Children experience Marine Corps Tradition
October 23, 2015 — Children dressed up, danced, ate and experienced a Marine Corps tradition during the Mini-Marine Corps Ball in the Club Iwakuni ballroom at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 23, 2015.The children, ranging from 5 to 12 years old, learned traditions of the Marine Corps Ball including, the marching of colors and the cake cutting ceremony MORE
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Chief petty officers celebrate 122nd birthday
April 1, 2015 — Chief petty officers aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, gathered together to celebrate their 122nd birthday, April 1, 2015.The Navy senior leadership began their birthday celebration by meeting in front of Building One to observe morning colors. Later, they came together for a cake cutting ceremony at the Robert M. Casey Medical and MORE
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The Brass side of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces
September 26, 2013 — Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force service members stand on a rooftop with the sun beating down. They raise bugles to their lips and prepare to play a song instructed by their conductor as pores on their faces form beads of sweat, which roll down and follow the contour lines of their facial features.A bugle is an instrument in the brass family and MORE
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