One of the foundational pillars of the Marine Corps is that every Marine is a rifleman. However, some stand above the rest. Sgt. Shaun Muller and Sgt. Shane Ryan, members of the Marine Corps Shooting Team, are two such Marines. Muller and Ryan visited Marines with the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion as part of a three-day Mobile Training Team. They shared their expertise and developed the marksmanship capabilities of the participating Marines...
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MLR-TE marked the first field training exercise featuring a MLR with all of its subordinate battalions integrated into a Marine Air-Ground Task Force operating as a Stand-in-Force. The 3rd Marine Division deployed its forward command element from Okinawa, Japan to Naval Amphibious Base Coronado where it functioned as an “intermediate headquarters” – a MAGTF headquarters providing command and control of the SiF, to include 3rd MLR and several other units, linking it to the U.S. Navy Fleet and other joint forces...
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U.S. Marines deployed from Japan and the United States ahead of large-scale combined exercise with their Republic of Korea Marine Corps counterparts. Marines from III Marine Expeditionary Force in Okinawa, Japan, and Marines from 1st Marine Division, I MEF, joined their ROK counterparts to form the Combined Marine Component Command during Exercise Freedom Shield 23. The annual exercise is intended to strengthen the combined defensive capabilities of both countries’ armed forces in a changing security environment...
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Today, members of the Japan Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit completed the first Japan-based Iron Fist exercise. Iron Fist is an annual exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. This iteration of Iron Fist included ships from the JMSDF for the first time, which conducted rehearsals and integration with the 31st MEU and 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment throughout the exercise...
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