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Station residents shop for experience at local wholesale food market - A Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni resident takes a photo at a wholesale market in Iwakuni City, Japan, May 19, 2018. Station residents visited the market in order to learn what was available to buy and to advertise it to MCAS Iwakuni residents. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lauren Brune)
Iwakuni volunteers visit Josho Hoikuen preschool - U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Francisco Casanova, an aviation operations specialist with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, interacts with students from Josho Hoikuen preschool students in Iwakuni City, Japan, May 15, 2018. Volunteers taught basic English, sang and played games with children. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Seth Rosenberg)
Iwakuni Marines rescue boat passengers at Kintai Bridge - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dawson Hatzman, an engineer assistant with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, stands for a photo in the Nishiki River in Iwakuni City, Japan, May 1, 2018. Hatzman helped a local Japanese boatman free his boat from the current in the Nishiki River during Easter weekend. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lauren Brune)
MAG-12 squadrons, Marines awarded for aviation excellence - Marine Corps Aviation Association, Joe Foss Squadron, awarded Marines and units within 1st Marine Aircraft Wing for their outstanding performance and dedication to duty on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan, April 13, 2018. The Joe Foss Squadron, named after Joseph J. Foss, is one of 25 squadrons within the MCAA and the only squadron stationed overseas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jess Etheridge)
FD18 - Guests enter Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni’s gates for the 42nd Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day, at MCAS Iwakuni May 5, 2018.Since 1973, MCAS Iwakuni has held a single-day air show designed to foster positive relationships and offer an exciting experience that displays the communal support between the U.S. and Japan. The air show also encompassed various U.S. and Japanese static display aircraft, aerial performances, food and entertainment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Neysa Huertas)
USO Iwakuni hosts second annual Pizza-Bingo Night - Joshua Baskara, a Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni resident, plays bingo at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, April 27, 2018. The event was held as part of the Month of the Military Child to show appreciation for the sacrifices children of service members make in supporting their parents. To recognize the support they give, USO Iwakuni supplied pizza and prizes for a bingo night. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Seth Rosenberg)
Americans, Japanese compete in softball tournament - U.S. Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and Japanese nationals play a softball game in Iwakuni City, Japan, April 28, 2018. The softball game was part of a tournament hosted by Marine Corps Community Services intramural sports division as a way for service members and air station residents to bond over a sport that people from both cultures play. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Jones)
Iwakuni service members, residents compete in Amazing Race 2018 - Volunteers present awards to the top teams of the Amazing Race 2018 at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, April 21, 2018. The event was hosted by the MCAS Iwakuni American Red Cross and USO as an active way to inform station residents about the services available throughout the air station. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Jones)
Station Fuels gives award of excellence to air station - U.S. Marine Corps Col. Richard F. Fuerst, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, center, awards Kiminori Morishige, a Japanese Master Labor Contractor (MLC) foreman with Station Fuels, a challenge coin at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, April 18, 2018. U.S. Service members and Japanese MLCs with Station Fuels earned the 2017 Excellence in Naval Fuel Management Award at MCAS Iwakuni. The unit handed it to U.S. Marine Corps Col. Richard F. Fuerst, the commanding officer of MCAS Iwakuni, to present to the air station. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stephen Campbell)
Japanese civilian creates site with potential to save millions of dollars - Katsuji Tahara, an information technology specialist with the communication and information systems department for Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, sits at his desk at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 11, 2018. Tahara was presented with a letter of appreciation for his creation of a SharePoint site that stores information from audits that are performed on contracts for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Jones)