Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Marines, sailors and civilian with the Navy Supply Corps aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, pose for a picture during their 220th birthday celebration at building 100, March 13, 2015. The Navy’s Supply Corps birthday is Feb. 23, 1795, but they celebrated it March 13 with a formal cake cutting ceremony. The Supply Corps provides the Navy with items essential to the operation of ships, aircraft, facilities and services to military personnel and their families. - Marines, sailors and civilian with the Navy Supply Corps aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, pose for a picture during their 220th birthday celebration at building 100, March 13, 2015. The Navy’s Supply Corps birthday is Feb. 23, 1795, but they celebrated it March 13 with a formal cake cutting ceremony. The Supply Corps provides the Navy with items essential to the operation of ships, aircraft, facilities and services to military personnel and their families.

Service members with MALS-12 arrive to begin cleaning up Tsuzu Beach during a community relations event conducted by the Marine Aircraft Group 12 Chaplain's Office aboadr Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni,Japan, March 13, 2015. Community relations events serve as an important tool in strengthening the bond between the U.S. and Japan. Major entities aboard station that conduct regular community relations events include the Marine Memorial Chapel, MAG-12 Chaplain's Office and the Single Marine Program. - Service members with MALS-12 arrive to begin cleaning up Tsuzu Beach during a community relations event conducted by the Marine Aircraft Group 12 Chaplain's Office aboadr Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni,Japan, March 13, 2015. Community relations events serve as an important tool in strengthening the bond between the U.S. and Japan. Major entities aboard station that conduct regular community relations events include the Marine Memorial Chapel, MAG-12 Chaplain's Office and the Single Marine Program.

Spencer Boucher (left) and Aidan Lewis (right), 10th graders of Matthew C. Perry High School, pose after winning the cardboard boat science competition held at the IronWorks pool aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 12, 2015. Boucher and Lewis were the only students to successfully venture down and back in the Olympic sized pool while one rowed with a handmade, cardboard paddle. “It feels pretty awesome to be the best out of everyone and we enjoyed competing,” said Boucher. “We learned a lot about the elements of math and science such as buoyancy and we worked as a team, that’s how we were successful.” - Spencer Boucher (left) and Aidan Lewis (right), 10th graders of Matthew C. Perry High School, pose after winning the cardboard boat science competition held at the IronWorks pool aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 12, 2015. Boucher and Lewis were the only students to successfully venture down and back in the Olympic sized pool while one rowed with a handmade, cardboard paddle. “It feels pretty awesome to be the best out of everyone and we enjoyed competing,” said Boucher. “We learned a lot about the elements of math and science such as buoyancy and we worked as a team, that’s how we were successful.”

Three food service specialists took part in the Chef of the Quarter competition, March 12, 2015, inside the R.G. Robinson Mess Hall aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. The quarterly event evaluates Marines on knowledge dealing with their Military Occupational Specialty, Mess Hall uniform regulations and ability to create a full course meal. Lance Cpl. Rebecca Messex won the competition after judges dubbed her meal presentation the best. - Three food service specialists took part in the Chef of the Quarter competition, March 12, 2015, inside the R.G. Robinson Mess Hall aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. The quarterly event evaluates Marines on knowledge dealing with their Military Occupational Specialty, Mess Hall uniform regulations and ability to create a full course meal. Lance Cpl. Rebecca Messex won the competition after judges dubbed her meal presentation the best.

Lance Cpl. Cameron Miller, a powerliner with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225, services the variable exhaust nozzle on an F/A-18D Hornet aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 20, 2015. VMFA(AW)-225 is currently station aboard MCAS Iwakuni as part of the Unit Deployment Program. - Lance Cpl. Cameron Miller, a powerliner with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225, services the variable exhaust nozzle on an F/A-18D Hornet aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 20, 2015. VMFA(AW)-225 is currently station aboard MCAS Iwakuni as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

Lance Cpl. Maria Earll, a food Service specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, prepares a portion of the meal slated to be served during the Maj. Gen. William Pendleton Thompson Hill Memorial Awards Program for Food Service Excellence, inside a temporary field mess aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 9, 2015. The III Marine Expeditionary Force selected food service specialists aboard station to represent them in the W.P.T. Hill Awards in order to earn the title of the best field mess in the Marine Corps. - Lance Cpl. Maria Earll, a food Service specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, prepares a portion of the meal slated to be served during the Maj. Gen. William Pendleton Thompson Hill Memorial Awards Program for Food Service Excellence, inside a temporary field mess aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 9, 2015. The III Marine Expeditionary Force selected food service specialists aboard station to represent them in the W.P.T. Hill Awards in order to earn the title of the best field mess in the Marine Corps.

Visitors, volunteers and staff pose for a picture after the closing ceremony at the Hina Doll Festival in Shunan City, Japan, March 7, 2015. Shunan International Children’s Club invited School Age Care aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, to celebrate the Hina Doll Festival at the Shinnanyo Fureai Center in Shunan City. The Hina Doll Festival, or Hinamatsuri, is a day in Japan when parents celebrate their daughters’ happiness, growth and good health and is usually held on March 3. - Visitors, volunteers and staff pose for a picture after the closing ceremony at the Hina Doll Festival in Shunan City, Japan, March 7, 2015. Shunan International Children’s Club invited School Age Care aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, to celebrate the Hina Doll Festival at the Shinnanyo Fureai Center in Shunan City. The Hina Doll Festival, or Hinamatsuri, is a day in Japan when parents celebrate their daughters’ happiness, growth and good health and is usually held on March 3.