This year’s exercise takes place as Japan faces “the most severe security environment” since the end of World War II, Maj.

Japanese authorities are investigating two U.S. Marines for possible thefts totaling $65,000 or more since last fall, ...

US Japan base negotiations ahead of the 2026 cost-sharing deadline will shape force posture, Okinawa realignment, and daily ...

Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 26 take cover from demolitions during sustainment training. (Cpl. Santino D. Martinez/U.S. Marine Corps) The U.S. Marine Corps activated three new ...

Relocating Marines from Okinawa would remove vital U.S. forces from the region at a time when China is doubling down on its claim on Taiwan, scholars said.

A U.S. Marine died and another was rescued while hiking in northern Japan last week, officials confirmed. Shown here, Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, and ...

On March 8, 2025, the U.S. Marine Corps officially transitioned to the next generation of airpower in Japan with the arrival of the F-35B Lightning II at MCAS Iwakuni. Replacing the aging F/A-18 ...

By March 3, U.S. forces controlled all three airfields on the island, and on March 26 the last Japanese defenders on Iwo Jima were wiped out. Only 200 of the original 22,000 Japanese defenders were ...

Osprey squadrons based at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, shown here in 2023, were among those cut as part of the Marine Corps' 2025 aviation strategy. (Hiro Komae/AP) The U.S. Marine Corps ...

U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Division execute a notional fire mission with the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System during an Expeditionary Advanced Base Field Training Exercise at the ...

The U.S. Marine Corps activated three new companies last month as part of the service's Force Design 2030 recalibration toward agile logistics across the contested island chains of the Indo-Pacific.