January 24, 2013 — “Set!” yells a fire team leader as he waits outside a doorway. The Marine behind him grabs his shoulder and gives the command, “Go!” The four-man team rushes into the room, clearing it of enemies.Marines with Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, trained for military operations on urban terrain Jan. 16 at MORE
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January 24, 2013 — Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 4 are conducting a communications exercise Jan. 7 - Feb. 1 at Camp Foster.The exercise helps prepare the unit for future operations throughout the region.“What we are doing here today is preparing to support future exercises and operations 3rd Marine Logistics Group is involved with,” said 2nd Lt. Duc M. MORE
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January 24, 2013 — Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force participated in a joint humanitarian operations course Jan. 17-18 at Hashmarks, the staff noncommissioned officers’ club on Camp Courtney.The course ensures Marines are prepared to coordinate future humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations with the U.S. Agency for International Development’s MORE
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January 24, 2013 — III Marine Expeditionary Force’s and Marine Corps Installations Pacific’s safety offices have joined forces with the provost marshal’s office to implement the distracted and impaired driving campaign, which began Jan. 1 and continues until March 31 throughout Marine Corps installations on Okinawa.The distracted and impaired driving campaign is part MORE
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January 24, 2013 — Tax centers at Camps Foster and Hansen are scheduled to open Feb. 4 to provide free assistance with tax filing.Tax centers will be located in building 2694 at Camp Hansen and building 5960 at Camp Foster.“The current locations are a true benefit for status of forces agreement personnel, especially with the addition of the facility on Camp Hansen,” MORE
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January 17, 2013 — The medical officer of the Marine Corps, Rear Adm. Michael H. Anderson, and deputy medical officer of the Marine Corps, Rear Adm. Charles Harr, visited medical personnel and conducted briefings Jan. 14-17 throughout Okinawa.Anderson and Harr toured medical clinics and met with service members to see the work III Marine Expeditionary Force does on a MORE
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January 17, 2013 — The III Marine Expeditionary Force Band performed for the Republic of Korea Marine Corps’ 1st Marine Division Jan. 13 at the division’s headquarters in Pohang, Republic of Korea. The III MEF Band performs annually for ROK service member, and this year’s event included III MEF’s ceremonial, party and rock bands. “I was very surprised with (the MORE
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January 17, 2013 — As Marines traverse through the dense jungle, they stumble upon a 70-foot-wide trench approximately 50-feet-deep. Without hesitation, the Marines pull out a 100-foot rope and lower a Marine down to cross the trench and start building a one-rope bridge.Marines with 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, practiced building one-rope MORE
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January 17, 2013 — “Safety isn’t something that just happens, nor can it be considered separately from mission planning,” said Capt. David M. Garcia, an aviation safety officer with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262. “A tactically sound plan is also an inherently safe plan by nature.”The squadron, part of Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III MORE
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January 17, 2013 — Marines and sailors with 3rd Medical Battalion departed Okinawa for Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Jan. 17 to conduct Cambodia Medical Exercise 13-1.The service members will work alongside Royal Cambodian Armed Forces medical personnel at the Phnom Penh Preah Ket Meleah Hospital during subject-matter expert exchanges to increase Cambodian and U.S. medical MORE
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