Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Residents of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni participate in a job fair held at Club Iwakuni, Nov. 19, 2020. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Triton Lai) Images

A Shirohebi, also known as the Iwakuni white snake, rests on a heating tile at the Iwakuni Shirohebi Shrine in Iwakuni City, Japan, Nov. 6, 2020. The Marine Corps Community Services Cultural Adaptation Program coordinated the Iwakuni Shirohebi Shrine visit for Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni residents in order to give them the opportunity to visit the shrine participate in traditions and interacted with the white snakes that live there. Images

Nicole and Hanae Courtier, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni residents, carve out their own Tenkoku Stamps at the Atago Lotus Cultural Center in Iwakuni City, Japan, Nov. 5th, 2020. MCAS Iwakuni residents learned about monk Dokuryu Shoeki and how he brought the Tenkoku Stamp and many other traditions to Iwakuni. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Trista Whited) Story

U.S. Marines and Sailors from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, participate in the 245th Marine Corps birthday uniform pageant aboard MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 6, 2020. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mitchell Austin) Images

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Lance Lewis, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Maj. Gen. Yasuyuki Kodama, commander of the 13th Brigade, speak to participants of Exercise Active Shield during a closing ceremony aboard MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 30, 2020. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mitchell Austin) Images