Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault - U.S. Navy Seaman Apprentice Jyvan Marquez-Fontanez, a Seabee with Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, secures equipment in the bed of a truck after a drilling job at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, March 22, 2024. The Seabees of MCAS Iwakuni are able to complete a variety of construction tasks, from installing furniture to repairing the airfield. Seaman Apprentice Jyvan Marquez-Fontanez is a native of Puerto Rico. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Lennon Dregoiw - U.S. Navy Sailor HN Patrick Pierson, a preventive medicine technician with the Naval Family Branch Health Clinic (BHC), prepares an influenza vaccine during Exercise Active Shield aboard Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 27, 2020. The BHC conducted a 72-hour mass immunization event to vaccinate all active-duty service members at the air station. Active Shield is an annual bilateral exercise partnering U.S. and Japanese forces for the protection and defense of MCAS Iwakuni and other assets in the region in order to sustain military operations in support of the U.S.-Japan Alliance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lennon Dregoiw)

Photo by Lance Cpl Triton Lai - Sandra Lewis, an art teacher at Matthew C. Perry High School, center, and other participants pose for a group photo during an art award ceremony at the Iwakuni City Culture Center in Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 3, 2020. Lewis received the “Mayor’s Award” for her artwork titled “Four Seasons.” (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl Triton Lai)

Learning the roots: station residents dig lotus roots - A Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni resident presents a lotus root dish prepared during a lotus root cooking class in Iwakuni City, Japan, Feb. 5, 2019. Station residents took a trip to a local market and lotus root field with the Cultural Adaptation Program in order to learn about the lotus root grown in Iwakuni. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Angelo Sagum)

MCAS Iwakuni, Iwakuni City friendship runs deep - Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and Japanese children play dodgeball in Iwakuni City, Japan, July 21, 2018. The Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau held a U.S.-Japan Sports Exchange to signify the opening of Go-Go Field to the public in an effort to deepen the bond between the residents surrounding MCAS Iwakuni and the U.S. forces in Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stephen Campbell)

MCAS Iwakuni residents volunteer in flood clean up - U.S. Marines and Sailors clean out damaged household items from a home during a volunteer event in Shuto Town, Iwakuni City, Japan, July 13, 2018. The volunteer event, organized by the Marine Corps Community Services Single Marine Program, provided service members with the opportunity to help local Japanese residents clean up and recover after the area was flooded by excessive rainfall. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Akeel Austin)

VMGR-152 welcomes new commanding officer - U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Mitchell T. Maury, left, commanding officer of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152, and retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Andrew Pushart, former commanding officer of VMGR-152, converse before a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 15, 2018. The squadron hosted the change of command in order to formally recognize the total transfer of authority from Pushart to Maury. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Seth Rosenberg)

Station residents take to the fields, plant rice - Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni residents visit a farmers market in Iwakuni City, Japan, June 9, 2018. Station residents visited Iwakuni City as a part of a Marine Corps Community Services, Cultural Adaptation Program event in order to plant rice with Japanese residents and learn about traditional rice farming. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Jones)

Neighbors share culture through exchange - A child holds a kendama during the 13th Community Cultural Exchange at Iwakuni City, Japan, May 26, 2018. The Cultural Adaptation Program hosted the community cultural exchange in order to share the Japanese and American culture. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Seth Rosenberg)

Robert M. Casey Naval Family Branch Clinic Iwakuni staff celebrate grand opening - U.S. service members, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force members and Japanese residents, cut a ribbon at the Robert M. Casey Naval Family Branch Clinic Iwakuni as part of the building’s grand opening at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 30, 2018. The staff hosted the grand opening in order to display the facility’s new and improved capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Seth Rosenberg)