III Marine Expeditionary Force
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III Marine Expeditionary Force 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.
Camp Horn, III MAF Headquarters, Da Nang
Image: LIEUTENANT GENERAL NICHOLSON
Image: Lieutenant General Eric M. Smith (cropped 2)
Image: Lt. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy III (2) (cropped)
Operation Tomodachi
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Operation Tomodachi was a United States Armed Forces assistance operation to support Japan in disaster relief following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The operation took place from 12 March to 4 May 2011; involved 24,000 U.S. servicemembers, 189 aircraft, 24 naval ships; and cost $90 million.
A C-17 Globemaster is loaded with food, water and blankets at Yokota
VR-52's C-9B loading cargo during Operation Tomodachi at NAF Atsugi.
Japanese citizens form a human chain to unload supplies from a U.S. helicopter.
A U.S. landing craft moves Japan Defense Force vehicles