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CTF-76/79 Highlights Joint and Allied Naval Expeditionary Force Capabilities During Noble Fusion

OKINAWA, Japan - Two Amphibious Ready Groups with embarked Marine Expeditionary Units along with a Carrier Strike Group, operated together in the Indo-Pacific during Exercise Noble Fusion 3-7 February 2022. The exercise, led by Combined Task Force 76/79, ranged from the Luzon Strait to the Miyako Strait and the East China Sea, encompassing a wide swath of the First Island Chain, including littoral areas in the vicinity of Okinawa.

3D Marine Expeditionary Brigade and the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade begin annual command post exercise Yama Sakura 81 in Japan

OKINAWA, Japan – The 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade are taking part in Yama Sakura 81, an annual command post exercise, Dec. 7 to Dec. 13, 2021 at Camp Courtney, Okinawa and Camp Ainoura, Nagasaki, Japan. The 3D MEB’s and ARDB’s portion of the exercise is part of the largest command post exercise held between the U.S. Army and the JGSDF called Yama Sakura 81.

3rd MEB Completes Rapid Response Rehearsal to Maintain Readiness for Crisis

OKINAWA, Japan – The 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (3D MEB) completed a short-notice, rapid response Alert Contingency Marine Air Ground Task Force (ACM) rehearsal here Sept. 22, 2021.

3rd MEB Marines in Okinawa Complete Rapid Mobilization Drill to Prepare for Indo-Pacific Crises

CAMP COURTNEY, Okinawa, Japan – Marines with 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade conducted an exercise that tested their ability to rapidly mobilize and validate command and control techniques during a crisis scenario in the Indo-Pacific region, June 30, 2021.

16 years later, U.S. Marine to be awarded Purple Heart

OKINAWA, Japan – U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Kevin W. Leishman is scheduled to be awarded the Purple Heart medal on 24 Feb. 2021 on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan for wounds sustained in action against enemies of the United States during Operation PHANTOM FURY, Operation Iraqi Freedom, in support of combat operations in Fallujah, Republic of Iraq, on 10 Nov. 2004.

3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade begin local portion on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, of annual command post exercise Yama Sakura 79

OKINAWA, Japan – III Marine Expeditionary Force’s 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade are taking part in Yama Sakura 79, an annual command post exercise, Dec. 9 to Dec. 14, 2020 at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan. The Camp Courtney portion of the exercise is part of a larger U.S. Army First Corps (I Corps) and the JGSDF’s Western Army exercise Yama Sakura 79 with events at Camp Kengun, Camp Asaka and other locations in Japan and the United States.

3D MEB Change of Command

The commanding general of 3D Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), Maj. Gen. Paul J. Rock, relinquished command to Brig. Gen. Kyle B. Ellison at the Marine Corps Base Camp Courtney, July 10, 2020.

Philippines, Japan, US conduct closing ceremony for exercise KAMANDAG 3

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines, Japan and the United States conducted the closing ceremony of exercise KAMANDAG 3 at Marine Barracks Rudiardo Brown, Taguig, Manila, Philippines, Oct. 18, 2019.

US, Philippine, JGSDF service members conduct HCA during KAMANDAG 3

SUBIC BAY, Philippines – Service members from the United States Navy, Philippine Marine Corps, Philippine Air Force and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force led multiple cooperative health engagements and community relations events as part of a humanitarian and civic assistance effort during exercise KAMANDAG 3 at several locations throughout Luzon, Philippines, Oct. 9-17, 2019.

US Marines, Philippine Air Force support air defense, ground threat reaction training

COLONEL ERNESTO P. RAVINA AIR BASE, Philippines — U.S. Marines and Philippine Airmen conducted air defense and ground threat reaction training as part of Exercise KAMANDAG 3 at Colonel Ernesto P. Ravina Air Base, Philippines, Oct. 10-14, 2019.

3D Marine Expeditionary Brigade