Videos

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 12 Headquarters take part in a 3-mile run at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 10, 2021. Marines and Sailors with MAG-12 took part in a 3-mile run to commemorate the 246th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jackson Ricker)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Tactical Air Command Squadron 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, participate in a cake cutting ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 27, 2019. The cake cutting ceremony followed a formation run which was executed in commemoration of the Marine Corps’ 244th Birthday. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Gerardo W. Cano)

Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, participate in a unit memorial run on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, April 3, 2019. The memorial run was in honor of four Marines killed during a flight mishap one year ago, on April 3, 2018, near El Centro, California. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Dakota Heathwarr)

Service Members with 1st Marine Air Wing ran an accumulative 243 miles in honor of the Marine Corps’ 243rd birthday. The run was held in order to enforce Marine Corps tradition and build unit camaraderie. (U.S. Marine Corps courtesy video)

U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 12 conduct 243rd Marine Corps birthday run at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Nov. 5, 2018. The run develops camaraderie, esprit de corps, promotes physical fitness and celebrates the 243rd Marine Corps Birthday. While conducting the run, the Marines took a moment to observe the Marine Corps uniform military pageant to acknowledge generations of Marines before them. (U.S. motion imagery by U.S. Marines Lance Cpl. Richard Limone and Lance Cpl. Tyler Harmon)

Marines from 1st Marine Aircraft Wing participated in a motivational run at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan on March 10, 2018. More than 1,000 Marines tested their strength during the three mile formation run around the flight line. The run helped build camaraderie while ensuring the Marines remain ready at a moment's notice. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Alexia Lythos)

Fighting and winning our nation’s battles since July 7, 1941, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, the Aviation Combat Element of III Marine Expeditionary Force, provides combat ready, task organized forces capable of conducting aviation operations across all six functions of Marine Aviation in naval and expeditionary environments, and commands and controls aviation forces through the Tactical Air Command Center in order to contribute to the accomplishment of our nation's security objectives as required by standing operational plans in the Pacific Command's area of responsibility, engagement operations in support of Marine Forces Pacific, overseas contingency operations, and other operations as directed. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)