U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 232, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing arrive to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 8, 2025. VMFA-232, an F/A-18 Hornet squadron from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, deployed to augment MAG-12, 1st MAW under the Unit Deployment Program, which provides U.S.-based units with operational experience in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Erick Reyes)
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP S. D. BUTLER, Okinawa, Japan - III Marine Expeditionary Force and the Japan Self-Defense Force will conduct Exercise Resolute Dragon 25 Sept. 11-25 to rehearse bilateral crisis response and contingency operations.
