Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco - U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Christian Sucik, an Engineman with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (H&HS), Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, steers a utility boat at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 19, 2022. Sucik, a native of Las Vegas, Nevada, joined the Navy in 2020 and has since become MCAS Iwakuni’s H&HS Blue Jacket of the Year for 2022, as well as a part-time musician who performs his music at different venues. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco)

Photo by U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Isaac Orozco - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Yocelin Vertiz (center right), an administration specialist, and Lance Cpl. Meghan Sauvalle, an expeditionary airfield systems technician, both assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, help children off a bounce house during the Owl Park Inclusive Day community relations event at the Atagoyama Fukuro Park, also known as the Atago Owl Park, in Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 23 2022. Vertiz currently serves as the H&HS Primary Single Marine Program Representative, where she helps coordinate events for her Marines. (Courtesy photo by U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Isaac Orozco).

Photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor - U.S. Navy Lt. Cdr. Ramy Teriak, the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, logistics officer, poses for a photo at the installation’s harbor Oct. 27, 2022. Teriak’s role as the installation’s logistics officer heavily involves operations at the air station’s harbor, which is uniquely designed to have direct access to a flightline. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor)

Courtesy photo by U.S. Marine Cpl. Kealey Dent - Then, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kealey Dent stands at attention representing her recruit training platoon during a graduation ceremony Dec.11, 2020. Dent, a Gordon, Texas native, partook in the rodeo lifestyle throughout her childhood until she enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in summer of 2020. Dent, now a corporal, currently serves as MAG 12’s Single Marine Program president and noncommissioned officer association vice president, where she advocates for her unit's Marines’ needs and concerns. (Courtesy photo by U.S. Marine Cpl. Kealey Dent)