Nearly two-dozen Marines assigned to Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji volunteered to help with the set-up at this year’s Yamanako (yah-mah-nah-KO) Ice Candle festival on February 22nd. The marines and other volunteers unwrapped hundreds of the ice candles used for the festival. Colonel Scott Welborn and Sergeant Major Christopher Gasser, the Camp Fuji commanding officer and sergeant major also participated in the event. A part of the maneuver training land used by the U.S. and Japanese militaries is in Yamanashi Prefecture, where Yamanako town is located.
CAMP KINSER, Japan (Feb. 26, 2026) â At 7:30 a.m., the shuffling of boots, alarms being tested and the chatter of morning checks signify a shift change at Camp Kinser Fire Station.
For firefighters assigned to Marine Corps Installations Pacific Fire and Emergency Services, emergencies are a part of daily operations.
Marine Corps Base HawaiÊ»i â The Environmental Division at Marine Corps Base HawaiÊ»i (MCBH) has worked extensively over the years to remove invasive mangrove from the historically and culturally significant NuÊ»uÂŹpia Fishponds, restoring ecological balance and vital coastal ecosystems. These fishponds hold deep cultural importance and provide critical habitat for native species. As environmental stewardship moves forward with caring for...
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAIâI - U.S. Navy Sailors with 21st Dental Company, 3rd Dental Battalion, and Marines with 3rd Littoral Combat Team (LCT), 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR) trained in a collaborative effort to enhance medical readiness and coordination between infantry security forces and hospital corpsmen by responding to simulated mass casualties in an austere environment at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows (MCTAB), Marine Corps...
