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A Marines stand in a row, waiting to hear how their teams did. - Food service Marines stand waiting to hear how their teams did at the Marine Corps Installations Pacific’s Food Services Specialist of the Quarter competition, held at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, August 30, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Song Jordan)

MCIPAC Chef of the Quarter Competition Held at Camp Fuji

Marine Corps Installations Pacific’s Food Services Specialist of the Quarter competition was held at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji.

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Marines set-up new targets on a range. - Marines assigned to Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, set-up new targets during a patrol rifle course, March 12, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Song Jordan)

CATC Camp Fuji Marines Train to Augment Provost Marshal’s Office

Several CATC Camp Fuji Marines train to become security augmentation force and augment provost marshal’s office in times of need.

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Devices containing PCBs are removed from Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, on the back of a truck. - Transformers containing Polychlorinated Biphenyls, commonly known as PCBs, depart Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, February 20, 2024. (Courtesy Photo by Chuck Hill)

CATC Camp Fuji is First Marine Corps PCB-Free Installation

CATC Camp Fuji is the first Marine Corps installation to declare to be free of PCBs.

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Koji Oba (left), an environmental staff member asks Tim Throckmorton, a Gasboy field engineer questions. - Koji Oba (left), an environmental staff member asks Tim Throckmorton, a Gasboy field engineer, questions about the new payment system during a training session at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, March 7, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Song Jordan)

CATC Camp Fuji Fuels System Upgrades

CATC Camp Fuji fuels payment system is upgraded with help of technology.

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Lee Shelby explains how different types of gloves offer protection. - Lee Shelby explains how different types of gloves offer protection while working with electrical equipment to Marines at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, February 15, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Song Jordan)

CATC Camp Fuji offers BITS training

CATC Camp Fuji personnel set aside two days dedicated to safety related training.

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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota Meyer, a Medal of Honor recipient, stands with Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, and Sgt. Maj. Carlos Ruiz, the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, after reenlisting in a ceremony at the Pentagon, April 17, 2025. Sgt. Meyer is the only living Medal of Honor recipient currently serving in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Abigail Hutcheson) - U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota Meyer, a Medal of Honor recipient, stands with Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, and Sgt. Maj. Carlos Ruiz, the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, after reenlisting in a ceremony at the Pentagon, April 17, 2025. Sgt. Meyer is the only living Medal of Honor recipient currently serving in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Abigail Hutcheson)

Returning to the Ranks: Sgt. Dakota Meyer reenlists into the U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota Meyer, a Medal of Honor recipient, returned to service on the afternoon of April 17, 2025, in the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes.

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Balikatan 2025: NMESIS missile system now in the Philippines

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. 1st Reconnaissance Battalion conducted the training to enhance rapid insertion capabilities in littoral zones as preparation for integrating with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment and its subordinate battalions while forward in the Philippines for Exercise Balikatan 25 and Kamandag 9 this summer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Malia Sparks) - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Stefan Mueller, a native of Colorado and a reconnaissance Marine with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, tests gear prior to conducting dive operations on Marine Corps Base Hawaii Feb. 24, 2025

1st Recon to Support 3d MLR for BK25

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HAWAII – Since January 14, a platoon of U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division has been conducting training on Marine Corps Base Hawaii in preparation for integrating with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment and its subordinate battalions while forward in the Philippines for Exercise Balikatan 25.

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Camp Pendleton Marines part of MAREX 25 with the Philippines, Indo-Pacific allies

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U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 174, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and Philippine Engineers with the 357th Air Engineering Squadron members pose for a team photo during Exercise Balikatan 25 at the Barangay Dagupan Multipurpose Gymnasium, Lal-lo, Cagayan, Philippines, April 8, 2025. - U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 174, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and Philippine Engineers with the 357th Air Engineering Squadron members pose for a team photo during Exercise Balikatan 25 at the Barangay Dagupan Multipurpose Gymnasium, Lal-lo, Cagayan, Philippines, April 8, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military designed to strengthen our ironclad alliance, improve our capable combined force and demonstrate our commitment to regional security and stability (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roger- Junior Annoh)

Philippine, U.S. Troops Kick off Exercise Balikatan 2025

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S. military are joining forces for the 40th iteration of Exercise Balikatan, the largest annual bilateral training exercise between the two allies, from April 21 to May 9. Building on the complexities and achievements of past iterations, this year’s exercise will demonstrate the progress in the AFP’s modernization efforts and further strengthen the U.S. - Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty by enhancing military interoperability and readiness.

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