Category: Indo-Pacific

Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND

MARINE CORPS BASE KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii — U.S. Marines with 3rd Maintenance Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, traveled from Okinawa, Japan, to restore and maintain tactical equipment in support of 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, following the regiment’s deployment to the Philippines. The maintenance support mission, which ran from July 3 to Sept. 1, 2025, ensured the regiment remained combat-ready for future operations across the Indo-Pacific.

Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND

CAMP MUJUK, South Korea — U.S. Marines from 3d Marine Division and Republic of Korea Marines from the ROK 1st and 2nd Marine Divisions concluded Korean Marine Exchange Program 25.2 in August 2025, the latest iteration of the two countries’ semi-annual exercise.

Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND

CAMP HANSEN, Japan — On Aug. 8, 2025, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, supported an operational anti-submarine warfare mission utilizing the MV-22B Osprey teamed with two Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopters to distribute sonobuoys.

Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND

HONIARA, Solomon Islands — A multinational expedition led by the Ocean Exploration Trust aboard the Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus has completed a groundbreaking archaeological survey of more than a dozen World War II era shipwrecks in Iron Bottom Sound, August 1, 2025.

Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND

HONIARA, Solomon Islands — On August 6, 2025, United States Marines with the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, 25.3 Marine Air-Ground Task Force stood alongside U.S. and Solomon Islands officials atop Skyline Ridge at the 83rd anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Guadalcanal. Hosted by U.S. Ambassador Ann Marie Yastishock and government officials with the Solomon Islands, the ceremony served as a solemn reminder to the shared history and sacrifice that binds the U.S. and the Solomon Islands in strength, security and prosperity.

Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — U.S. Air Force Airmen from Kadena Air Base and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, alongside Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Marines, recently completed a joint Agile Combat Employment training event at Okuma Recreation Facility, July 15-23, 2025.

Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — After four weeks of nonstop flying, fueling, loading and launching, Misawa’s 35th Fighter Wing is wrapping up exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025, marking a milestone month of agile combat employment, joint integration and combat readiness across the Indo-Pacific.