Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Service members teach Japanese students English at Josho Hoikuen in Iwakuni City, Japan, during a community relations preschool event conducted by the Marine Memorial Chapel aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 10, 2015. Whenever Americans visit the students flip their name tag over so that the English translation is showing. - Service members teach Japanese students English at Josho Hoikuen in Iwakuni City, Japan, during a community relations preschool event conducted by the Marine Memorial Chapel aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 10, 2015. Whenever Americans visit the students flip their name tag over so that the English translation is showing.

Students from Josho Hoikuen in Iwakuni City, Japan, listen to a service member from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni read English books to them during a community relations preschool event hosted by the Marine Memorial Chapel, Jan. 13, 2015. Volunteers used picture books to teach the children English. - Students from Josho Hoikuen in Iwakuni City, Japan, listen to a service member from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni read English books to them during a community relations preschool event hosted by the Marine Memorial Chapel, Jan. 13, 2015. Volunteers used picture books to teach the children English.

Lance Cpl. Cody Freeman, an electrician with Combat Logistics Company 36 aboard Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan, and a teacher from Kinnan Hoikuen in Iwakuni city, read English storybooks to students during a community relations visit, Jan. 9, 2015. Marines from CLC-36 visited the school to teach basic English, interact with the Japanese children and play popular American games. CLC-36’s continual interaction with this school helps preserve an important bond between the Marines and local Japanese. - Lance Cpl. Cody Freeman, an electrician with Combat Logistics Company 36 aboard Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan, and a teacher from Kinnan Hoikuen in Iwakuni city, read English storybooks to students during a community relations visit, Jan. 9, 2015. Marines from CLC-36 visited the school to teach basic English, interact with the Japanese children and play popular American games. CLC-36’s continual interaction with this school helps preserve an important bond between the Marines and local Japanese.

A volunteer from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, dressed as Santa Claus, hands out candy to the children at Josho Hoikuen during a community relations preschool visit, Dec. 9, 2014. The purpose of this event was to interact with the local community in a gesture of goodwill and strengthen the bond between the U.S. and Japan. - A volunteer from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, dressed as Santa Claus, hands out candy to the children at Josho Hoikuen during a community relations preschool visit, Dec. 9, 2014. The purpose of this event was to interact with the local community in a gesture of goodwill and strengthen the bond between the U.S. and Japan.