A U.S. Navy Sailor with explosive ordnance disposal, Detachment Marianas, supervises Marines from Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit as they lay out detonation wire during a joint service EOD range on Naval Base Guam Ordnance Annex, Guam, Oct. 31, 2024. MCB Camp Blaz and 15th MEU Marines participated in a joint service EOD range in order to increase tactical proficiency, as well as strengthen the interservice connection between EOD teams. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Little)
The single mature Serianthes nelsonii tree on Guam, located at Ritidian Point (also known as Litekyan in CHamoru), succumbed to severe damage sustained during Typhoon Mawar in May of 2023. By September of 2024, there was no living tissue observed on the decomposing remains of the tree. Leading up to the typhoon, the Ritidian tree was already in very poor condition due to a split trunk that led to heart rot (a type of fungal infection) that worsened over two decades and had insect infestations. Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz Natural Resources Specialists alongside island partners continue to propagate the species. To preserve the genetics of the last mature tree on Guam, Joint Region Marianas will continue maintenance of young trees that originated from the Ritidian mother tree: 99 saplings growing at the MCB Camp Blaz Mason Live Fire Training Range Complex, 8 saplings growing at Andersen Air Force Base, and 100 saplings outplanted in the MCB Camp Blaz Caiguat Forest Enhancement Site....
U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, participate in a 249-mile run as a part of a celebration of the upcoming Marine Corps Birthday, Guam, Nov. 6, 2024. To celebrate the Marine Corps’ 249th Birthday, Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz collectively ran 249 miles during a 24-hour period, symbolizing the commitment to excellence, endurance, and the unbreakable bond that unites the Marines. This event concluded on Nov. 7 with the Marine Corps 249th Birthday Cake Cutting ceremony. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Afton Smiley)
Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz (MCB) Commanding Officer, Col. Ernest Govea, and MCB Camp Blaz Sergeant Major, Sgt. Maj. Daniel Soto narrate a Liberation Day greeting message for the 80th Guam Liberation Day commencement ceremony, July 21, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps video Lance Cpl. Rey Moreno Marilao) (B-roll courtesy of U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jessica Massi, Sgt. Alex Fairchild and Sgt. Andrew King)
U.S. Marines and the Environmental Compliance team with Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz participate in the South Taguac clean up, Aug. 15, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Rey Moreno Marilao)
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)
Serianthes nelsonii is a tree species found only on Guam and Rota. The CHamoru name for the
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Several Marines and Sailors originally born and raised on the islands of Guam and the Commonwealth