U.S. Marines with 3d Intelligence Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, and 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, provide sensing capabilities through the use of various radar systems during exercise Keen Sword at the Ie Shima, U.S. Marine Corps Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 26, 2024. The radar systems allow Marines to actively scan and track moving vessels in a small-sized platform. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, designed to increase readiness and interoperability while strengthening the ironclad U.S.-Japan alliance. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Ramon Cardoza)
U.S. Marines with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company and III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion bring a sense of home to Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan by hosting a Trunk-or-Treat celebration on October 25, 2024, with the help of Marine Corps Community Services. The Trunk-or-Treat event was held to celebrate Halloween for the overseas stationed servicemembers and their children.
OKINAWA, JAPAN – U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Turner Sawyer, an intelligence specialist with III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal during a ceremony on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 13, 2024. Lt. Gen. Roger B. Turner, the III MEF commanding general, presented the medal to Sawyer personally, recognizing the integral role he played in the continued development of the...