The U.S. Army also has its own inshore landing craft for operations in and around the Okinawa Islands. The army appears to be in better shape in this respect than the Navy or Marine Corps ... with ...

NAGO, Okinawa Prefecture--U.S. Marines in Okinawa Prefecture have begun moving to Guam under an agreement Tokyo originally reached 18 years ago with Washington. The first batch of about 100 ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Japanese motorcyclist was ... according to an email Thursday from Wes Hayes, a spokesman for Marine Corps Installations Pacific. Personnel from the base Provost Marshal ...

U.S. Marines have begun a partial transfer from Okinawa to Camp Blaz, Guam, shown here in 2023, 12 years after Japan and the U.S. agreed on their realignment to reduce U.S. troop presence on Okinawa.

TOKYO (AP) — The partial transfer of U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam began on Saturday, 12 years after Japan and the United States agreed on their realignment to reduce the heavy burden of ...

This photo taken on Dec. 14, 2024, shows the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The transfer of U.S. Marine Corps troops from Okinawa to Guam has begun ...

The relocation of some U.S. Marines in Okinawa Prefecture to Guam has started, Japan's Defense Ministry said Saturday. The transfer, aimed at reducing Okinawa's burden of hosting U.S. troops and ...

Japan's defense chief has informed the governor of Okinawa that some US Marines have begun to relocate from the southwestern prefecture to the US territory of Guam. Defense Minister Nakatani Gen ...

In 2006, the Japanese and US governments agreed to the transfer of more than 4,000 Marine Corps members and their families to Guam. The Japanese government says the relocation is happening in phases.

CAMP GONSALVES, Okinawa — About 40 Marines took turns Wednesday descending a 45-foot cliff — a hasty rappelling obstacle — part of a weeklong course designed to teach them and other service ...

Recently, a Japanese private think tank has proposed relocating the Marine Corps bases in Okinawa outside the prefecture. The government should not remain fixated on the Henoko option and discuss ...