Story by Cpl. Evelyn Doherty | 3d Marine Division | 09.30.2025
Sgt. Aiden Bende has been at the forefront of change within the 3rd Marine Division. As an alum of the 12th Marine Regiment and now an experienced non-commissioned officer with the 12th Littoral Combat Team, 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, he has refined his tactical skill set as a fire direction control (FDC) Marine....
Story by Cpl. Rodney Frye | 3d Marine Division | 09.27.2025
U.S. Marines with Akuma Company, 12th Littoral Combat Team, 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, participated in exercise Resolute Dragon 25 at Hijudai Maneuver Area from Sept. 11-24, 2025. Resolute Dragon is an annual bilateral exercise in Japan that strengthens the command, control, and multi-domain maneuver capabilities of U.S. Marines in III Marine Expeditionary Force and......
Story by Lance Cpl. Matthew Morales | 3d Marine Division | 03.07.2025
Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan — Sgt. Daniel Mullins, a Pennsylvania native and an artillery electronics technician with the 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, was awarded the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Gold Disk Program Award and $2,000 cash prize on Feb. 20, 2025, for cost-saving repairs in an austere fiscal environment....
Story by 1st Lt. Sarah Bobrowski | 3d Marine Division | 02.28.2025
CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN – Ten Marines with 12th Littoral Logistics Battalion successfully completed new equipment training with the Autonomous Low-Profile Vessel (ALPV) at Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan, in January 2025. The training, sponsored by the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, and provided by Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC-PAC), introduced Marines to both remote......
Story by Cpl. Evelyn Doherty | 3d Marine Division | 12.16.2024
CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN—U.S. Marines with 12th Littoral Anti-Air Battalion executed their first operational training on Wake Island from December 16 to 19, 2024, just days after the battalion’s activation ceremony. During the training, Marines executed a tactical air surveillance raid, which included a communications training exercise and the deployment of an AN/TPS-80 Radar....
Story by Lance Cpl. Evelyn Doherty | 3d Marine Division | 06.02.2024
CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, JAPAN- On May 24, 2024, Marines and Sailors with the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment embarked on a professional military education trip to Iwo To, Japan. Among the personnel was U.S. Navy Cmdr. Julia Savitz, who was scheduled to receive her Fleet Marine Force pin at the top of Mt. Suribachi....
