Story by Sgt. David Staten | 3d Marine Division | 11.15.2019
U.S. Marine Corps and Navy divers with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, conducted a dive operation to inspect U.S. Army Vessel Harpers Ferry, which was experiencing technical issues at Naval Station White Beach, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 15, 2019....
Story by Cpl. Josue Marquez | 3d Marine Division | 10.04.2019
BLUE BEACH, Malaysia – U.S. Marines and Sailors with 3rd Marine Division and members of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) participated in exercise Tiger Strike 2019 at Blue Beach, Malaysia, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 5, 2019....
Story by Lance Cpl. Cameron Parks | 3d Marine Division | 06.20.2018
U.S. military uniform devices are very important to a service member’s uniform. The usual medal or plastic emblems signify the unconventional training a service member has undergone. One of the most recognizable devices is the Parachutist Badge “Jump Wings”, but there are other emblems that aren’t as identifiable....
Story by Cpl. Charles Plouffe | 3d Marine Division | 05.25.2018
CAMP COURTNEY, Okinawa, Japan--Two Marines from 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division recently won the 10th Annual Recon Challenge at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 17, 2018....
Story by Cpl. Carl King | 3d Marine Division | 04.13.2018
For the first time ever, Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division competed in the Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command Raider Games on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on March 18-27, 2018....
Story by Staff Sgt. T. T. Parish | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 12.27.2017
As the sun sets across an open expanse of the Pacific Ocean, somewhere south of the Equator and east of the International Date Line, a fleet of gray-hulled ships cruise against a horizon brought into sharp relief by the setting sun. The day’s end marks only the beginning for some of the Marines embarked on those ships, Soldiers of the Sea at the forward edge of the nation’s defense. Within......
Story by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards | 3rd Marine Logistics Group | 12.11.2017
OKINAWA, Japan – U.S. service members rushed to assist a Marine struck by a vehicle traveling northbound on the Okinawa Expressway on December 1, 2017....
Story by Cpl. Jessica Etheridge | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 11.03.2017
Marines with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing participated in the joint field training exercise Blue Chromite 2018, throughout the prefecture of Okinawa, Japan, October 23 – November 3, 2017....