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MCB Camp Blaz senior leaders pay respect during Liberation Day memorial service

Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz and Coast Guard Sector Guam senior leaders pose for a photograph with World War II survivors during a memorial ceremony at the Ricardo J. Bordallo Governor’s Complex in Adelup, Guam, July 21, 2021. The ceremony included a keynote address from a World War II survivor, a wreath laying ceremony, a rifle volley and playing taps. The memorial service was among the many held across the island to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Guam. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew King)

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MCB Camp Blaz senior leaders pay respect during memorial service at Sumay Cemetery

Senior leaders render a salute during a memorial service at Sumay Cemetery on U.S. Naval Base Guam, July 20, 2021. When Japanese Imperial Forces invaded Guam in 1941, the village of Sumay was the first village attacked and all that remains of the village is the cemetery. The memorial service was among the many held across the island to commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Guam. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew King)

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MCB Camp Blaz senior leaders pay respect during memorial service in Agat

Senior leaders render a salute during a wreath laying ceremony and memorial service at Fena Cave and Hågat Memorial Park in Agat, Guam, July 19, 2021. Fena Cave was the site of a massacre of the CHamoru people during World War II on July 19, 1944. The memorial service was among the many held across the island to commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Guam. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew King)

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MCB Camp Blaz senior leaders pay respect during memorial service in Asan

Maj. Colter Bahlau, the Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz Operations Officer, greets a World War II survivor during a memorial service at the Asan Memorial Beach Park in Asan, Guam, July 16, 2021. The memorial is located at the site of the amphibious landing of Marines to retake the island of Guam on June 21, 1944. The memorial service was among the many held across the island to commemorate the liberation of Guam during World War II in 1944. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew King)

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MCB Camp Blaz senior leaders pay respect during memorial service in Inalåhan

Maj. Tyler Ford, the Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz Logistics Officer, greets a World War II survivor during a memorial service in Inalåhan, Guam, July 15, 2021. The memorial was held at the site of the future Inalåhan War Memorial site to commemorate the losses the village suffered during World War II. The memorial service was among the many held across the island to commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Guam. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew King)

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MCB Camp Blaz senior leaders pay respect during memorial service in Mangilao

Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz senior leaders pose for a photograph with other senior military leaders and the mayor and vice mayor of Mangilao, Guam during a wreath laying ceremony and memorial service at the Mangilao memorial, July 12, 2021. The memorial service was among the many held across the island to commemorate the liberation of Guam in 1944. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew King)

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MARFORPAC Senior Leaders Conduct Refueling Stop at MCB Camp Blaz

Gunnery Sgt. Kerry Yates, the Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz Operations Chief, greets Sgt. Maj. Howard Kreamer, the Marine Forces Pacific Sergeant Major, during a refueling stop on Andersen Air Force Base, July 10, 2021. During the brief visit Lt. Gen. Steven Rudder, the MARFORPAC Commanding General, received a brief from MCB Camp Blaz senior leaders on construction progress of the base. Rudder also spoke with and presented coins to the Marines and Sailors of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 and Electronic Attack Squadron 132, who are using the MCB Camp Blaz Aircraft Maintenance Hangar while they conduct training on Guam. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew King)

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MCB Camp Blaz senior leaders pay respect during memorial service in Barrigada

Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz senior leaders pose for a photograph with other senior military leaders and the mayor and vice mayor of Barrigada, Guam in front of the Kǻlaguak memorial, July 9, 2021. The Kǻlaguak memorial is located at the site of a former Japanese military airfield. The memorial service was among the many held across the island to commemorate the liberation of Guam during World War II in 1944. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew King)

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MCB Camp Blaz senior leaders pay respect during memorial service at Marine Depot

Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz senior leaders pose for a photograph with other senior military leaders, Government of Guam officials and World War II survivors during wreath laying ceremony and memorial service at the 5th Marine Depot Memorial in Mongmong-Toto-Maite, Guam, July 8, 2021. The 5th Marine Depot served as a valuable place for the CHamoru people to work after being liberated from the Japanese occupation during World War II. The memorial service was among the many held across the island to commemorate the liberation of Guam in 1944. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew King)

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MCB Camp Blaz senior leaders pay respect during memorial services

Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz senior leaders render a salute during the playing of the national anthem during a wreath laying ceremony and memorial service at the Manenggon memorial site, July 5, 2021. Manenggon was the site of one of the concentration camps for the CHamoru people during World War II. The memorial service was among the many held across the island to commemorate the liberation of Guam during World War II in 1944. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew King)

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Guam Locals Graduate from Navy Security Guard Training Course

SANTA RITA, Guam – On July 6, 2021, five locally-hired police officers completed a four-week Navy Security Guard Training Course (NSGTC) held on Naval Base Guam and took their first steps into federal law enforcement. The course introduced the officers to military law enforcement, evidence handling, risk management, unarmed self-defense, and Mechanical Advantage Control Holds (MACH). Additionally, each officer qualified with the M9 pistol, M500 shotgun, and M4 carbine during training.

DoD Shares Innovative Forest Enhancement Techniques with Marianas Conservationists

DEDEDO, Guam – Participants of the Marianas Terrestrial Conservation Conference (MTCC) visited Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz’s North Finegayan Forest Enhancement Site (FES) June 17, 2021. The visit allowed participants to learn more about the innovative conservation efforts being researched at the FES. The site is part of a 1,000-acre forest enhancement program identified in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Biological Opinion for the Marines’ relocation to Guam, the largest limestone forest restoration effort in Guam’s recorded history.

Nicohlas Benjamin D. Ooka, Hometown Hero

Joining the Marine Corps was a longtime dream for Nicohlas Benjamin D. Ooka. He first became interested in military service during his sophomore year of high school, enamored with the idea of becoming the first commissioned officer in his family. Originally from Yona, Nicohlas Benjamin comes from a family of veterans.

MCB Camp Blaz and the University of Guam Partner to Enhance Forests and Remove Invasive Species

Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz and the University of Guam (UoG) are collaborating to restore and enhance more than 400 acres of Guam’s forests at the North Finegayan Forest Enhancement Site (FES). This is part of the largest forest restoration effort in the island’s recorded history, eventually covering 1,000 acres of Guam’s forests. MCB Camp Blaz and experts from the UoG began working together in July of 2019 to remove invasive species and restore the native habitat. Enhancement efforts include the planting of culturally important species like the Intsia bijuga, Artocarpus mariannensis, and Elaeocarpus joga, more commonly known as ifit, dokdok, and yoga, respectively.

Building the Future, Respecting the Culture, Preserving the Past

Since the establishment of Marine Barracks Guam in 1899 and the liberation of the island during WWII, the U.S. Marine Corps is proud to be a part of Guam’s unique story and seeks to honor the island’s past, present and its future. As the Marine Corps continues to make progress with the building of Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz, Guam, numerous steps are taken to respectfully manage cultural and historical sites and artifacts encountered, and to care for them in line with modern preservation law and accepted practices.

Toys for Tots Commences in Guam and CNMI

Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz officially began the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign in Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. Now starting the campaign’s eleventh year on Guam and sixth year in the CNMI, this week Marines from MCB Camp Blaz delivered toy collection boxes to participating organizations and businesses.

Marine Corps activates Camp Blaz in Guam

Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz (MCB) Camp Blaz will be activated on October 1, 2020. The activation is an administrative action that officially marks the initial operational capability (IOC) of the base. This will be the first new Marine Corps base activated since March 1, 1952, with the commissioning of what is presently Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany, Georgia. The Marine Corps plans to hold an activation ceremony for its newest base in spring 2021.

Master Carver works wood furnished by Marines

Wood carving has been practiced in the Pacific for millennia. Here on Guam there are a few Master Carvers still practicing this cultural art form. In its small part, the Marine Corps, in conjunction with the Department of Chamorro Affairs, have identified the wood from areas where the new Marine Corps base in Guam is being built, and staged it, so cultural carving practitioners can select pieces they want to use for their craft.

New year, new forest enhancement project

Marine Corps Activity Guam Forest Enhancement Project begins to take shape on Naval Base Guam Telecommunications Station with the arrival of containers and equipment to be part of the new Native Plant Nursery set to open this year.

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