MISSION

3d Marine Division operates as a Stand-In Force in the first island chain to secure, seize, or defend key maritime terrain in order to deny and disrupt adversary actions in support of the Fleet, the Joint Force, and partnered and allied forces.

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3d MLR Marines Conduct Joint Exercise Garnet Rattler

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Stephen Rotton, a special missions aviator with 40th Helicopter Squadron from Malmstrom Air Force Base Great Falls,...

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3/2 Combat Engineers utilize explosives in live-fire drill

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 2d Marines, detonate an explosive breach charge during a live-fire range at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 12,...

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3d Reconnaissance Pistol Range

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Christophe Dunn, assistant platoon sergeant with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, fires an M18 pistol on...

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1/3 Counter Assault Exercise

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jaemes Plowman, a mortarman with 3d Battalion, 2d Marines, prepares to take part in Counter Assault Exercise on Okinawa,...

Caltrap News

Integrated Deterrence

The U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) completed their largest ever bilateral field training exercise in Japan as Resolute Dragon 21 came to a close Dec. 17, 2021.

3d Marine Division Transfers Command

OKINAWA, Japan – Command of 3d Marine Division transferred from Maj. Gen. James Bierman to Maj. Gen. Jay Bargeron Nov. 8, 2021 at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan.

Exercise Noble Jaguar: Navy-Marine Corps team brings integrated lethality in the littorals

OKINAWA, Japan – U.S. Marines and Sailors from across III Marine Expeditionary Force and elements of U.S. 7th Fleet executed Noble Jaguar, an integrated naval exercise in and around Japan, Sept. 27-30, 2021.

Jungle Warfare Exercise: U.S. Marines put littoral combat skills to the test during realistic force-on-force operations

OKINAWA, Japan – The heavy blades of helicopters thud overtop of the thick jungle canopy where hundreds of U.S. Marines silently maneuver through the stifling terrain to gain a positional advantage against a peer-level adversary. Meanwhile, a platoon of Marines executes an amphibious assault into another remote part of the jungle – swiftly navigating through nearly 20 nautical miles of turbulent coastal waters, flanking the enemy, and immediately entering the fight to control the key maritime terrain. With sweat pouring silently down every green and brown-striped face, the Marines relentlessly battle against their foe across an island filled with mountains, mud, and dense vegetation where heat and humidity radiate endlessly.