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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Built Different

U.S. Marines across 3d Marine Division compete in the 3d Marine Division Squad Competition at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves,...

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Resolute Dragon 21

U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Division and soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) participate in Resolute Dragon 21 across Japan,...

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Squad Competition

U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Division conduct the endurance course during the 3d Marine Division Squad Competition at the Jungle Warfare Training...

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Resolute Dragon 21 Live Fire

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper with HMLA-369 executes live fire during Resolute Dragon 21 on Yausubetsu Training Area Dec. 7, 2021. RD21 is the...

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Ready to Fight Now

Operating as a stand-in force, 3d Marine Division is forward deployed and prepared to fight and win alongside its allies and partners with the...

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.