S. Marines with Communication Strategy and Operations sections from across III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific...

U.S. Marines load ordnance onto F-35Bs at Kadena...

04.01.2025 | Video by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor

U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, load ordnance onto an F-35B...

Roots of an Alliance: 80 Years After the Battle of...

03.29.2025 | Video by Lt. Col. Jessica Rovero

Distinguished visitors, U.S. and Japanese service members and veterans of the Battle Iwo Jima attend the 80th Annual Reunion of Honor at Iwo To,...

U.S. Marines arrive to Kadena Air Base

03.28.2025 | Video by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing...

3d Marine Division Participates in Rifle Squad...

03.27.2025 | Video by Sgt. Frank Webb

U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Division participate in the 3d Marine Division Rifle Squad Competition at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, March 26, 2025....

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Recent News Stories

3d MLR Deploys NMESIS to Philippines for Exercise...

04.16.2025 | Story by 1st Lt. Anne Pentaleri

NORTHERN LUZON, Philippines – Following the announcement by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during his visit to Manila on March 28, U.S....

1st Recon to Support 3d MLR for BK25

04.13.2025 | Story by 2nd Lt. Leah Curtright

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HAWAII – Since January 14, a platoon of U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division has been...

A Legacy of Honor and Valor: The 80th Annual...

03.29.2025 | Story by Lance Cpl. Jennifer Le and 2nd Lt. Taiyo Tatara

IWO TO, JAPAN – Veterans, families, active-duty U.S. Marines and Sailors, Japan Self Defense Force members, and U.S. and Japanese dignitaries...

U.S. and ROK Marines Conclude Freedom Shield 25

03.25.2025 | Story by 2nd Lt. Heather Born

CAMP MUJUK, South Korea - III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) and 1st Marine Division successfully completed a significant training milestone...

Ready at Midnight: 500 Marines and Sailors Deploy...

03.11.2025 | Story by 1st Lt. Samuel Barge

PHILIPPINE SEA, (March 11, 2025) – As midnight approaches through the warship’s red-lit passageways and inside every busy berthing, the...

U.S.-based F-35s replace Hornets in rotational...

03.08.2025 | Courtesy Story

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan – The U.S. Marine Corps’ Japan-based aviation forces received their first F-35 deployment from the...

3/12 Marine, Pennsylvania Native Awarded the Gold...

03.07.2025 | Story by Lance Cpl. Matthew Morales

Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan — Sgt. Daniel Mullins, a Pennsylvania native and an artillery electronics technician with the 3rd Battalion, 12th...

U.S. and ROK Marines Train Together during Freedom...

03.06.2025 | Story by 2nd Lt. Heather Born

CAMP MUJUK, South Korea First conducted in 1953, FS 25 is an annual, bilateral, United States Forces Korea and Combined Forces Command-level...

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Recent Images

U.S. Marine Corps, Air Force ready for Freedom Flag...

04.17.2025 | Photo by Cpl. Chloe Johnson

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft with 36th Fighter Squadron from Osan Air Base taxis the flight line after arriving at Gwangju Air...

5th ANGLICO| Marines participate in a Swim...

04.17.2025 | Photo by Lance Cpl. Diana Garcia

U.S Marine Corps Capt. Steven Telfer, instructor of water survival with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force...

III MIG | CID Investigates Notional UUV During...

04.17.2025 | Photo by Cpl. Kira Ducato

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Identity and Attribution Activities, 3d Intelligence Battalion,...

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit performs radio...

04.16.2025 | Photo by Lance Cpl. Gerardo Mendez

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Osbaldo Lopez, a networks administrator with Joint Task Force-Enabler, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, sanitizes a joint...

III MIG | Deployment Readiness Center Resources Brief

04.16.2025 | Photo by Cpl. Michael Taggart

U.S. Navy Chaplain Commander Rob Johnson briefs Marines and family of III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, III Marine Expeditionary...

3d MLR participates in Operation Mālama i ka...

04.15.2025 | Photo by Sgt. Eric Huynh

A U.S. Marine with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, picks up trash during Operation Mālama i ka 'āina on Marine Corps Base...

31st MEU | BLT 1/7 completes fast rope qualification

04.15.2025 | Photo by Lance Cpl. Raul Sotovilla

A U.S. Marine with Animal Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/7, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, performs proper fast-roping technique during a Fast...

31st MEU | Jungle Field Exercise

04.15.2025 | Photo by Cpl. Angel Diaz Montes De Oca

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Christopher Connor, an infantry Marine with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/7, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit,...

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Graphics

III MEF Long Range Training Plan Cover

07.11.2024 | Graphics by Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Pruett

This photo illustration was created to illustrate III Marine Expeditionary Force’s capabilities and personnel to internal audiences and was...

TCCOR Graphic

05.31.2024 | Graphics by Lance Cpl. Justin Cledera

This graphic illustration was created to inform service members and their families serving in Okinawa, in order to be prepared for typhoon season....

Disaster preparedness kit

05.31.2024 | Graphics by Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Pruett

This graphic illustration was created to inform service members and their families serving in Okinawa of what to have prepared for natural...

Emergency resources in Okinawa

04.04.2024 | Graphics by Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Pruett

This graphic illustration was created to inform the service members serving in Okinawa of the emergency resources available in times of need and...

2024 III MEF New Year's animation

12.27.2023 | Graphics by Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Pruett

III Marine Expeditionary Force celebrates the 2024 New Year on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 27, 2023. This animation was created using...

Translate J-Alerts using Safety Tips App

07.26.2023 | Graphics by Cpl. Alora Finigan

U.S. Marine Corps graphic depicting information regarding J-Alerts and Safety Tips application. The graphic was created using Adobe Illustrator...

Athoc

07.26.2023 | Graphics by Sgt. Colton Nicks

U.S. Marine Corps graphic depicting information regarding the Marine Corps' notification system, Athoc. The graphic was created using Adobe...

One Drink, One DUI

05.25.2023 | Graphics by Cpl. Colton Nicks

U.S. Marine Corps graphic depicts common alcoholic beverages in Japan, with the serving size, to inform drivers that one drink can put individuals...

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