Exercise Freedom Banner is an annual

3rd Marine Expeditionary Force III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) is a formation of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force of the United States Marine Corps. It is forward-deployed and able to rapidly conduct operations across the spectrum from humanitarian assistance and d ...

United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through ...

exercise that is performed with rotating partner countries throughout the

Pacific Rim The Pacific Rim comprises the lands around the rim of the Pacific Ocean. The '' Pacific Basin'' includes the Pacific Rim and the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Rim roughly overlaps with the geologic Pacific Ring of Fire. List of ...

2006 Exercises

:''Source: USMC'' 400 Marines and sailors with 3rd Materiel Readiness Battalion's 3rd Marine Logistics Group performed exercises including tactical vehicles and equipment off-loading on March 4 at

Mokpo Newport Mokpo (; ''Mokpo-si'') is a city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea, located at the southwestern tip of the Korean Peninsula, close to Yudal mountain. Mokpo has frequent high-speed train services to Seoul, and is the terminus for a number ...

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republi ...

. This exercise was conducted from March 7 to April 14 and involved the movement of Maritime Propositioning Force shipping and associated combat forces into the Korean theater of operations in support of two separate exercises.

References

Military exercises involving the United States {{USMC-stub