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III Marine Expeditionary Force Band performs during the “Holiday Extravaganza” parade on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 12. - III Marine Expeditionary Force Band performs during the “Holiday Extravaganza” parade on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 12.

MCCS hosts a weekend of holiday festivities

U.S. Marines, sailors and families participated in a “Holiday Extravaganza” on Camp Foster, December 12-13. The event was open to service members and their families to enjoy a traditional holiday activity less than two weeks before Christmas Day. Marine Corps Community Services along with Headquarters and Support Battalion leadership, Col. Jeffrey L. Hammond and Sgt. Maj. Brian R. Drechsler, hosted the Holiday Extravaganza as an opportunity for service members to enjoy the holidays away from home. “I think the easiest thing to do is nothing – but I don’t think that is what the families deserve.” said Hammond...

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U.S. Marines with the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band and members with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 15th Brigade Band perform together during the 25th Annual Combined Concert at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 17. - U.S. Marines with the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band and members with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 15th Brigade Band perform together during the 25th Annual Combined Concert at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 17.

III MEF Band and JGSDF Band host the 25th Annual Combined Concert

Amidst COVID-19 mitigations, the concert was hosted in continuation of the strengthening bond between the bands. In previous years, the concert has been held in different venues across Okinawa. This year the concert was recorded to provide a virtual concert due to COVID-19 mitigations within the local and U.S. Military communities. The concert will be debuted online within the coming weeks. “We play a combined concert every year with the 15th Brigade Band,” said Staff Sgt. Ryan San Juan, a Hialeah, Florida, native and a clarinetist with the III MEF Band. “Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we can’t have an audience in person.” Due to the current COVID-19 environment, each band had to adjust to the new guidelines...

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The III Marine Expeditionary Force and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 15th Brigade bands performed together from June 15 to 18, 2020, on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. - The III Marine Expeditionary Force and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 15th Brigade bands performed together from June 15 to 18, 2020, on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan.