“Quite often there are ethereal words about a vision of where to go, which is very important,” said Ellen Lord, the Pentagon's former top acquisition official. “But I think that needs to be reduced to what are we going to do? When are we going to do it and who’s going to do it?”
This year’s Remote Island Disaster Exercise, or RIDEX, involved about 200 Marines and airmen from the III Marine Expeditionary Force and Kadena Air Base, along with 400 troops from the Japan Self-Defense Force, Air Force Capt. Matthew Wilson, the 353rd Special Operations Wing’s director of medical operations, told Stars and Stripes this week.
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July 1, 2021
From Marines in the was of the Philippine Sea to those in the forests of Australia, these are 20 of the most influential photos from around the Marine Corps during the month of June.
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A U.S. Marine, a member of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and a member of the Royal Australian Regiment, assume a tactical position at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT, Australia, June 24.
U.S. Marines conduct a demolition range during Fuji Viper 21.4 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, June 21.
CAMP KINSER, Okinawa, Japan - Marines with 3d Marine Logistics Group (MLG) and Sailors with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 are conducting Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) training on islands around Okinawa during Exercise,