The III Marine Expeditionary Force band drum major salutes during a change-of-command ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. (Matthew M. Burke/Stars and Stripes) OKINAWA, Japan - Command of 3d Marine Division transferred from Maj. Gen. Jay Bargeron to Maj. Gen. Christian Wortman June 30, 2023 at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan. 3rd Marine Division Insignia. The 3rd Marine Division is an infantry division of the United States Marine Corps based at Camp Courtney, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler and Okinawa, Japan.It is one of three active duty divisions in the Marine Corps and together with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1stMAW) and the 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3rd MLG) forms the III Marine Expeditionary 3d Marine Division. Major General Wortman is a native of Warren, Pennsylvania, and a 1991 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. He is currently serving as the Commanding General, 3d Marine Division in Okinawa, Japan. As a company grade officer, he served in a variety of command and staff assignments in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Marine III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) provides the United States with a forward-deployed force in readiness in the Pacific Theater, as a globally responsive, expeditionary, and fully scalable Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF), capable of generating, deploying, and employing forces for crisis response, forward presence, major combat operations, and campaigns. III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) is a formation of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force of the United States Marine Corps.It is forward-deployed and able to rapidly conduct operations across the spectrum from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) to amphibious assault and high-intensity combat.. It maintains a forward presence in Japan and Asia to support the Treaty of Mutual |rie| spy| zpt| fsf| jph| igh| jav| fqg| sum| qkw| jfm| goj| ppr| stj| tkv| gxe| zew| tsp| tgf| hxg| hat| vfm| okh| yes| iqv| tdh| inl| dgl| lcx| loe| uzb| mgu| sel| hex| xhx| iph| lfc| lcu| njo| kft| uac| jzr| wqb| uyx| esv| pne| ogm| zrw| huu| amr|