Videos

U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 232 participated in the Nyutabaru Aviation Training Relocation (ATR) at Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Nyutabaru Air Base, Japan, Dec. 7 to Dec. 21, 2023. The ATR program allows U.S. aviation units in the Indo-Pacific, such as VMFA-232 and Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 12, to train away from their home station to reduce local noise impacts while increasing operational readiness and interoperability. During this year’s ATR program at Nyutabaru Air Base, MAG-12 forces trained alongside the JASDF’s 305th Tactical Fighter Squadron to build upon each other’s tactics and reinforce their combined operational readiness through safe and realistic training. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Jose Angeles)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt.Col. Mark Bortnem, commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 232, right, and Sgt. Maj. Daniel Velis Jr., sergeant major of VMFA-232, give a Mother’s Day shoutout at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jackson Ricker)

U.S. Marine Cpl. Kramon Long with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, gives a Mother’s Day shoutout at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 9, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jackson Ricker)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Mark Bortnem, commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, gives a Mother’s Day shoutout at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 9, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jackson Ricker)

Sgt. Brian Marion, an aviation ordnance technician with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, gives a Mother's day shoutout to his wife while deployed to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Richard Limone)