NEWSWORTHY
In warning to Iran and Russia, U.S. Marines conduct big drills with rebels in south Syria
A Syrian rebel commander said on Thursday rare military exercises with U.S. Marines in southern Syria sent a strong message to Russia and Iran that the Americans and the rebels intend to stay and confront any threats to their presence. Col. Muhanad al Talaa, commander ...
Okinawa marines' version of Da Pump's 'U.S.A.' goes viral
U.S. Marines based at Okinawa's Camp Foster have sparked a viral internet craze with a rendition of the summer hit song "U.S.A." by Japanese hip-hop band Da Pump, raising hopes of improving the image of U.S. forces in Japan. In a video posted Thursday on ...
Protesters in Okinawa rallied after being removed from the replacement site for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on Monday as they marked nearly a year since seawall construction began. The government is building the seawalls in preparation for effectively moving the contentious base further ...
'Full Metal Jacket' drill instructor R. Lee Ermey dies at 74
R. Lee Ermey, a former U.S. Marine who made a career in Hollywood playing hard-nosed military men like Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket," has died. Ermey's longtime manager Bill Rogin says he died Sunday morning from pneumonia-related complications. He was 74. The ...
Ospreys cleared to continue flying in Japan despite fatal MV-22 collision with ship off Australia
The Defense Ministry on Friday said it would continue to let Ospreys fly in Japan after receiving U.S. assurances the tilt-rotor aircraft is safe despite last week's fatal MV-22 crash off Australia. The U.S. Marine Corps MV-22, which was based in Okinawa, crashed on Saturday ...
The Australian government said on Sunday it would deploy its armed forces to assist in recovery efforts after the U.S. Marine Corps suspended its search for three Marines missing since their aircraft crashed off Australia's northeast coast a day earlier. The Marine Corps said earlier ...
Iwakuni mayor accepts transfer of U.S. carrier jets based in Atsugi
Iwakuni Mayor Yoshihiko Fukuda on Friday said he would support a plan to bring dozens of U.S. carrier-based aircraft to U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture under an agreement reached between Tokyo and Washington on the realignment of U.S. forces in ...
A U.S. Marine Corps Osprey was undamaged and no crew members were injured after the tilt-rotor aircraft made an emergency landing Saturday at Amami airport in Kagoshima Prefecture, a Japanese government source said. The U.S. military explained it was a preventive landing to avoid an ...
U.S. tells Tokyo it may resume Okinawa Osprey aerial refueling drills next month
The U.S. forces announcement follows the ditching of an Osprey off Okinawa earlier this month.
Okinawa Osprey crash not due to mechanical error: top U.S. officials
Tuesday's crash involving a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft off Okinawa was most likely not the result of mechanical error, the top commander of the U.S. military in Japan told Defense Minister Tomomi Inada in a phone call on Wednesday, according to government ...
No July 4 fireworks at U.S. bases in Japan after Okinawa rape
U.S. Forces Japan said Thursday that the fireworks ban was to demonstrate respect for Okinawan residents.
U.S. Marines investigating misidentification in Iwo Jima photo
AP The Marine Corps says it has begun investigating whether it mistakenly identified one of the men shown raising the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima in one of the iconic images of World War II after two amateur history buffs began raising questions about the ...
