Marines load a 225-pound dummy onto a stretcher, or sked, as others stand watch at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Dec. 11, 2024. (Brian McElhiney/Stars and Stripes) ...

Anthony Easton closed out 31 years with the Marine Corps this week by turning over his duties as sergeant major of Marine ...

CAMP GONSALVES, Japan -- Lt. Col. Zene Fearing likes having guests on his 20,000 acres of jungle. He has a lot to show off -- wild pigs, poisonous snakes, exotic bugs. There are also booby traps ...

The Marines are currently planning to cut about 12,000 troops from their current strength of 200,000. Even the Marines’ core combat element on Okinawa, the 31st MEU, is likely to get a close review.

Marines moving to Okinawa need to weigh family safety more than ever by Lt. Col. Michael E. Feuquay, opinion contributor - 02/07/22 1:00 PM ET ...

In 2019, more than 70% of the prefecture’s voters backed a referendum calling for a halt to construction at Henoko. Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki, the estranged son of a U.S. Marine, has won two ...

Although restrictions on liberty and alcohol for U.S. troops on Okinawa have eased, Marines still have to comply with new rules about when and where they can go off-base. From May 27 until June 28 ...

TOKYO — Dozens of U.S. Marines at two bases on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa have been infected with the coronavirus in what is feared to be a massive outbreak, Okinawa’s governor ...

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith said that plans to move 4,000 Marines from Okinawa to Guam will put those forces far from where they are needed. By Jeff Schogol Published Jan 15, 2025 4:52 ...

Re “Another Okinawa Outrage,” by Sheila K. Johnson, Commentary, July 8: Last year, Americans on Okinawa, both military and civilian, were involved in 53 of the 6,226 crimes committed. This ...