Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Andrew Jackson, recon team leader from 3rd Marine Division, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear defense platoon, Headquarters Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force, shows members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Nuclear, Biological, Chemical unit with the 13th Brigade in Kaita, Hiroshima, assessment and consequence management equipment during exercise Habu Sentinel 16 at Disaster Village, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 1, 2016. Provided to each major subordinate command for their platoons to utilize, the Marine Air Ground Task Force ACM set provides the division with enhanced CBRN proficiencies above those available to subordinate units, including CBRN technical rescue and the necessary response capabilities to support national military strategy for countering weapons of mass destruction and other contingency operations. As the annual capstone exercise for the division’s response element, this event encompasses multiple objectives specific to CBRN response and validates unit standard operating procedures in an unfamiliar training environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jessica Quezada/Released) - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Andrew Jackson, recon team leader from 3rd Marine Division, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear defense platoon, Headquarters Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force, shows members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Nuclear, Biological, Chemical unit with the 13th Brigade in Kaita, Hiroshima, assessment and consequence management equipment during exercise Habu Sentinel 16 at Disaster Village, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 1, 2016. Provided to each major subordinate command for their platoons to utilize, the Marine Air Ground Task Force ACM set provides the division with enhanced CBRN proficiencies above those available to subordinate units, including CBRN technical rescue and the necessary response capabilities to support national military strategy for countering weapons of mass destruction and other contingency operations. As the annual capstone exercise for the division’s response element, this event encompasses multiple objectives specific to CBRN response and validates unit standard operating procedures in an unfamiliar training environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jessica Quezada/Released)

Lance Cpl. Dallin Haynie, an aviation ordnanceman with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, reverses a short airfield tactical support loader after loading ordnance on an F/A-18C Hornet, during Exercise Southern Frontier at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, Aug. 8, 2013. - Lance Cpl. Dallin Haynie, an aviation ordnanceman with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, reverses a short airfield tactical support loader after loading ordnance on an F/A-18C Hornet, during Exercise Southern Frontier at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, Aug. 8, 2013.

Yechon Air Base, REPUBLIC OF KOREA - Staff Sgt. Shane Hall performs a song on guitar during the Exercise Foal Eagle 2010 Korean - U.S. Friendship Event at the theater here April 16. Hall has a band that plays around the local area in Iwakuni, Japan. - Yechon Air Base, REPUBLIC OF KOREA - Staff Sgt. Shane Hall performs a song on guitar during the Exercise Foal Eagle 2010 Korean - U.S. Friendship Event at the theater here April 16. Hall has a band that plays around the local area in Iwakuni, Japan.

Maj. Jerry Estell, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 aircraft maintenance officer, walks around his F/A-18 fighter jet, inspecting it moments after arriving here Sept. 17. VMFA-115 arrived here out of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C. for a six-month tour as part of the Unit Deployment Program. - Maj. Jerry Estell, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 aircraft maintenance officer, walks around his F/A-18 fighter jet, inspecting it moments after arriving here Sept. 17. VMFA-115 arrived here out of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C. for a six-month tour as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

Two Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 maintenance Marines perform a maintenance check on an F/A-18 jet before takeoff at the VMFA(AW)-533 hangar here July 22. Approximately 140 of roughly 200 Marines who came with VMFA(AW)-533 are responsible for the safety and upkeep of about 10 F/A-18 squadron aircraft. - Two Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 maintenance Marines perform a maintenance check on an F/A-18 jet before takeoff at the VMFA(AW)-533 hangar here July 22. Approximately 140 of roughly 200 Marines who came with VMFA(AW)-533 are responsible for the safety and upkeep of about 10 F/A-18 squadron aircraft.

A Marine says a prayer while placing his hand on Staff Sgt. Daniel L. Hansen's display at a memorial service held at Marine Memorial Chapel here Feb. 20. The blast of an improvised explosive device killed Hansen Feb. 14 while he was on deployment in Afghanistan, Hansen was engaged to be married later this year. Photo by Lance Cpl. Chris Kutlesa - A Marine says a prayer while placing his hand on Staff Sgt. Daniel L. Hansen's display at a memorial service held at Marine Memorial Chapel here Feb. 20. The blast of an improvised explosive device killed Hansen Feb. 14 while he was on deployment in Afghanistan, Hansen was engaged to be married later this year. Photo by Lance Cpl. Chris Kutlesa