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U.S. Marines with the Marine Corps Forces Pacific Band and members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines General Headquarters band pose for a photo...
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lighting II assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is prepared for flight...
U.S. Marines attending the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Sergeants Course perform dynamic warmups at MCAS Iwakuni, July 15, 2026. The inaugural...
Amphibious Combat Vehicles with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, arrive at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa,...
A U.S. Marine with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 26, fires an M2 .50-caliber heavy machine...
On Monday, July 28, the Government of Guam honored U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier General (Brig. Gen.) and Delegate Vicente “Ben” T. Blaz, a Guam native and the first CHamoru Marine to achieve the rank of general officer in the U.S. Armed Forces, by renaming Guam Route 3 as “Brigadier General Ben Blaz Memorial Highway.”
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On June 7, Sims was shopping in American Village when he and another Marine, LCpl Ryland Sawyer, decided to walk by a nearby beach. During that walk, they noticed a local Japanese woman slip from the concrete barriers that break up the waves and fall headfirst down an approximately 15-foot drop. Sims did not hesitate to spring into action.
That 7.8 magnitude earthquake, on April 25, 2015, was recorded as the most devastating in Nepal’s history. Killing almost 9,000 people, injuring tens of thousands, and destroying hundreds of thousands of buildings. The earthquake spanned 120 kilometers long and 80 kilometers wide, leaving much of the country in ruins. Shortly thereafter, the U.S. responded to Nepal’s request for assistance. Joint Task Force 505 was formed, employing the skillsets of 900 service members from the U.S. Armed Forces.
Iwakuni EOD officer transports training material to CATC Camp Fuji by U.S. Army helicopter.
Serianthes nelsonii is a tree species found only on Guam and Rota. The CHamoru name for the Serianthes tree on Guam is Håyun lågu, meaning "wood of the north" or "foreign wood," and in Rota, Trongkon guåfi, meaning "fire tree." Specimens were first collected in the late 1800s and again in 1918 by Peter Nelson, from whom the species was described by Elmer D. Merrill. Although there is no remaining knowledge of traditional uses of the tree in CHamoru culture, early navigator Louis Claude de Freycinet listed Håyun lågu as a tree suitable for timber in his travel journals in the 1800s. Given the tree’s full stature and strength, it would have been suitable for shelter construction or canoe-building. In 1987, Serianthes nelsonii was listed as endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service due to its rarity and threats to its survival.
In 2023, it was recorded that 27 Marines and sailors lost their lives due to preventable off duty