U.S. service members, children from local preschools, and Okinawa residents gather for an Earth Day cleanup and tree-planting at Nature Mirai Kan in Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan, April 22, 2024. The Earth Day clean up was held to reinforce...
In 2023 the Marine Corps made great strides in building resilience against myriad types of environmental threats at its installations around the world. Notably in October MCICOM released its Installation Campaign Plan for Environmental Resilience and Energy Readiness, which sets aggressive targets for installations to continue to build projects and establish practices to ensure operations in even the most hostile natural environments. While...