U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific participate the Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition Far East on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 19, 2024. The MCMC-Far East is an annual event held to reinforce marksmanship, combat readiness and weapon proficiency. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Maksim Masloboev)

U.S. Marines and master labor contractors with Marine Corps Installations Pacific Marine Corps Base Camp Butler Postal, distribute packages on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 20, 2024. The MCIPAC Postal Operations Center is responsible for sending mail abroad and distributing incoming military mail to all post offices on Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, U.S. Army Garrison Torii Station, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, and U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa. During the holidays, MCIPAC MCB Camp Butler Postal increased their working hours over 72-hour holiday liberty periods and regularly processed up to six full-sized trailer trucks each day. The Camp Foster Post Office is responsible for processing outbound mail and holds incoming mail for all civilian personnel and service members who own P.O. boxes on Camp Foster. This year, the post office has seen a significant increase in the use of parcel lockers and P.O. boxes to deliver over 5,000 packages to customers in the year and handle up to 6,000 pounds of mail every day. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Thomas Sheng)

Marine Corps Installations Pacific ends another a successful year of support to various units within the Indo-Pacific region. MCIPAC's mission is to exercise command and control, oversight, and budgetary guidance over the Marine Corps' network of advanced Naval Bases across the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Maksim Masloboev)

U.S. service member, their families and members from the local community attend Comic Con Okinawa on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 8, 2024. Marine Corps Community Services Okinawa hosted a two-day comic convention, featuring professional cosplayers, artists, and actors as well as food, gaming competitions, a cosplay contest, and multiple vendors. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Martha Linares)

The Camp Blaz cultural resources team partnered with U.S. Navy Seabees at Naval Base Guam and the International Archeology team to continue preserving ancestral CHamoru remains found on Camp Blaz, Dec. 5, 2024. During the construction of the Urban Training Complex, archeologists discovered five sites each with at least one burial dating to the Latte Period. All CHamoru burials at Mokfok were preserved in place, and construction projects were redesigned to avoid burial sites. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Rey Moreno Marilao) (Photos courtesy of Lance Cpl. Afton Smiley)