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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Our Legacy Continues

3d Marine Division celebrates its 79th anniversary on Sept. 16, 2021. On this day, the Division reflects on its legacy of valor, honor, and fidelity...

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The Oldest and the Proudest

U.S. Marines with 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division are constantly forward deployed within the first island chain, prepared to deter and defeat any...

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Free Fall

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, conduct free fall parachute operations on Ie Shima, Japan, Sept. 17, 2021. The...

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Large Scale Exercise 2021

U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Division and elements throughout III Marine Expeditionary Force employ Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations across the...

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Talisman Sabre HIMARS

U.S. Marine Corps High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division, and U.S. Army HIMARS with Alpha...

Caltrap News

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.

U.S. Marines, joint partners test networked EABO from Japan to Hawaii

OKINAWA, Japan – U.S. Marine Corps exercises have, historically, featured hundreds of Marines storming ashore under cover of aircraft, with Navy ships looming ominously on the horizon, and the roar of gunfire, smoke and shouted commands permeating every aspect of a forced landing en masse. By contrast, the most recent operations led by 3d Marine Division looked and sounded like nothing – then the shooting began.

How to save a life: Marines learn casualty care

Using a true-to-life mannequin that mimics a casualty in pain, complete with screams and fake blood, Marines with 3d Marine Division trained to save lives during a Level II Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) certification course on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan.