Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Pfc. Chase Leake, left, Lance Cpl. Stephanie Jordi, middle, and Lance Cpl. Juan Gonzalez, assemble an M-31 Marine Corps Expeditionary Arresting Gear System Nov. 28 at Tinian’s West Field during Exercise Forager Fury II. The arresting gear is a dynamic piece of equipment critical to FF II, which is a joint exercise designed to employ and assess combat power generation in a deployed and austere environment. The Marines are expeditionary airfield system technicians with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Pfc. Chase Leake, left, Lance Cpl. Stephanie Jordi, middle, and Lance Cpl. Juan Gonzalez, assemble an M-31 Marine Corps Expeditionary Arresting Gear System Nov. 28 at Tinian’s West Field during Exercise Forager Fury II. The arresting gear is a dynamic piece of equipment critical to FF II, which is a joint exercise designed to employ and assess combat power generation in a deployed and austere environment. The Marines are expeditionary airfield system technicians with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Lance Cpls. Ryan Gamino and Johnny Gomez, right, calculate needed points for M-31 Marine Corps Expeditionary Arresting Gear System as they began setup surveyor lining spots along Tinian’s West Field runway Nov. 22 during exercise Forager Fury II. The joint exercise is designed to employ and assess combat power generation in a deployed and austere environment. Gomez and Gamino are combat engineer drafting and surveyors with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Lance Cpls. Ryan Gamino and Johnny Gomez, right, calculate needed points for M-31 Marine Corps Expeditionary Arresting Gear System as they began setup surveyor lining spots along Tinian’s West Field runway Nov. 22 during exercise Forager Fury II. The joint exercise is designed to employ and assess combat power generation in a deployed and austere environment. Gomez and Gamino are combat engineer drafting and surveyors with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Staff Sgt. Jose R. Camberos from Los Angeles, Cali., teaches military troop movement to cadets to instill discipline Nov. 22 at the Tinian Junior Senior High School Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps field. Cadets from TJSHS JROTC partook in a field meet with Marines and sailors to build camaraderie between one another. Camberos is operations chief of heavy equipment with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Staff Sgt. Jose R. Camberos from Los Angeles, Cali., teaches military troop movement to cadets to instill discipline Nov. 22 at the Tinian Junior Senior High School Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps field. Cadets from TJSHS JROTC partook in a field meet with Marines and sailors to build camaraderie between one another. Camberos is operations chief of heavy equipment with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Lance Cpls. Kevin C. Greaves (background) and Jessie B. Vangelder hold hammers tied together to properly align the VS-17 platform on Tinian’s Backer Runway at North Field Nov. 19, during Exercise Forager Fury II. A Marine Air Traffic Control Mobile Team (MMT) is composed of six Marines, four air traffic controllers, maintenance technician and communications technician. Vangelder is a navigational aids technician and MMT member from Pittsburgh, Pa., Greaves is also a navigational aids technician and MMT from Brooklyn, N.Y., with Marine Air Control Squadron 4, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Lance Cpls. Kevin C. Greaves (background) and Jessie B. Vangelder hold hammers tied together to properly align the VS-17 platform on Tinian’s Backer Runway at North Field Nov. 19, during Exercise Forager Fury II. A Marine Air Traffic Control Mobile Team (MMT) is composed of six Marines, four air traffic controllers, maintenance technician and communications technician. Vangelder is a navigational aids technician and MMT member from Pittsburgh, Pa., Greaves is also a navigational aids technician and MMT from Brooklyn, N.Y., with Marine Air Control Squadron 4, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Lance Cpl. Raynaldo Olvera, from Dallas, TX., and Lance Cpl. Javan William, from the Virgin Islands, are thanked for their service by local Tinian children Nov. 11 after a Veterans Day and Marine Corps birthday ceremony at Tinian’s Historic North Field during Exercise Forager Fury II. Olvera and William showed the children the heavy equipment they operate and how exactly they will restore the air field. Olvera is a heavy equipment mechanic and William is a heavy equipment operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Lance Cpl. Raynaldo Olvera, from Dallas, TX., and Lance Cpl. Javan William, from the Virgin Islands, are thanked for their service by local Tinian children Nov. 11 after a Veterans Day and Marine Corps birthday ceremony at Tinian’s Historic North Field during Exercise Forager Fury II. Olvera and William showed the children the heavy equipment they operate and how exactly they will restore the air field. Olvera is a heavy equipment mechanic and William is a heavy equipment operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Lance Cpl. Clemente Jimenez, from Bronx, NY., seasons steak patties inside an expeditionary field kitchen on Tinian’s North Field Nov. 9 during exercise Forager Fury II. The patties were part of the first meal prepared in the EFK. Jimenez is a food service specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Lance Cpl. Clemente Jimenez, from Bronx, NY., seasons steak patties inside an expeditionary field kitchen on Tinian’s North Field Nov. 9 during exercise Forager Fury II. The patties were part of the first meal prepared in the EFK. Jimenez is a food service specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Lance Cpl. Dean O. Barrett, from San Diego, Calif., attaches hoses to a tactical water purification system’s fuel pump Nov. 6, 2013, around a beach area on Tinian to provide Marines a potable water source during exercise Forager Fury II. Barrett is a water support technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Lance Cpl. Dean O. Barrett, from San Diego, Calif., attaches hoses to a tactical water purification system’s fuel pump Nov. 6, 2013, around a beach area on Tinian to provide Marines a potable water source during exercise Forager Fury II. Barrett is a water support technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

A crane lifts a Logistics Vehicle System Replacement Cargo Vehicle (LVSR) into the air to load onto a cargo ship bound for Tinian for Exercise Forager Fury II, at the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, harbor, Oct. 23, 2013. The vessel is a ‘lift on lift off’ ship, meaning a crane must lift each piece of equipment on and off the ship. - A crane lifts a Logistics Vehicle System Replacement Cargo Vehicle (LVSR) into the air to load onto a cargo ship bound for Tinian for Exercise Forager Fury II, at the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, harbor, Oct. 23, 2013. The vessel is a ‘lift on lift off’ ship, meaning a crane must lift each piece of equipment on and off the ship.

A KC-130J takes off from West Field Runway May 27 during Exercise Geiger Fury 2012. Marine Aircraft Group 12 participated in the exercise, especially significant because this is the first time in nearly 60 years Marines have landed aircraft on Tinian. - A KC-130J takes off from West Field Runway May 27 during Exercise Geiger Fury 2012. Marine Aircraft Group 12 participated in the exercise, especially significant because this is the first time in nearly 60 years Marines have landed aircraft on Tinian.

Maj. Gen. William D. Beydler, 1st Marine Air Wing commanding officer, talks about the strategic importance of Tinian's air fields on West Field Runway, Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands during Exercise Gieger Fury 2012 May 29, 2012. The purpose of Exercise Geiger Fury is to execute and assess combined expeditionary operations in the South Pacific. - Maj. Gen. William D. Beydler, 1st Marine Air Wing commanding officer, talks about the strategic importance of Tinian's air fields on West Field Runway, Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands during Exercise Gieger Fury 2012 May 29, 2012. The purpose of Exercise Geiger Fury is to execute and assess combined expeditionary operations in the South Pacific.