Athletes pass IronWorks Gym here during their bike route for the 2011 Heat the Streets Duathlon that took::r::::n::place here Sunday. Participants were spread out across the grass in front of IronWorks Sunday morning before the::r::::n::race started, stretching out to prepare for the challenge ahead. The Duathlon is an annual event sponsored by::r::::n::Marine Corps Community Services Iwakuni to strengthen bonds between station residents and Japanese locals.::r::::n::Besides Friendship Day, the races MCCS Iwakuni sponsors are the best way to allow locals access to the station. Participants started the race in front of IronWorks Gym with a four kilometer run to Penny Lake fields::r::::n::and back on the seawall. Participants then changed over to their bikes inside the bike rack area for a 24-kilometer::r::::n::biking portion. The last part of the race had participants place their bikes back in the racks and run for another four kilometers from the seawall to Penny Lake fields, finishing::r::::n::in front of IronWorks. - Athletes pass IronWorks Gym here during their bike route for the 2011 Heat the Streets Duathlon that took::r::::n::place here Sunday. Participants were spread out across the grass in front of IronWorks Sunday morning before the::r::::n::race started, stretching out to prepare for the challenge ahead. The Duathlon is an annual event sponsored by::r::::n::Marine Corps Community Services Iwakuni to strengthen bonds between station residents and Japanese locals.::r::::n::Besides Friendship Day, the races MCCS Iwakuni sponsors are the best way to allow locals access to the station. Participants started the race in front of IronWorks Gym with a four kilometer run to Penny Lake fields::r::::n::and back on the seawall. Participants then changed over to their bikes inside the bike rack area for a 24-kilometer::r::::n::biking portion. The last part of the race had participants place their bikes back in the racks and run for another four kilometers from the seawall to Penny Lake fields, finishing::r::::n::in front of IronWorks.

Two Harlem Globetrotters pretend to doused a group of fans with a bucket of water during the Original Harlem Globetrotters versus Global Select world championship game at the IronWorks Sports Courts here Saturday. - Two Harlem Globetrotters pretend to doused a group of fans with a bucket of water during the Original Harlem Globetrotters versus Global Select world championship game at the IronWorks Sports Courts here Saturday.

A Japanese child from the Akibono Orphanage on Oshima Island picks out materials to make Christmas tree decorations at the Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic here Saturday. Service members from the Branch Health Clinic and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force spent the day providing the children an opportunity to experience the joyous holiday spirit of Christmas. - A Japanese child from the Akibono Orphanage on Oshima Island picks out materials to make Christmas tree decorations at the Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic here Saturday. Service members from the Branch Health Clinic and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force spent the day providing the children an opportunity to experience the joyous holiday spirit of Christmas.

China Kumaki, Suzuhara Fighting Roses wide receiver, tries to avoid having her flag pulled of by Caeleb V. Ricafrente, Bears linebacker and wide receiver, in a Marine Corps Community Services Youth Sports double-elimination flag football tournament in the 10- 12 year old division at the Matthew C. Perry School soccer field here Sunday. The Roses routed the Bears in considerable fashion, beating the Bears 34-6. - China Kumaki, Suzuhara Fighting Roses wide receiver, tries to avoid having her flag pulled of by Caeleb V. Ricafrente, Bears linebacker and wide receiver, in a Marine Corps Community Services Youth Sports double-elimination flag football tournament in the 10- 12 year old division at the Matthew C. Perry School soccer field here Sunday. The Roses routed the Bears in considerable fashion, beating the Bears 34-6.

Juri Tanabe, 8, a member of the Shunan International Children’s Club, Children Dance Division, performs a Japanese dance in the gymnasium at the Mathew C. Perry Elementary School here Nov. 23. The Japanese peformers came to visit as a way of saying thank you for the support the school gave during operation Tomodachi. - Juri Tanabe, 8, a member of the Shunan International Children’s Club, Children Dance Division, performs a Japanese dance in the gymnasium at the Mathew C. Perry Elementary School here Nov. 23. The Japanese peformers came to visit as a way of saying thank you for the support the school gave during operation Tomodachi.

Lance Cpl. Mico B. Young, station Provost Marshal’s Office military police officer, uses inert oleoresin capsicum spray on Lance Cpl. James S. Huston, station PMO military police officer, in a training exercise that took place at an empty mid-rise in the Monzen District here Nov. 15. The inert OC spray allows PMO to practice accuracy without causing the burning sensation of regular OC spray. - Lance Cpl. Mico B. Young, station Provost Marshal’s Office military police officer, uses inert oleoresin capsicum spray on Lance Cpl. James S. Huston, station PMO military police officer, in a training exercise that took place at an empty mid-rise in the Monzen District here Nov. 15. The inert OC spray allows PMO to practice accuracy without causing the burning sensation of regular OC spray.

Lance Cpl. Byron D. Johnson, Headquarters department and station Installation Personnel Administration Center diary clerk, competes and wins the finals for Headquarters department in the Own the Bone competition during the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron field meet at Penny Lake fields here, Nov. 4. The four Squadron departments competed to build unit cohesion. - Lance Cpl. Byron D. Johnson, Headquarters department and station Installation Personnel Administration Center diary clerk, competes and wins the finals for Headquarters department in the Own the Bone competition during the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron field meet at Penny Lake fields here, Nov. 4. The four Squadron departments competed to build unit cohesion.

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam — Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian T. Lopez, a Strike Fighter Squadron 94::r::::n::aviation machinist mate, takes apart straps in preparation for VFA-94, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12’s departure from the flightline here Oct. 30. The squadrons spent the month conducting different training ranging from ordnance drops to banner shoots off the coast of Guam. - ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam — Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian T. Lopez, a Strike Fighter Squadron 94::r::::n::aviation machinist mate, takes apart straps in preparation for VFA-94, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12’s departure from the flightline here Oct. 30. The squadrons spent the month conducting different training ranging from ordnance drops to banner shoots off the coast of Guam.