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Sgt. Maj. Mario Marquez, sergeant major of III Marine Expeditionary Force, volunteered at the Tour de Tohoku, an annual charity bicycle tour along the coast of mainland Japan Sept. 17, 2017.

Pacific Okinawa Players is set to produce their first show of the 2017-2018 season with an offering of Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias. Join the cast and crew as we present this beloved classic of contemporary theatre.

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy announced Sept. 22 that the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) will be changing homeport from Yokosuka, Japan to Pascagoula, Mississippi effective Dec. 15 in support of repairs following the collision with Merchant Vessel ACX Crystal off the coast of Japan on June 17.

WASHINGTON — Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers from Guam, along with Air Force F-15C Eagle fighter escorts from Okinawa, Japan, flew in international airspace over waters east of North Korea Saturday, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said in a statement announcing the mission. This is the farthest north of the Demilitarized Zone any U.S.

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C., Sept. 22, 2017 — Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Mawhinney, a Pittsburgh native and a Marine Air-Ground Task Force planner with Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command here, successfully defended his championship title at the Marine Corps’ third annual HITT Tactical Athlete Competition held at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug.

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AFNS) -- More than 60 Air Force senior leaders discussed the Air Force’s aircrew crisis which has left the service more than 1,500 pilots short of its requirements Sept. 22, 2017, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.