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From left to right, U.S. Marine Corps Col. Daniel Shipley, commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group 12, Chief Warrant Officer Jonathan B. Davis, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear officer in charge with MAG-12, and Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Joy, CBRN defense officer with 3rd Marine Division, CBRN defense platoon, Headquarters Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force, discuss mission objectives during exercise Habu Sentinel 16, at Disaster Village, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 7, 2016. Third Marine Division CBRN Marines traveled to MCAS Iwakuni for this event and worked with MAG-12 personnel in developing technical skills critical to their profession. 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) - From left to right, U.S. Marine Corps Col. Daniel Shipley, commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group 12, Chief Warrant Officer Jonathan B. Davis, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear officer in charge with MAG-12, and Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Joy, CBRN defense officer with 3rd Marine Division, CBRN defense platoon, Headquarters Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force, discuss mission objectives during exercise Habu Sentinel 16, at Disaster Village, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 7, 2016. Third Marine Division CBRN Marines traveled to MCAS Iwakuni for this event and worked with MAG-12 personnel in developing technical skills critical to their profession. 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)

A Marine from Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 assists Sgt. Deedmund Nettles, left, food service specialist with MWSS-171, in removing his personal protective equipment during Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response training at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 18, 2015. The course covered topics such as the hazards associated with working around chemicals, how to locate information on different chemicals, and the four aspects of planning and organizing a hazardous waste site, which are organizational structure, work plan, safety meetings and inspections. This training provided Marines with the proper knowledge to identify contain and clean up hazardous materials. - A Marine from Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 assists Sgt. Deedmund Nettles, left, food service specialist with MWSS-171, in removing his personal protective equipment during Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response training at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 18, 2015. The course covered topics such as the hazards associated with working around chemicals, how to locate information on different chemicals, and the four aspects of planning and organizing a hazardous waste site, which are organizational structure, work plan, safety meetings and inspections. This training provided Marines with the proper knowledge to identify contain and clean up hazardous materials.

Service members and firefighters practice decontaminating each other during the Hazardous Material Awareness and Operations course at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 19, 2015. This weeklong course gives participants the necessary knowledge and experience they need to be recognized as first responders in a HazMat incident. - Service members and firefighters practice decontaminating each other during the Hazardous Material Awareness and Operations course at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 19, 2015. This weeklong course gives participants the necessary knowledge and experience they need to be recognized as first responders in a HazMat incident.

A student in the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Course clears his mask during training outside of Building 100 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 16, 2015. This course is important for situations involving hazardous material because someone could put themselves, their department or the whole entire base at risk. - A student in the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Course clears his mask during training outside of Building 100 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 16, 2015. This course is important for situations involving hazardous material because someone could put themselves, their department or the whole entire base at risk.

Two station personnel discuss how to approach a chemically contaminated site after cording off affected areas during an Introduction to Hazardous Response Course training scenario taught by HazTrain at the tarmac here May 26. The participating personnel used damming and diverting tubes during the training scenarios to cord off simulated chemical runoff. - Two station personnel discuss how to approach a chemically contaminated site after cording off affected areas during an Introduction to Hazardous Response Course training scenario taught by HazTrain at the tarmac here May 26. The participating personnel used damming and diverting tubes during the training scenarios to cord off simulated chemical runoff.

Yasushi Morikawa, Iwakuni Fire Department assistant fire chief and student in the Hazardous Material Technicians Course, tests a chemical zone of toxic chemicals at the Iwakuni Fire Department here March 30. Students were helped into HazMat suits and had to perform practical application during the five week course. - Yasushi Morikawa, Iwakuni Fire Department assistant fire chief and student in the Hazardous Material Technicians Course, tests a chemical zone of toxic chemicals at the Iwakuni Fire Department here March 30. Students were helped into HazMat suits and had to perform practical application during the five week course.