May 27, 2011 — The Australian Army Skill at Arms Meeting 2011 came to a close here May 19, ending a three-week long marksmanship competition among 13 nations.The annual meeting was designed to test the participants’ combat marksmanship, build rapport among nations and provide a forum for the discussion of training techniques relating to combat marksmanship.The MORE
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May 20, 2011 — Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr., commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force and commander of Marine Corps Bases Japan, visited Camp Hansen May 13 to praise III MEF and MCBJ Marines and sailors for their efforts during the recent Operation Tomodachi and to discuss the way ahead for III MEF.Glueck also spoke with Marines and sailors at MORE
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May 20, 2011 — Members of the Government of Bangladesh, the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka and Marines with the III Marine Expeditionary Force, participated in the 20th anniversary commemoration of Operation Sea Angel here May 12.On the evening of April 29, 1991, Cyclone Marian (Tropical Cyclone 02B) struck the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh. Approximately MORE
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May 20, 2011 — Reconnaissance Marines are conducting marksmanship training drills as part of the Dynamic Assault Course taught by the Special Operations Training Group on Camp Hansen’s Range 16 April 25 to May 27.The Marines, with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Force Company, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, are participating in this MORE
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May 20, 2011 — Marines and Department of Defense civilians with Marine Corps Bases Japan conducted Exercise Typhoon Ready 11, a typhoon readiness exercise, here May 16-19.The purpose of the exercise was to train damage control organizations, verify destructive weather standard operating procedures and prepare personnel for the upcoming typhoon season, which MORE
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May 20, 2011 — Nearly 100 Marines and their families attended a Holocaust Remembrance Event at the community center here May 13.The observance was an opportunity for attendees to learn about discrimination, and the importance of eliminating it.Colonel Nicholas Nanna, commander of Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler and camp commander MORE
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May 20, 2011 — Marines from Camp Schwab participated in a Henoko District tradition, the 38th Annual Henoko District Citizen’s Track and Field Meet Sports Day in Henoko May 15.“The Track and Field Meet Sports Day is primarily a competition between Henoko’s 10 residential sections, although the Marines and their families are always invited to join in the fun,” MORE
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May 20, 2011 — The lights grew dim as curtains opened to the sound of music echoing throughout the auditorium.As the music played, the stage background illumination changed, expressing the feeling of each song.This was the scene at the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band’s Friendship Summer Concert held at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan City May MORE
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May 20, 2011 — Marine snipers with Landing Force Company instructed Royal Thai Marines on applying the fundamentals of marksmanship to sniper tactics during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training here May 12.CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annually throughout U.S. Pacific Command’s area of operations and is designed to enhance readiness and MORE
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May 20, 2011 — 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, plans to recognize Staff Sgt. Donald A. Bartlett, Camp Schwab mess hall manager, as the fiscal year 2011 staff noncommissioned officer food service specialist of the year for the Marine Corps.The award is part of the Maj. Gen. W.P.T. Hill Memorial Awards Program for Food MORE
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