WATCH: Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson assumes command of III Marine Expeditionary Force from Lt. Gen. Roger Turner during a ceremony this week at the Butler Officers' Club on Camp Foster, Okinawa. 🎥: @keishirkoja.bsky.social Read more about III MEF here: www.stripes.com/branches/mar...

Marine accused of sexual assault was ‘out of his mind,’ fellow Marine testifies

New commander takes over III MEF during ‘strategic complexity’ in Pacific

Test failure released 720 gallons of jet fuel at Okinawa air base in 2024, report says

Japan’s southwestern islands brace for weakened, still dangerous Typhoon Bavi

Landslide at Navy base in southern Japan follows days of heavy rain

China-Russia naval exercise challenges US-led military might in Pacific, experts say

U.S. Navy’s Okinawa-based expeditionary force welcomes new commander www.stripes.com/branches/nav...

Russia, China ‘expanding and intensifying’ naval activity in waters around Japan

An F-15EX Eagle II arrived at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa earlier this week for temporary training ahead of a contingent of permanently based aircraft due sometime next year, according to the 18th Wing.

Marine missile systems unveiled on Okinawa as US-Japan exercise concludes

Chinese, Russian joint flights draw complaints from Japan and South Korea

U.S. Marines and Japanese infantry rained live fire on this training ground on Kyushu recently while rehearsing the means to seize and defend contested islands during the centerpiece drill of this year’s Resolute Dragon.

The U.S. civilian who died Wednesday while snorkeling at a popular beach in Okinawa has been identified as James J. Chopik, an Air Force veteran deployed to Kadena Air Base from Alaska. (from @brianmcelhiney.bsky.social)

Marines, sailors demonstrate humanitarian aid capabilities on Okinawa beach

Chinese carrier passes through Taiwan Strait amid multiple regional exercises

US Air Force civilian dies in snorkeling incident in southern Okinawa

Okinawa memorial day speakers reflect on sacrifice, peace and ‘heavy burden’ of US bases

US Army sending Typhon missile systems to southern Japan for upcoming drills

Name of Basque-American Marine to be added to Okinawa battle memorial

Japanese prosecutors will not charge a U.S. soldier who was accused of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa in April. www.stripes.com/theaters/asi...

A general who rose through the enlisted ranks is back on Okinawa to lead Marine Corps installations across the Pacific.

Woman testifies Marine climbed into gym bathroom stall, sexually assaulted her

Marines get private rooms in new ‘barracks of the future’ complex on Okinawa

Japanese court orders Marine to pay $41K in civil damages for attempted sexual assault

Japan’s V-22 Ospreys to fly from US Marine base on Okinawa for first time

US military bases on Okinawa weather Typhoon Jangmi with limited disruptions

Global Hawk surveillance drones are shifting permanently from Guam to Tokyo

Okinawa bases brace for Typhoon Jangmi, island’s first major storm in 3 years

Okinawa, US military leaders discuss police patrol progress at joint forum

Airmen spring into action to help Japanese man bleeding on Okinawa beach

Soldier accused in latest sexual assault case involving US troops on Okinawa

The first F-15EX Eagle II multirole fighters may arrive on Okinawa in 2027, almost a year behind their original delivery schedule, according to the Air Force’s top civilian.

More than 800 evacuated from city on Okinawa for WWII bomb removal

Marines took their first steps toward using drones in combat and relief missions as they practiced maneuvering the unmanned aircraft through obstacles at Camp Schwab in northern Okinawa on Wednesday.

Marine to make sleep-disorder insanity defense at sexual assault trial on Okinawa

The Marine Corps has left a gap “unfilled” in the Indo-Pacific by moving an expeditionary unit from Okinawa to the Middle East to support operations against Iran, the service’s top leader told lawmakers.

Marine probe blames ‘ignorance’ for Okinawa helicopter bag drop incident

Russian vessels make ‘rare’ passage near Japan’s southwestern islands www.stripes.com/theaters/asi...

U.S. service members who live off-base on Okinawa will soon receive $400 to $500 more per month from the U.S. government to pay their rent, according to the commander of the Air Force’s 18th Wing.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, Okinawa — Rainy season failed to dampen the spirits of thousands of Japanese and Americans who turned up for the annual Flight Line Fair at this air base over the weekend.

China scaled back airspace challenges and drone flights in fiscal 2025, Japan says

Two squadrons of F-22 Raptors recently arrived at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa for rotational duty with the 18th Wing, while a permanent fleet of replacement F-15EX Eagle IIs remains delayed.

The Defense Department high school at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, Japan, is warning parents about a viral social media game in which seniors target each other with water guns.

Japan military exercise focuses for first time on islands close to Taiwan

TRAVEL | Feel the earth’s heartbeat at Sakurajima, one of Japan’s many active volcanoes

Chinese research vessel spotted near Japan for third time in a month

Marine corporal dies in motorcycle crash just outside Okinawa base gate

Lt. Gen. Roger Turner was nominated by President Donald Trump to command Marine Corps Forces Pacific and Fleet Marine Force Pacific, both based at Camp H.M. Smith in Hawaii, the Pentagon announced.

Chinese warships sail through Japanese waters as regional tensions grow www.stripes.com/theaters/asi...