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Marine Corps Base Camp Butler

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Forward Deployed. Forward Engaged.
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Who we are

Our mission is to exercise command and control, oversight, and budgetary guidance over the Marine Corps’ network of advanced naval bases in the Indo-Pacific in order to: (1) secure and protect our capabilities, (2) strengthen our alliances, and (3) expand the capabilities of forward-deployed naval expeditionary forces.

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III Marine Expeditionary Force Finance Marines receive Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals

U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force pose for a group photo at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 9,...

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III Marine Expeditionary Force Marines celebrate Thanksgiving

U.S. Marines Corps Lt. Gen. Roger Turner, center-left, the commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force, Sgt. Maj. Christopher Adams, center,...

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3rd Marine Division Conducts CASEVAC Drill

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion lands during a casualty evacuation drill at Jungle Warfare Training Center aboard Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa,...

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4th Marines Conduct Command Post Exercise

U.S. Marine Corps Corporal. Martin Rosas a low altitude air defense gunner with 1st Low Altitude Air Defense, forward deployed in direct support of...

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U.S. Marines with EOD Participate in an Improvised Explosive Range

A U.S. Marine with III Marine Expeditionary Force makes an improvised shape charge during a demolition range in Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 12, 2025. This...

 

 

 
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