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Third Battalion Seventh Marines is garrisoned on board the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at 29 Palms, CA. A subordinate unit to the 7th Marine Regiment, 3/7 trains continually to ensure its readiness to respond to operations around the world. It participates in Combined Arms Exercises (CAX), Steel Knight, MOUT training at Camp Pendleton, California, and a trip to the Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, California. After 18 months of intensive training in the United States, 3/7 deploys to Okinawa, Japan for a 6 month tour. The tour in Okinawa can include joint training exercises with the Korean Marines, Thailand Marines, operations in Australia, weapons training at Mount Fuji on the Island of Japan, as well as training in the jungles of Okinawa itself.
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