ARFF Marines conduct early morning training

181012-M-JE159-1707.JPG Photo By: akeel.austin@gmail.com

Oct 16, 2018

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron conduct fire containment drills at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 12, 2018. The training was conducted in order to maintain proficiency extinguishing aircraft fires in support of the air station's mission of launching and recovering aircraft. ARFF is a special category of firefighting that involves the response, hazard mitigation, evacuation and possible rescue of passengers and crew of an aircraft involved in a ground emergency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Akeel Austin)

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