Col. Robert B. Boucher, commanding officer of MCAS Iwakuni, presents a $50,275 check to Deanna O’neal, director of the NMCRS Iwakuni, during an award ceremony inside of Talbots for unit representatives of the Active Duty Fund Drive, May 29, 2015. Donations made to the ADFD go right back into the pockets of Marines and sailors in cases of emergencies. The ADFD runs annually, March through April, by request of the Commandant of the Marine Corps and the Chief of Naval Operations and in the last four years the total amount of money donated increased every year. - Col. Robert B. Boucher, commanding officer of MCAS Iwakuni, presents a $50,275 check to Deanna O’neal, director of the NMCRS Iwakuni, during an award ceremony inside of Talbots for unit representatives of the Active Duty Fund Drive, May 29, 2015. Donations made to the ADFD go right back into the pockets of Marines and sailors in cases of emergencies. The ADFD runs annually, March through April, by request of the Commandant of the Marine Corps and the Chief of Naval Operations and in the last four years the total amount of money donated increased every year.

Representatives from a variety of groups or organizations check in at the Japan Good Deeds Association’s 65th Spring Commendation Ceremony at the Meiji Jingu Gathering Hall in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2015. The Good Deeds Association is an organization that recognizes people or groups for they’re good conduct in support of the Japanese community. The association recognized service members with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and Marine Aerial Transport Refueler Squadron 152 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, for their assistance with the Iwakuni City Volunteer Council in August 2014, after a mudslide caused by heavy rain. - Representatives from a variety of groups or organizations check in at the Japan Good Deeds Association’s 65th Spring Commendation Ceremony at the Meiji Jingu Gathering Hall in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2015. The Good Deeds Association is an organization that recognizes people or groups for they’re good conduct in support of the Japanese community. The association recognized service members with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and Marine Aerial Transport Refueler Squadron 152 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, for their assistance with the Iwakuni City Volunteer Council in August 2014, after a mudslide caused by heavy rain.

Sgt. Maj. Keith Massi relinquished control of his post as the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, sergeant major during his relief ceremony May 22, 2015. Massi served as the station sergeant major from the summer of 2013 until the spring of 2015 and will now travel to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., where he will serve as the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s new sergeant major. - Sgt. Maj. Keith Massi relinquished control of his post as the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, sergeant major during his relief ceremony May 22, 2015. Massi served as the station sergeant major from the summer of 2013 until the spring of 2015 and will now travel to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., where he will serve as the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s new sergeant major.

Marine Aircraft Group 12 and Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron hosted the 2015 Jane Wayne Day, May 16, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. Jane Wayne Day provides spouses and family members of Marines and sailors with the opportunity to get a taste of Marine Corps training and experience a day in the life of a Marine. - Marine Aircraft Group 12 and Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron hosted the 2015 Jane Wayne Day, May 16, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. Jane Wayne Day provides spouses and family members of Marines and sailors with the opportunity to get a taste of Marine Corps training and experience a day in the life of a Marine.

Local Japanese press interview Navy Lt. Nathan Hemerly, a family medicine doctor at the Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic, during Hemerly’s certificate of appreciation ceremony at the City Hall in Iwakuni City, Japan, May 12, 2015. After participating in the 9th annual Kintaikyo Road Race in Iwakuni City, Hemerly performed CPR, with the help of a local Japanese nurse, on another run participant who fell and became unconscious during the race. “I was just doing what I thought was the right thing to do, I wasn’t looking for any attention,” said Hemerly. - Local Japanese press interview Navy Lt. Nathan Hemerly, a family medicine doctor at the Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic, during Hemerly’s certificate of appreciation ceremony at the City Hall in Iwakuni City, Japan, May 12, 2015. After participating in the 9th annual Kintaikyo Road Race in Iwakuni City, Hemerly performed CPR, with the help of a local Japanese nurse, on another run participant who fell and became unconscious during the race. “I was just doing what I thought was the right thing to do, I wasn’t looking for any attention,” said Hemerly.

Nurses from Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic, Iwakuni Clinical Care, JA Hiroshima General Hospital and Medical Hospital Iwakuni Byoin pose for a picture during a Nurse’s Week dinner social at the Club Iwakuni Ballroom aboard MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, May 11, 2015. Branch Health Clinic celebrated Nurse’s Week for the first time, May 6-13, aboard station. Throughout the week, nurses from BHC came together for a series of events to celebrate a week that recognizes the importance and hard work that they do. - Nurses from Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic, Iwakuni Clinical Care, JA Hiroshima General Hospital and Medical Hospital Iwakuni Byoin pose for a picture during a Nurse’s Week dinner social at the Club Iwakuni Ballroom aboard MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, May 11, 2015. Branch Health Clinic celebrated Nurse’s Week for the first time, May 6-13, aboard station. Throughout the week, nurses from BHC came together for a series of events to celebrate a week that recognizes the importance and hard work that they do.

The Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, is projected to move into a new and improved building in July 2017. The new clinic will be four stories high with twice the manpower and an increased number of laboratories, obstetrics and gynecology capabilities, pediatricians and many other things in accordance with the Defense Policy Review Initiative.The DPRI redefines roles, missions and capabilities of alliance forces and outlines key realignment and transformation initiatives, including reducing the number of U.S. troops stationed in Okinawa, enhancing interoperability and communication between the two countries’ respective commands, and broadening cooperation in the area of ballistic missile defense, according to the U.S. Department of State’s website. - The Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, is projected to move into a new and improved building in July 2017. The new clinic will be four stories high with twice the manpower and an increased number of laboratories, obstetrics and gynecology capabilities, pediatricians and many other things in accordance with the Defense Policy Review Initiative. The DPRI redefines roles, missions and capabilities of alliance forces and outlines key realignment and transformation initiatives, including reducing the number of U.S. troops stationed in Okinawa, enhancing interoperability and communication between the two countries’ respective commands, and broadening cooperation in the area of ballistic missile defense, according to the U.S. Department of State’s website.

Akio Shiraishi and Katsumi Okada, pest controllers with Facilities, inspect gutters where black widow spiders are usually found aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 8, 2015. Throughout a two-month span, pest controllers examine everywhere from the outside of homes to the gutters in the streets aboard station. While searching for black widows the pest controllers also inspect for roaches, ants, bees and moths; of all the pests, cockroaches are the ones encountered most, but black widow spiders are the most dangerous. - Akio Shiraishi and Katsumi Okada, pest controllers with Facilities, inspect gutters where black widow spiders are usually found aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 8, 2015. Throughout a two-month span, pest controllers examine everywhere from the outside of homes to the gutters in the streets aboard station. While searching for black widows the pest controllers also inspect for roaches, ants, bees and moths; of all the pests, cockroaches are the ones encountered most, but black widow spiders are the most dangerous.

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, residents pick green tea leaves during a Cultural Adaption Program tea harvesting event in Iwakuni City, May 7, 2015. During the visit to Hirose-Iwakuni High School, students, guests and even elders from a local nursing home picked 37 pounds of green tea leaves that will be fanned, steamed cooled, pressed, rolled and dried for everyone’s enjoyment. - Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, residents pick green tea leaves during a Cultural Adaption Program tea harvesting event in Iwakuni City, May 7, 2015. During the visit to Hirose-Iwakuni High School, students, guests and even elders from a local nursing home picked 37 pounds of green tea leaves that will be fanned, steamed cooled, pressed, rolled and dried for everyone’s enjoyment.