February 28, 2013 — Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus visited Marines and sailors Feb. 20 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji and addressed current issues the Navy and Marine Corps face.Mabus discussed potential impacts of sequestration, the ongoing drawdown of U.S. forces and the importance of the U.S. military’s presence and activities throughout the MORE
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February 28, 2013 — Exercise Cobra Gold 2013 concluded Feb. 22 with the dedication of the last of five school additions, a bilateral combined-arms live-fire exercise and the official closing ceremony.Royal Thai Gen. Worapong Sangnetra, deputy chief of Defense Forces, and U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Terry G. Robling, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, as well a MORE
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February 28, 2013 — As snow and wind blasted the Marines from seemingly all directions, they held steadfast, calmly awaiting the next fire-mission, ready to fire their howitzers at a moment’s notice, proving artillery support in any clime or place.Marines and sailors with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary MORE
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February 28, 2013 — Nine pilots with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force toured Marine Aircraft Group 36’s hangar, and discussed the group’s functions and its facilities Feb. 21 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.The visit began with a short introduction about 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and its mission. After learning about 1st MAW and its MORE
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February 28, 2013 — “We would like to express that your consistent cooperation and deep consideration have produced significant contributions to police service in 2012,” said Tatsuhiko Toguchi, the senior superintendent and chief of the Okinawa Police Department, before presenting Capt. Daniel J. Burton a letter of appreciation.Yasufumi Tomari, Burton and three other MORE
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February 28, 2013 — The Battle of Okinawa historical display is one of many types of historical displays, complete with uniforms, replicas, newspaper articles and posters. However, its meaning goes far deeper for members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, who visited the display to learn more about the battle.Thirty members of the 15th Brigade, Western Army, MORE
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February 28, 2013 — “You can’t prep for (the Jungle Warfare Training Center) — it’s not possible, not for the jungle and not for the weather,” said Sgt. Matthew J. Foglesong, a team leader and reconnaissance man with Company B, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion. “You just have to take everything you have learned in the past and make it work for you.”Marines with Company B, MORE
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February 26, 2013 — More than 50 Marines and sailors from 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force participated in the opening ceremony with members of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force for Exercise Forest Light 13-3 in the Hokkaido-dai Maneuver Area in Eastern Hokkaido, Japan today. Forest Light is a routine, semi-annual exercise, which enhances the MORE
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February 21, 2013 — Hirofumi Takeda, the director general of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, met with senior U.S. military leaders Feb. 14 on Camp Foster to discuss the purpose and functions of the ODB and how it works with the U.S. military.The ODB is the Japan Ministry of Defense’s local office on Okinawa, tasked with conducting liaison activities with the U.S. military MORE
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February 21, 2013 — Marines and sailors with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, conducted a field medical evacuation drill Feb. 16 at the Ojojihara Maneuver Area on mainland Japan as part of Artillery Relocation Training Program 12-4.The medical evacuation drill is regularly scheduled training prior to the beginning of live-fire artillery exercises such as ARTP 12-4 MORE
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