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3d Marine Division News
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U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Larry Irsik, left, a manpower officer and deputy G-1 for 3d Marine Division, and Master Sgt. Crystal Thornock, career planner for 3d Marine Division, pose for a photo before their island-long trek at Cape Kyan, Okinawa, Japan, March 30, 2023. Irsik and Thornock ran from the southernmost to northernmost tips of the island of Okinawa, running 84 miles over a course of 23 hours. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Evelyn Doherty) - U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Larry Irsik, left, a manpower officer and deputy G-1 for 3d Marine Division, and Master Sgt. Crystal Thornock, career planner for 3d Marine Division, pose for a photo before their island-long trek at Cape Kyan, Okinawa, Japan, March 30, 2023. Irsik and Thornock ran from the southernmost to northernmost tips of the island of Okinawa, running 84 miles over a course of 23 hours. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Evelyn Doherty)

Two hundred newly promoted or selected-to-be Marine staff sergeants participate in an open discussion with (from left to right) Sergeants Maj. Vincent Santiago, Mario Marquez, Michael Hendges and Robert Williamson at the end of III Marine Expeditionary Force's Staff Sergeant Indoctrination Course at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Oct. 28, 2015. The course provided the attendees a place to learn from centuries of cumulative experience of the senior enlisted leaders within III MEF. Santiago is the sergeant major for 3rd Marine Division. Marquez is the sergeant major for 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. Hendges is the sergeant major for 3rd Marine Logistics Group. Williamson is the sergeant major for Marine Corps Installations Pacific. - Two hundred newly promoted or selected-to-be Marine staff sergeants participate in an open discussion with (from left to right) Sergeants Maj. Vincent Santiago, Mario Marquez, Michael Hendges and Robert Williamson at the end of III Marine Expeditionary Force's Staff Sergeant Indoctrination Course at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Oct. 28, 2015. The course provided the attendees a place to learn from centuries of cumulative experience of the senior enlisted leaders within III MEF. Santiago is the sergeant major for 3rd Marine Division. Marquez is the sergeant major for 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. Hendges is the sergeant major for 3rd Marine Logistics Group. Williamson is the sergeant major for Marine Corps Installations Pacific.

Led by a Republic of Korea Marine Corps instructor, U.S. and ROK Marines paddle to shore during inflatable boat training as part of Korean Marine Exchange Program 15-13 at Baengnyeongdo, Republic of Korea, Sept. 7, 2015. Marines trained as integrated units paddling the boats and learning to work as a team. KMEP is a regularly scheduled training event which highlights the invaluable opportunities for ROK and U.S. Marines to train and learn from each other. The U.S. Marines are assigned to 3rd Platoon, Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, currently attached to 4th Marine Regiment, III Marine Expeditionary Force, through the Unit Deployment Program. The ROK Marines are with 11th Company, 63rd Battalion, 6th Brigade, 1st Regiment, 2nd ROK Marine Corps Division, ROK Headquarters Marine Corps. - Led by a Republic of Korea Marine Corps instructor, U.S. and ROK Marines paddle to shore during inflatable boat training as part of Korean Marine Exchange Program 15-13 at Baengnyeongdo, Republic of Korea, Sept. 7, 2015. Marines trained as integrated units paddling the boats and learning to work as a team. KMEP is a regularly scheduled training event which highlights the invaluable opportunities for ROK and U.S. Marines to train and learn from each other. The U.S. Marines are assigned to 3rd Platoon, Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, currently attached to 4th Marine Regiment, III Marine Expeditionary Force, through the Unit Deployment Program. The ROK Marines are with 11th Company, 63rd Battalion, 6th Brigade, 1st Regiment, 2nd ROK Marine Corps Division, ROK Headquarters Marine Corps.

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Matt Shibata, center, directs gunfire during Korean Marine Exchange Program 15-12 at Rodriguez Landing Zone, Republic of Korea, Sept. 25, 2015. Alongside their ROK counterparts, the Marines took over a fortified enemy hill to provide security for other Marines to press forward. KMEP 15-12 is a bilateral training exercise that enhances the ROK and U.S. alliance, promotes stability on the Korean Peninsula and strengthens ROK and U.S. military capabilities and interoperability. Shibata, from Honolulu, Hawaii, is with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force under the unit deployment program. - U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Matt Shibata, center, directs gunfire during Korean Marine Exchange Program 15-12 at Rodriguez Landing Zone, Republic of Korea, Sept. 25, 2015. Alongside their ROK counterparts, the Marines took over a fortified enemy hill to provide security for other Marines to press forward. KMEP 15-12 is a bilateral training exercise that enhances the ROK and U.S. alliance, promotes stability on the Korean Peninsula and strengthens ROK and U.S. military capabilities and interoperability. Shibata, from Honolulu, Hawaii, is with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force under the unit deployment program.