Courtesy Story | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 11.20.2020
Since late March, the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa has been implementing strict safety measures including restricting activities off base to minimize the spread of COVID-19. After the infection surged in early July, with two clusters of infections discovered on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma and Camp Hansen, the Marine Corps worked ceaselessly to ensure the safety and protection of the U.S.......
Courtesy Story | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 11.20.2020
在沖米海兵隊は、3月下旬以降、新型コロナウィルス感染拡大を最小限に抑えるため、基外での活動を制限するなど厳格な健康保護措置を講じてきました。7月上旬に普天間飛行場及びキャンプ・ハンセンで2カ所の集団感染が確認されたことを受けて、海兵隊は米軍及び沖縄県民の安全と保護を確保するために不断の努力を重ねてきました。周到な健康保護の取り組みにより、海兵隊は感染の拡大を抑制することができました。...
Story by 1st Lt. Timothy Hayes | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 07.17.2020
UNITED STATES NAVAL HOSPITAL OKINAWA, Japan – Okinawa Prefectural Government representatives met with Marine Corps Installations Pacific leadership and medical health professionals to discuss COVID-19 related information on Camp Foster Naval Hospital, July 15....
Story by Senior Airman Omari Bernard | 18th Wing | 11.19.2016
The U.S. Consulate Allstars, a team made up of U.S. Consulate and senior military leaders stationed on Okinawa, took on members of the Okinawa Prefectural Government in a friendly game of baseball, Nov. 19, 2016, at. Although the Allstars lost the game 15-5, they were able to build on a partnership through baseball diplomacy....
Story by Staff Sgt. Maeson Elleman | 18th Wing | 09.05.2015
For the first time ever, the 18th Wing participated in a bilateral disaster response exercise alongside Japan Self-Defense Forces and the Okinawa Prefectural Government at Atta Port Sept. 5. The exercise gave participants and spectators an understanding of how the 82 separate entities from U.S. military, JSDF and local emergency responders work together to save lives in the wake of devastation......
Story by Lance Cpl. Peter Sanders | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.06.2014
Members of the Okinawa Prefectural Government hosted a series of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief drills with the Japan Self-Defense Forces and U.S. Marines on and around Miyako Island Sept. 6....