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MCAS Iwakuni residents make engraved Tenkoku stamps - Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni residents pose for a photo after a class at the Atago Lotus Cultural Center in Iwakuni City, Japan, Nov. 14, 2019. The trip was hosted by the Cultural Adaptation Program which gave station residents the opportunity to learn the history of Monk Dokyuru and the stamp he brought to Iwakuni. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Trista Whited)
Colonel Fredrick Lewis signs Fire Prevention Proclamation - U.S. Marine Corps Col. Fredrick Lewis, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni commanding officer, and John Neville, installation fire chief, sign the fire prevention proclamation on MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, September 27, 2019. Fire Prevention Week's purpose is to prepare MCAS Iwakuni residents for potential fires. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Trista Whited)
MCAS Iwakuni residents learn how to grocery shop - Mikie Watanabe, a cultural adaptation specialist with Marine Corps Community Services, shows Jaclyn Kupka, a Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni resident, how to tell the difference between firm and soft tofu at Fresta Supermarket, Iwakuni City, Japan, September 20, 2019. Watanabe took MCAS Iwakuni residents to a Japanese supermarket to expose them to Japanese culture as part of the air station's cultural adaptation program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Trista Whited)
Dancing toward unity - Children with the School Age Center attend a Kagura dance performance at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, July 15, 2019. The Aozora Kids Kagura Association, based out of Hiroshima City, visited MCAS Iwakuni to give Japanese and American children a way to interact with each other and to show the American children a piece of traditional Japanese culture. This was the 3rd annual visit the association has made to MCAS Iwakuni. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Stephen Campbell)
Seventeen air station employees retire - U.S. Marine Corps Col. Richard Fuerst, center, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, gives a speech during a retirement ceremony for master labor contractors and individual hire agreement employees at MCAS Iwakuni, June 28, 2019. The ceremony was held to congratulate and award the retirees with certificates of appreciation for all their work and time spent with units on MCAS Iwakuni. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Triton Lai)
Thunder rolls through Yamaguchi - U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. John Harris, the executive officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, presents Osamu Koizumi, the Superintendent Chief of the Iwakuni Police Department, a plaque. The police department’s traffic division ensured the route was safe and two police officers escorted the group during the ride, in Iwakuni City, Japan, May 24, 2019. The Thunder Run was an inaugural station sanctioned motorcycle ride hosted by the Torii Riders, the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Motorcycle Mentorship Program, to promote the correct use of proper protective equipment and safety throughout the 101 Critical Days of Summer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Kevin Alarcon)
History in the making: “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band visits Japan for first time - "The President’s Own” United States Marine Band performs at the Yamaguchi Prefectural Culture Hall Sinfonia Iwakuni in Iwakuni City, Japan, May 19, 2019. Nearly 1,200 Japanese locals and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni residents attended the concert. The centuries-old musical group rarely travels outside of the United States and has never before visited Japan. The last time the band performed internationally was 2001 in Switzerland, making this trip truly historic and unique. (U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Cpl. Andrew Jones)
Seabees Can Do: NMCB-3 builds up MCAS Iwakuni - U.S. Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, Detachment Iwakuni build a trash enclosure at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 19, 2019. NMCB-3 Detachment Iwakuni is deployed from their base in Port Hueneme California. The Seabees deployed to Iwakuni in order to build 27 garbage enclosure structures that protect solid waste containers from wind and wildlife while maintaining a neat appearance to garbage collection areas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew Jones)
Planting pinwheels, growing prevention - U.S. Marine Corps 1st. Lt. Mark Peterson, the material control officer with Marine Aerial-Refueler Transport Squadron 152, interacts with his daughter during a pinwheel planting event at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 28, 2019. The pinwheel planting was held by the Marine Corps Community Services Iwakuni, Family Advocacy Program in order to raise awareness for National Child Abuse Prevention month at MCAS Iwakuni. During the event, nearly 400 students from Iwakuni Elementary School, assisted by volunteer service members, parents, school teachers and MCCS employees, planted 1,500 pinwheels. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew Jones)
Service members shred Japan’s slopes during weekend liberty - Panoramic view at the top of Mizuho Highland Mountain and Snow Resort, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, Feb. 2, 2019. U.S. service members from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni visited the resort during weekend liberty with the Iwakuni Single Marine Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Cpl. Andrew Jones)