Our mission is to exercise command and control, oversight, and budgetary guidance over the Marine Corps’ network of advanced naval bases in the Indo-Pacific in order to: (1) secure and protect our capabilities, (2) strengthen our alliances, and (3) expand the capabilities of forward-deployed naval expeditionary forces.
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U.S. Marine Corps LCpl. Madison Hart, left, and Cpl. Paige Brokopp, both musicians with the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band, perform in a parade...
Vaka Marumaru Atua crew members depart from the Marine Corps Base Hawaii Marina on their way to the 2024 Festival of the Pacific Arts and Culture...
U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Company 33, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, prepare for an external lift operations...
Simulated medical evacuees prepare for transport during a mass casualty exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 11, 2024. The...
U.S. Navy Capt. Blake Burket, left, the incoming commanding officer of the Officer in Charge of Construction (OICC), and Capt. Robert Stiles, right,...
Names are tremendously powerful. They represent culture, history, remembrance, and perhaps most importantly, family ties. A family’s name is one that connects each member of it to each other regardless of if they want to or not. Names can also command reverence if one's bloodline is highly respected and or did good deeds, or perhaps the opposite if they didn’t. For better or worse, one’s name is partly what makes up one’s identity.
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Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, held a change of command ceremony for U.S. Marine Corps Col. David Banning, the outgoing commanding officer of H&S Battalion, MCIPAC, who was relieved by Col. Marc Walker, the oncoming commanding officer, on May 31.
The event aimed to empower new and expecting parents by providing valuable resources, support, and educational workshops. It enhanced parents' knowledge and skills about various stages of child development through presentations, interactive activities, and informational booths.
“One of the biggest professional takeaways from being a faculty advisor is my sharpened ability in public speaking,” said U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Brassard, the academics officer with the SNCOA Okinawa. “As a former schoolhouse instructor for my original military occupational specialty, I only spoke in front of around 20 Marines. Here at the SNCOA, I speak in front of groups as large as 120.”
Through their innovation and excellence in fire prevention inspections, community outreach, public education programs and more, MCIPAC F&ES was nominated and selected as the 2023 Department of Defense Fire Prevention Program of the Year.