during the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force-Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Friendship Day at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, May 4, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rylan Adcock) U.S. Pacific ...

US Marine Corps Meanwhile on Saturday, F-35Bs of VMFA-211 “Wake Island Avengers” arrived at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, on Saturday under the Marine Corps’ Unit Deployment Program, joining Marine ...

MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, hosted on May 4, 2025, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force-Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Friendship Day, which is held annually to strengthen relationships with the host ...

Rizzo Jr., the commanding general of MCI East-Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, fired Bortnem "effective immediately." The decision came nearly two years into Bortnem's tenure as MCAS Beaufort's ...

A capabilities demonstration in 2023 showing all types of aircraft stationed at MCAS Iwakuni. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mitchell Austin) The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF ...

is now the responsibility of a Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society chapter. MCAS Iwakuni’s senior enlisted Marine, Sgt. Maj. Jody Armentrout, contacted the society director on base, Christina ...

A V-22 Osprey aircraft bound for the Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) based at Camp Kisarazu departs Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, July 10, 2020. [Courtesy: U.S. Marine ...

TULSA, Okla. — Marines from across Oklahoma celebrated their history at the 249th annual Marine Corps Birthday Ball in downtown Tulsa. "Well, it's always exciting because there's always ...

At the Marine Corps Ball, the Marines really cut loose on the dance floor. One Sergeant Major in particular really showed off his moves! Appeals court rejects Trump's emergency bid to curtail ...

Strike Fighter Squadron 115 and its F/A-18s arrived at MCAS Iwakuni in November 2017 when the carrier air wing relocated from Naval Air Facility Atsugi, south of Tokyo. The Marine Corps has two ...

The United States Marine Corps will also “modify the number of F-35B aircraft” that are maintained at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni. The Marine Corps will also continue to maintain ...