Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Staff Sgt. Richard Saenz, a Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron air traffic controller, and Bill Banakos, air traffic controller, monitor ongoing operations on the air field as well as waiting for an incoming flight at the air traffic control tower here, Jan. 16, 2013. Saenz supervises other traffic controllers to ensure operations run smoothly. Saenz has been stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni since Jan. 9, 2011. - Staff Sgt. Richard Saenz, a Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron air traffic controller, and Bill Banakos, air traffic controller, monitor ongoing operations on the air field as well as waiting for an incoming flight at the air traffic control tower here, Jan. 16, 2013. Saenz supervises other traffic controllers to ensure operations run smoothly. Saenz has been stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni since Jan. 9, 2011.

Lance Cpl. Tanner W. Graves, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 fixed-wing aircraft mechanic, checks the inside of an F-18 cockpit here, April 2. Routine checks must be performed to make sure safeties are engaged and there are no problems with the instruments or any components inside of the aircraft. - Lance Cpl. Tanner W. Graves, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 fixed-wing aircraft mechanic, checks the inside of an F-18 cockpit here, April 2. Routine checks must be performed to make sure safeties are engaged and there are no problems with the instruments or any components inside of the aircraft.

The Acoustics perform for the first time onstage at this year’s Rocktober Festival in the Club Iwakuni Ballroom Oct. 8. Armed with two guitars and a trash can, the band beat its way through several covers and a series of original pieces. The Acoustics name did not appear on the event’s flyer due to thefact they did not choose a name until halfway through their set. - The Acoustics perform for the first time onstage at this year’s Rocktober Festival in the Club Iwakuni Ballroom Oct. 8. Armed with two guitars and a trash can, the band beat its way through several covers and a series of original pieces. The Acoustics name did not appear on the event’s flyer due to thefact they did not choose a name until halfway through their set.