Provide the Fleet Marine Forces with operational functionality in order to enhance warfighting capabilities, facilitate the strengthening of coalition partnerships and joint region relationships, while projecting forward presence.
From left to right, Albert Borja, environmental director for Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz, talks about the historical significance of the Sabånan Fadang site with the Honorable David Apatang, Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands; Guam Youth Lt. Gov. Molly Shae Dela Cruz; and the Honorable Joshua Tenorio, Lieutenant Governor of Guam, on MCB Camp Blaz, Guam, April 19, 2024. The Lieutenant Governors visited MCB Camp Blaz to better understand the future, Marine Corps presence on Guam. During the tour, the group visited the Main Cantonment and the Live Fire Training Range Complex to not only see where the Marines would live, work, and train, but to discuss cultural and natural resource protection and future civilian job growth. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Carlos Ruiz, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, speaks with the Honorable Lourdes Leon Guerrero, the Governor of Guam, during a visit to her office in Hagåtña, Guam, April 16, 2024. Ruiz visited Guam and Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz to oversee the progress of the base, better understand the tactical positioning of Marines in the INDOPACIFIC, and tour the facilities available on MCB Camp Blaz. “There’s no better service than the United States Marine Corps to be here, to be ready to pivot from this place…[for] anything that’s needed by any combatant commander,” said Ruiz. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)
Toni ‘Malia’ Ramirez, Guam historian, performs a CHamoru ritual at Sabånan Fadang on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz, April 5, 2024. The Guam State Historic Preservation Office hosted a reinterment ritual aboard MCB Camp Blaz for the reinterment of ancestral bone fragments found during cultural resource investigations in Sabånan Fadang. During the construction of the Blaz main cantonment, archeologists discovered five sites each with at least one burial dating to the Latte Period. All CHamoru burials at Sabånan Fadang were preserved in place. The bone fragments, discovered outside of a burial context, were wrapped in muslin and placed in woven baskets before being reinterred amongst the burials. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)
U.S. Marines stationed on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz check their gas mask for a proper seal in the gas chamber on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 27, 2024. Marines with MCB Camp Blaz conducted a gas chamber exercise to maintain readiness and familiarity of equipment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)
U.S. Marines stationed on Guam run past the village of Piti in Guam during a 248-mile run as part of a celebration of the upcoming Marine Corps 248th Birthday, Nov. 8, 2023. The run began at the Southern Invasion Beach where Marines with the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade landed during the Battle of Guam on July 21, 1944. Participants also ran past Asan Beach where Marines with 3rd Marine Division landed during the battle. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Rubin J. Tan)
U.S. Marines assigned to the Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz color guard present arms as the National Anthem is played during the 248th Marine Corps birthday ball held in Tumon, Guam, Nov. 10, 2023. The Marine Corps birthday ceremony honors the history, legacy and traditions passed down from generation to generation since the founding of the Corps on Nov. 10, 1775. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Rubin J. Tan)
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Tylerruben Salas, small arms repair technician for Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, conducts rifle, pre-fire inspections before shooting on Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, Guam, Sept. 25, 2023. The Marine Corps’ Program Manager for Training Systems will conduct target calibration from Sept. 25 to Oct. 27 and testing from Dec. 4-15. Two of four ranges at the Live Fire Training Range Complex will be equipped with new technology that provide more efficient and effective combat marksmanship training to support combat readiness. The live-fire location of miss and hit or LOMAH technology, replaces the human element of observing and marking targets. The calibration and testing are to ensure that the LOMAH system is working properly. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Garrett Gillespie)
Marines with Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz sing cadences during a motivational run on MCB Camp Blaz, Guam, August 10, 2023. The Marines prepared for a motivational run to lift camaraderie within the unit. The tradition of motivational runs represents the core values of the Marine Corps, to show unit pride and build esprit de corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Garrett Gillespie)
Physical fitness is a pillar in the Marine Corps. Whether it be a rigorous bootcamp, high expectations for annual testing or strict requirements in maintaining performance in a combat setting, the Marine Corps has always made fitness a priority.
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U.S. Marines remain 'always faithful' to their service and their community, and Marines stationed on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz embody that same 'semper fidelis' spirit.
Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz constantly strives to be a helping hand in the community of Guam. From volunteering for community clean-ups to providing healthy competitive sport opportunities, there are Marines who desire to go above and beyond to create an impact benefiting others.
Mr. John R. Lizama, born and raised in Saipan, was recently hired as the operations officer due to his recognized efforts of dedicated service to Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz in Guam.