Marine Corps' Japan-based force gets new 3-star leader
Lt. Gen. Roger Turner, whose promotion had been among hundreds blocked by one senator, took over III Marine Expeditionary Force on Friday.
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Lt. Gen. Roger Turner, whose promotion had been among hundreds blocked by one senator, took over III Marine Expeditionary Force on Friday.
Lt. Gen. Roger Turner, whose promotion had been among hundreds blocked by one senator, took over III Marine Expeditionary Force on Friday.
Washington and Tokyo suspended flights after an Osprey crashed into the sea near Yakushima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture in late November, killing all eight on board.
The government on Jan. 10 began a new phase of land reclamation work in Okinawa Prefecture for a controversial project to relocate a U.S. air base within the prefecture, ignoring strong and persistent local opposition.
Close to 1,000 people gathered outside Camp Schwab to protest construction to create a military runway from reclaimed sea bottom.