The sun beats down on the small Japanese island as field artillery cannoneers twist wrenches on massive encanistered missile rounds. It's September in Okinawa, and here at Camp Hansen, Marines from ...

CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa — Marines who normally man a desk stepped behind machine guns at a firing range on this northern Okinawa base recently to hone their skills defending a command post. About 30 ...

The Marine Corps is rapidly fielding its newest anti-ship weapons platforms in Japan. The Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, better known as the NMESIS, is being forward deployed to ...

Lt. Joel Boone was awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism while helping the wounded on July 19, 1918. (Naval History and Heritage Command) On June 2, 1918, during Germany’s spring ...

An attendee of America Fest 2025 takes a photo of a U.S. Marine Corps MQ-9A MUX/MALE unmanned aircraft with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft ...

I’m sharing my experience leading Marines through the brutal battles of Peleliu and Okinawa — some of the toughest, bloodiest fighting of WWII. These moments tested our courage and shaped us forever.

A Japanese court has found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa and sentenced him to seven years in prison, in a case that has triggered anger and safety concerns on Japan's ...