Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

From right to left, Lt. Col. William Sheridan, executive officer for Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Col. Daniel Wilson, chief of staff for 3rd Marine Division, III MEF, and Group Captain Ponlawat Intarawised, deputy commander for Wing One, Royal Thai Air Force, sit together during the opening ceremony for Exercise Cobra Gold 2014 aboard Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 9. CG 14 is a joint, multinational exercise conducted annually in the Kingdom of Thailand aimed at enhancing and increasing multinational interoperability. - From right to left, Lt. Col. William Sheridan, executive officer for Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Col. Daniel Wilson, chief of staff for 3rd Marine Division, III MEF, and Group Captain Ponlawat Intarawised, deputy commander for Wing One, Royal Thai Air Force, sit together during the opening ceremony for Exercise Cobra Gold 2014 aboard Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 9. CG 14 is a joint, multinational exercise conducted annually in the Kingdom of Thailand aimed at enhancing and increasing multinational interoperability.

Group Captain Narong Intachat, left, welcomes Capt. Timothy Barchett to Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, as part of a welcoming ceremony Feb. 2 during exercise Cobra Gold 2014. CG 14 is a joint, multinational exercise conducted annually in the Kingdom of Thailand to increase readiness and interoperability of the Thai, U.S. and other fully participating military forces. Intachat is the commander of Wing One, Royal Thai Air Force. Barchett is a pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, currently assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force under the unit deployment program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James R. Smith/released) - Group Captain Narong Intachat, left, welcomes Capt. Timothy Barchett to Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, as part of a welcoming ceremony Feb. 2 during exercise Cobra Gold 2014. CG 14 is a joint, multinational exercise conducted annually in the Kingdom of Thailand to increase readiness and interoperability of the Thai, U.S. and other fully participating military forces. Intachat is the commander of Wing One, Royal Thai Air Force. Barchett is a pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, currently assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force under the unit deployment program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James R. Smith/released)

Cpl. Branden Arnett, motor transportation operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, guides a Logistics Vehicle System Replacement MKR-18 Cargo Vehicle through and overpass during the relocation movement of Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 15, 2014. - Cpl. Branden Arnett, motor transportation operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, guides a Logistics Vehicle System Replacement MKR-18 Cargo Vehicle through and overpass during the relocation movement of Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 15, 2014.

Marines from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, an MV-22 Osprey squadron stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, attended the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Nyutabaru Air Base Air Show, Dec. 1, 2013. The air show was the first public display of an Osprey in Mainland Japan. Prior to the air show, VMM-265 hosted a media relations event Nov. 30, aboard the JASDF installation. The air show is an annual event hosted by the JASDF in Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Benjamin Pryer/Released) - Marines from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, an MV-22 Osprey squadron stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, attended the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Nyutabaru Air Base Air Show, Dec. 1, 2013. The air show was the first public display of an Osprey in Mainland Japan. Prior to the air show, VMM-265 hosted a media relations event Nov. 30, aboard the JASDF installation. The air show is an annual event hosted by the JASDF in Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Benjamin Pryer/Released)

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.

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.