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Marines from Kaneohe, Hawaii, identify the benefits of forward deployed training unique to Okinawa, Japan. Marines from various infantry battalions deploy to Okinawa on a six-month rotation, conducting various exercises and operations with partner nations across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The Marines are assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Lance Cpl. Hayden Hansen, rifleman, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Rapid City, South Dakota Sgt. Walter Gary, section leader, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, St. Louis, Missouri 1st Lt. Justin Hoffman, executive officer, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin endure a French Armed Forces Nautical Commando Course at Quartier Gribeauval, New Caledonia, Aug. 15 to Sept. 1, 2016. This marks the first U.S. forces ever to complete the course. The course is a part of Exercise AmeriCal 16, a bilateral training exercise designed to enhance mutual combat capabilities and improve relations between the U.S. Marine Corps and the French Armed Forces. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Carlos Cruz Jr.)

Republic of Korea and U.S. Marines participate in Korean Marine Exchange Program 16-16 on Camp Rodriguez, South Korea, March 22-April 11, 2016. The ROK Marines are with 1st ROK Marine Division and the U.S. Marines are with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Cpl. Hussein Sobh explains the role of military working dogs during training with Korean Marines at Gimpo Training Area, Republic of Korea, Feb. 24, 2016. The training took place as part of Korean Marine Exchange Program 16-6, a regularly scheduled training event between the ROK and U.S. Marine Corps. This iteration of KMEP focuses on specialized training between military policemen with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF, and Military Police Company, 2nd ROK Marine Corps Division. Sobh, from Dearborn, Mich., is a military working dog handler with 3rd LE Bn., III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF.

Cpl. Hussein Sobh explains the role of military working dogs during training with Korean Marines at Gimpo Training Area, Republic of Korea, Feb. 24, 2016. The training took place as part of Korean Marine Exchange Program 16-6, a regularly scheduled training event between the ROK and U.S. Marine Corps. This iteration of KMEP focuses on specialized training between military policemen with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF, and Military Police Company, 2nd ROK Marine Corps Division. Sobh, from Dearborn, Michigan, is a military working dog handler with 3rd LE Bn, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF.

Students from Bechtel Elementary School and Ginoza Village participated in the Japan-U.S. Sports Exchange Feb. 11 aboard Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. Children participated in three-legged races, beanbag tosses, and tug-of-war.

Marines from 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines Regiment, currently forward deployed in the Pacific as part of 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force conduct the Korean Marine Exchange Program 16-3 at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, South Korea, Dec. 23, 2015. The KMEP highlights greater organizational fusion, which is a bilateral and collaborative effort between ROK and U.S Marine Corps forces from planning to execution. The ROKMC is a professional, warfighting organization that III MEF Marines work alongside and learn from to become more effective partners.

Marines with 1st battalion, 2nd Marine Division conduct bilateral training along side the Republic of Korea Marine Corps at Rodriguez Live-Fire Complex, South Korea, Dec. 31, 2015.(U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Jorge A. Rosales/Released)