June 22, 2012 — Roughly 67,000 U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Marines have registered with eMarine since March of 2011, surpassing 90 percent personnel registration for the site as of this month.MarForPac currently leads the Marine Corps in personnel registered with eMarine.Col. Brent S. Willson, Headquarters and Service Battalion commanding officer, MarForPac, MORE
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June 19, 2012 — New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and other government officials assembled to commemorate the U.S. Marine Corps’ landing in New Zealand during World War II at the National War Memorial here June 14.Several American armed forces members and World War II veterans of New Zealand attended the commemoration. “We are renewing old ties, we are MORE
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June 19, 2012 — More than 200 New Zealanders gathered in the pews of Old St. Paul’s, Wellington to be entertained by the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Band. The booming music echoed through the stained glass windows and tall wooden walls, carrying the sound of celebration through the still Wellington streets. The June 13th concert, featuring the MORE
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June 06, 2012 — Marines might train to assault sandy beaches from large bodies of water, but they want their golf balls to stay clear of both.Approximately 150 amateur golfers from across Oahu teed off in friendly competition as U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, held its 4th annual “scramble” tournament at Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course here, June 1.The afternoon MORE
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June 01, 2012 — A Marine sergeant received a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal here June 1 for saving a 5-year-old boy from drowning at a residential pool in Ewa Beach, May 19. Sgt. Augustin A. Delgado, a radio operator by trade who currently works as a watch staff noncommissioned officer at the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, command operations center, MORE
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April 25, 2012 — Aussie. Kiwi. Yankee. Military and civilians from each background all came together to commemorate the Australia-New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) Day at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, April 25. This year’s ceremony marked the 97th anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli by the ANZACs. The Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, was a MORE
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April 24, 2012 — While supporting Exercise Balikatan 2012 in Crow Valley, Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. forces reached out to the local community of Santa Juliana in several ways. Command chaplains U.S. Navy Lts. Gary W. Foshee, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, Marine Corps Base Hawaii; Kevin S. Wilkinson, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Marine Division; and MORE
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April 24, 2012 — Joining the military sometimes means being away from family and friends, traveling to new and exotic places, or having the option to stay in the continental U.S. For two Filipino-American service members, traveling to the Philippines for Exercise Balikatan 2012 brings them back to their roots. U.S. Marine Lance Cpls. John L. Culilap, a field MORE
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April 22, 2012 — Puerto Princesa Airport Aircraft rescue and firefighting and U.S. Marines AARF practiced putting out fires on the flight line of the Puerto Princesa Airport April 22, 2012 in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Republic of the Philippines. Both nations took part in this unique opportunity in support of Exercise Balikatan 2012, which officially began April MORE
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April 21, 2012 — Children from the Bahay Ni Nanay Orphanage visited U.S. Marines and sailors April 19, 2012 on Antonio Bautista Air Base, Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Republic of the Philippines. This is just one of the many bilateral opportunities between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Task Force Palawan that is taking place during Exercise Balikatan MORE
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