Stars and Stripes6d
Study finds high PFAS levels near Okinawa air base, raising contamination concerns
Researchers found high concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” in seawater offshore Okinawa in 2023, suggesting this ...
Stars and Stripes16d
US, Japanese troops to practice reconnaissance during Iron Fist amphibious exercise
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — At least three U.S. Navy ships and four Marine Corps Ospreys will join an annual amphibious exercise by Marines, sailors and Japanese troops next month, according to Japan’s ...
朝日新聞社3y
Okinawa cluster reveals ‘loophole’ in Japan’s strict border controls
A recent cluster infection in Okinawa Prefecture among members and ... over an eight-day period at the U.S. Marine Corps’ Camp Hansen in Kin. As of Dec. 22, at least five Omicron cases had ...
USNI13d
‘Nasty’ Fights of the Future Require More Realistic Training, Says Panel
The Marine Corps and Navy need to keep investing in realistic training simulators, multi-domain integrated exercises, more lethality and advanced technologies that keep up with new threats to better ...
朝日新聞社1y
U.S. Marine unit in Okinawa gets new littoral combat duties
The 12th Marine Regiment stationed at Camp Hansen in ... resentment in Okinawa Prefecture over its hosting of around 70 percent of all U.S. military installations in Japan. In 2012, Tokyo and ...
Military.com28d
'Going the Wrong Way:' Booting Marines from Okinawa Could Embolden China, Commandant Says
Part of that plan includes booting roughly 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa, an island that accounts for less than 1% of Japan's total land ... on its newest base there, Camp Blaz.