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New Naval Hospital opens era of increase… [Military]
By Bill Charles From tents to Quonset huts to a four-story concrete building to a new multi-million dollar U.S. Naval Hospital just opened o...Read More
2013.04.03
Futenma to receive 12 more Ospreys this summer [Military]
Futenma Marine Corps Air Station is to receive another dozen MV-22 Osprey aircraft in July, but the Tokyo government has directed they first be delivered to Iwakuni Marine Corps Ai...
Marines’ move from Okinawa to take years [Military]
The U.S. military is now projecting finishing the transfers of some 4,700 members of the Marine Corps here to Guam by 2020 and another 3,700 to Hawaii by 2026. The latest dates wer...
Oki Marines commemorate earthquake anniversary [Military]
Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations Pacific, along with the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band, has visited Oshima Island, Kesennuma City,...
Marine moves to Guam could be delayed ‘years’ [Military]
The austerity cutbacks to U.S. government spending are now in effect, and political leaders are predicting the transfer of U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam could be one of the vic...
MV-22 Osprey Family Day set for MCAS Futenma [Military]
III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific are hosting an MV-22 Osprey Family Day for 300 parents and children from the local community at MCAS Futenma o...
Military revamps Okinawa liberty regulations [Military]
The late evening curfew has been rescinded for many service members in Okinawa, but the restrictions on off-base alcohol consumption remains in effect. That’s the essence of the ne...
Ginoza to begin officially recording Osprey noise [Military]
Ginoza Village has become the first municipality on Okinawa to officially monitor the noise levels caused by the Marines’ Osprey MV-22 aircraft. Ginoza officials say that they plan...
2013.02.02
Marine band on Okinawa earns top honors [Military]
Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr., commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force presented the III MEF Band an award recognizing the band as the 2012 Field Band of the Year for...
Marines, sailors begin medical training exercise in Cambodia [Military]
The sixth year of bilateral medical engagements with the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces is under way in Phnom Penh, Kampot Province. The exercise that began Monday is taking place at...
U.S. Navy eases its ban on nighttime drinking [Military]
The U.S. Navy has eased its nighttime ban on sailors drinking alcohol outside their homes in Japan, a measure that was imposed a few months ago in response to a string of alleged c...
U.S. Air Force mulls deploying CV-22 Osprey in Okinawa [Military]
U.S. Air Force Secretary Michael Donley has now admitted that the Air Force is considering deploying its CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft in Okinawa, a move certain to fu...
3rd MEB resumes role as alert contingency MAGTF [Military]
The 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade has resumed its role as the command element for the Asia-Pacific region’s alert contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force. As the command ...
III MEF Marines conclude relief efforts in the Philippines [Military]
Personnel and aircraft with III Marine Expeditionary Force concluded their support humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations on Tuesday. Relief efforts were conducted...
2012.12.14
III MEF assists with relief efforts in Philippines [Military]
Marines from Okinawa’s III Marine Expeditionary Force are once again in disaster relief mode, responding to Typhoon Bopha, which slammed the Philippines, killing more than 600. At ...
Three-stars tighten liberty, alcohol policies [Military]
Determined to put a stop to misbehavior on the part of servicemen and women in Japan, the two three-star generals responsible for the country have been reining in liberties and pri...
2012.12.02
III MEF Commander cracks down hard; bans off-base drinking [Military]
For Lt. Gen. Kenneth Glueck, Commanding General of III Marine Expeditionary Force and Okinawa Area Coordinator, enough was enough. A Friday night alcohol-fueled off-base traffic ac...
Navy’s cracks down hard; Late evening drinking banned for Navy sailors [Military]
There’s no fooling around by U.S. Naval Forces Japan, which has instituted strong restrictions against its active duty personnel, who are now under tighter base controls and limite...
2012.11.28
CH-46 withdrawn, U.S. set to start full operations of Ospreys [Military]
The U.S. Marine Corps completed the withdrawal of a fleet of 12 CH-46 helicopters from its Futenma air station in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Tuesday to prepare for the ...
Osprey training held regularly; safety agreement said ignored [Military]
Since the first deployment of the MV-22 Osprey aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma Air Station in Ginowan City a month ago, training involving the controversial aircra...
Osprey training flights to begin soon over Japan [Military]
The U.S. government has taken an unusual step of advising Japan that it plans to begin MV-22 Osprey training flights over Okinawa’s main islands later this month. Defense Minister ...
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