January 21, 2011 — Rear Adm. Margaret Kibben, Deputy Chief of Navy Chaplains and Chaplain of the Marine Corps, began the final leg of a 2-week tour of Marine bases in the Pacific region this week. She visited Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni before arriving on Okinawa Jan. 15.Kibben made this journey to visit with Marines, MORE
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January 21, 2011 — Personnel and equipment from 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, were loaded on a high speed vessel and departed from the Naha Military Port en route to the Kingdom of Thailand Jan. 18, where they will participate in Exercise Cobra Gold 2011 next month.Cobra Gold ’11 is an annual Thai/U.S. co-sponsored joint and MORE
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January 14, 2011 — Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (Reinforced), Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, recently marked 60,500 flight hours without sustaining any Class A mishaps.A Class A mishap is any damage that equals $2 million or more or any fatality, explained Capt. Ryan M. Caulder, the squadron’s aviation MORE
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January 14, 2011 — Founded May 17, 1945, American Forces Network Okinawa is the oldest continuing AFN detachment still operating in the Pacific. AFN Okinawa’s mission is to communicate local command information and highlight the efforts of Marines, sailors, soldiers and airmen to an audience of more than 70,000 listeners on 11 different military bases on Okinawa MORE
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January 14, 2011 — Marines from units across III Marine Expeditionary Force worked together Dec. 21 and 22 to place 10 targets on Camp Hansen’s Range 2 and Camp Schwab’s Range 10.The 13,000-pound targets, resembling combat vehicles, were placed to enhance the training value for Marines conducting exercises on these ranges, said Staff Sgt. Jeremy La Force, operations MORE
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January 14, 2011 — It can happen in the blink of an eye. A traffic stop goes wrong. A detainee in Afghanistan tries to escape. A suspect violently resists arrest.Military police work in a field where danger and uncertainty abound. Although police officers can never predict how a situation may play out, they can prepare themselves to handle whatever scenario they MORE
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January 14, 2011 — More than 160 Marines from III Marine Expeditionary Force began competing in the 110th Annual Far East Division Matches, a marksmanship competition at Camp Schwab Jan. 10.The 16-day match consists of two days of instruction, four days of practice shooting, nine actual shooting days and an awards ceremony.The classes, instructed by members of the MORE
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January 07, 2011 — Lt. Gen. Terry G. Robling relinquished command of III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Bases Japan to Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. Jan. 7 during a change of command ceremony at the Camp Foster parade deck. Glueck’s command of III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Bases Japan marks his fourth tour of duty on Okinawa. Glueck MORE
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