Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Petty Officer 1st Class Noah O. Pallares, Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 30, Detachment Four maintenance crewman, removes screws in order to replace the cockpit window during maintenance on a C-2 Greyhound aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, March 12. After a short 10-day stay here the visiting detachment is now afloat with the USS John C. Stennis as the carrier strike group moves to its next area of operation. - Petty Officer 1st Class Noah O. Pallares, Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 30, Detachment Four maintenance crewman, removes screws in order to replace the cockpit window during maintenance on a C-2 Greyhound aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, March 12. After a short 10-day stay here the visiting detachment is now afloat with the USS John C. Stennis as the carrier strike group moves to its next area of operation.

U.S. service members play basketball with children during a visit by Cope Tiger participants to Ban Lan Nang Keaw elementary school in Ban Lan Nang city as part of the humanitarian efforts of exercise Cope Tiger 2009 taking place in Korat, Thailand March 16. Since the school basketball court has no basketball goals students stand on a box holding a bucket in their hands for goals. - U.S. service members play basketball with children during a visit by Cope Tiger participants to Ban Lan Nang Keaw elementary school in Ban Lan Nang city as part of the humanitarian efforts of exercise Cope Tiger 2009 taking place in Korat, Thailand March 16. Since the school basketball court has no basketball goals students stand on a box holding a bucket in their hands for goals.

A flight crew Marine watches as Maj. Brad Hipp, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (All Weather) 224 pilot training officer and the red team air mission commander, prepares to take off to participate in an interoperability flight training scenario as Exercise Cope Tiger 2009 progressed to its third day here March 11. During the training scenario, participating Cope Tiger aviation units are split into opposing red and blue teams in which the red team act out the aggressors. - A flight crew Marine watches as Maj. Brad Hipp, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (All Weather) 224 pilot training officer and the red team air mission commander, prepares to take off to participate in an interoperability flight training scenario as Exercise Cope Tiger 2009 progressed to its third day here March 11. During the training scenario, participating Cope Tiger aviation units are split into opposing red and blue teams in which the red team act out the aggressors.

Two Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (All-Weather) 224 F/A-18D Hornets take to the skies during exercise Cope Tiger 2009 at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. Cope Tiger is an annual multilateral joint and combined field training exercise conducted to improve U.S., Thai and Singapore readiness and interoperability. - Two Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (All-Weather) 224 F/A-18D Hornets take to the skies during exercise Cope Tiger 2009 at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. Cope Tiger is an annual multilateral joint and combined field training exercise conducted to improve U.S., Thai and Singapore readiness and interoperability.

Students practice stopping and starting drills during the practical portion of the Basic Riders Course. The Basic Riders Course is taught each week at the station safety center for classroom instruction and at a designated area on the flight line for practical instruction. - Students practice stopping and starting drills during the practical portion of the Basic Riders Course. The Basic Riders Course is taught each week at the station safety center for classroom instruction and at a designated area on the flight line for practical instruction.