U.S. Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct special patrol insertion and extraction rigging during a helicopter rope suspension techniques sustainment exercise on Kin Blue Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, July 11, 2024. The exercise sustained the MRF’s HRST proficiency in insert and extract capabilities for the 31st MEU, and included fast rope, rappelling, helocasting and SPIE rigging. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Angel Diaz Montes De Oca)
CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, Japan – Maj. Gen. Ju Ik-Suk, the commanding general of the Republic of Korea 1st Marine Division, visited III Marine Expeditionary Force from July 1-3, 2024.
CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, Japan – III Marine Expeditionary Force received a shipment of Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs) at Naha Military Port on June 29, 2024. The ACV is an eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier, designed to fully upgrade the Marine Corps’ fleet of Assault Amphibious Vehicles (AAV).
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP S. D. BUTLER, Okinawa, Japan - III Marine Expeditionary
Force, alongside the Japan Self-Defense Force and U.S. Joint Force, will participate in Exercise
Resolute Dragon 24 in Japan from July 28 – August 7, 2024.
米海兵隊基地キャンプ・ バトラー(沖縄県) - 第三海兵遠征軍は、自衛隊および米統
合軍とともに、2024 年 7 月 28 日から 8 月 7 日まで日本で行われるレゾリュート・ド
ラゴン 24 に参加します。