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Japanese media have reported that U.S. Marine Corps troops who began relocating from Okinawa to Guam late last year will begin moving to the barracks at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz in June.
Okinawa bears a disproportionate burden for the alliance, with 70 percent of U.S. bases in Japan located on the islands. That makes the prefecture both strategically important and vulnerable.
SSG Landers will return through Incheon International Airport on the 5th after finishing the second spring camp held in Okinawa, Japan. SSG focused on improving its game sense through four ...
CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa — U.S. and Japanese troops on Wednesday ... key concepts of the Marine Corps’ Force Design restructuring plan, according to Brig. Gen. Trevor Hall, commander of the ...
By Martin Fackler and Kiuko Notoya Reporting from Henoko, Okinawa Keiko Itokazu can still remember the day in 1965 when the parachute didn’t open. It was attached to a jeep trailer that was ...
Hoeven met with Brig. Gen. Nicholas Evans at Kadena ... one of the first MQ-9 Reaper units at Kadena. At Camp Hansen Marine Corps base in Okinawa, Hoeven met with Lt. Gen. Roger Turner, commander ...
According to U.S. media, Brig. Gen. Simon Doran ... on November 15, 2023 at Camp Hansen in Okinawa. The MLR will be able to respond immediately to remote island emergencies.
The Okinawa Prefectural Government lodged a protest with a senior U.S. Air Force officer on Thursday over a sexual assault allegedly committed by a U.S. airman. The suspect, 25-year-old Brennon ...
The prefectural ruling camp in Okinawa, led by Gov. Denny Tamaki, failed to secure a majority of seats in Sunday's election for the prefectural assembly. In Okinawa, forces opposing the planned ...
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel shakes hands with a local vendor at the farmers market at Camp Hansen, a U.S. Marine Corps base on a southern Japanese island of Okinawa, Sunday, Oct. 30 ...
CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa – A little more than a ... save a man from drowning after a sailing mishap off the Okinawa shore. Brig. Gen. Brian Wolford pinned the Navy and Marine Corps Medal onto ...
For example, from Futenma in central Okinawa, the Ospreys might proceed base by base toward the Northern Training Area, stopping at Camp Hansen, Camp Schwab (site of the planned relocation), Kin ...