Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Gunnery Sgt. Osvaldo Rincon, powerline division chief with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533, guides an F-18/A Hornet aboard Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, to participate in the Korean Marine Exchange Program 14-13, Oct. 9, 2014, to increase the combat readiness of Marine Aircraft Group 12, improve its operating skills as a Marine Air-Ground Task Force and enhance joint and combined integration with the U.S. Air Force and ROK Marine Corps. KMEP 14-13 is a multinational exercise that focuses on the integration of aviation and ground assets within the construct of a traditional Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise. Supporting units include, but are not limited to, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 and Marine Wing Support Squadron 171. - Gunnery Sgt. Osvaldo Rincon, powerline division chief with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533, guides an F-18/A Hornet aboard Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, to participate in the Korean Marine Exchange Program 14-13, Oct. 9, 2014, to increase the combat readiness of Marine Aircraft Group 12, improve its operating skills as a Marine Air-Ground Task Force and enhance joint and combined integration with the U.S. Air Force and ROK Marine Corps. KMEP 14-13 is a multinational exercise that focuses on the integration of aviation and ground assets within the construct of a traditional Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise. Supporting units include, but are not limited to, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 and Marine Wing Support Squadron 171.

Japanese media members interview Col. Robert Boucher, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, during Friendship Day May 5, 2014. More than 50,000 people came aboard MCAS Iwakuni to see military vehicles and aircraft, meet American service members and get a taste of American culture. - Japanese media members interview Col. Robert Boucher, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, during Friendship Day May 5, 2014. More than 50,000 people came aboard MCAS Iwakuni to see military vehicles and aircraft, meet American service members and get a taste of American culture.

Seaman Darion Black, left, general duty corpsman with Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic, and a firefighter with the station Fire Department work together to assist Lance Cpl. David Mayorga, a patrolman with the Provost Marshal’s Office, as part of a mock scenario during a mass casualty evacuation drill on the flight line aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 2, 2014. - Seaman Darion Black, left, general duty corpsman with Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic, and a firefighter with the station Fire Department work together to assist Lance Cpl. David Mayorga, a patrolman with the Provost Marshal’s Office, as part of a mock scenario during a mass casualty evacuation drill on the flight line aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 2, 2014.

Master Chief Petty Officer Gilbert Ermitano, Navy senior enlisted advisor for Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, addresses everyone in attendance for the Navy Chief 121st Birthday Celebration at the Southside Mess Hall aboard station April 1, 2014. - Master Chief Petty Officer Gilbert Ermitano, Navy senior enlisted advisor for Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, addresses everyone in attendance for the Navy Chief 121st Birthday Celebration at the Southside Mess Hall aboard station April 1, 2014.

Lance Cpl. Casey Boatman performs a safety check on an MK-82 general purpose bomb after attaching it to an FA-18D Hornet aboard Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, for a combined arms live fire training exercise Feb. 20 during Exercise Cobra Gold 2014. CG 14 is a joint, multinational exercise conducted annually in the Kingdom of Thailand aimed at enhancing and increasing multinational interoperability. Boatman is an ordnance technician with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. The FA-18D Hornet is with VMFA(AW)-242. - Lance Cpl. Casey Boatman performs a safety check on an MK-82 general purpose bomb after attaching it to an FA-18D Hornet aboard Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, for a combined arms live fire training exercise Feb. 20 during Exercise Cobra Gold 2014. CG 14 is a joint, multinational exercise conducted annually in the Kingdom of Thailand aimed at enhancing and increasing multinational interoperability. Boatman is an ordnance technician with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. The FA-18D Hornet is with VMFA(AW)-242.

Royal Thai Air Force members and Thai children examine an MV-22B that is part of the static display for a community relations event aboard Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 20 during Exercise Cobra Gold 2014. CG 14 is a joint, multinational exercise conducted annually in the Kingdom of Thailand aimed at enhancing and increasing multinational interoperability. The F-16 is with Squadron 103, Wing One, Royal Thai Air Force. The MV-22B Osprey is with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Royal Thai Air Force members and Thai children examine an MV-22B that is part of the static display for a community relations event aboard Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 20 during Exercise Cobra Gold 2014. CG 14 is a joint, multinational exercise conducted annually in the Kingdom of Thailand aimed at enhancing and increasing multinational interoperability. The F-16 is with Squadron 103, Wing One, Royal Thai Air Force. The MV-22B Osprey is with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Lance Cpl. Michael Hines, left, and Cpl. Terrence Watts insert engine oil into an FA-18D Hornet aboard Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, during a preflight check Feb. 20 during Exercise Cobra Gold 2014. CG 14 is a joint, multinational exercise conducted annually in the Kingdom of Thailand aimed at enhancing and increasing multinational interoperability. The Marines and FA-18D Hornet aircraft are with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Lance Cpl. Michael Hines, left, and Cpl. Terrence Watts insert engine oil into an FA-18D Hornet aboard Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, during a preflight check Feb. 20 during Exercise Cobra Gold 2014. CG 14 is a joint, multinational exercise conducted annually in the Kingdom of Thailand aimed at enhancing and increasing multinational interoperability. The Marines and FA-18D Hornet aircraft are with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelcey Heath shows medical personnel from Wing One hospital supplies found in a medical technician’s pack at the Flight-line Aid Station aboard Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 10 as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2014. CG 14 is an annual multinational exercise conducted in the Kingdom of Thailand designed to exercise multinational joint interoperability. Heath is a field medical technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelcey Heath shows medical personnel from Wing One hospital supplies found in a medical technician’s pack at the Flight-line Aid Station aboard Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 10 as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2014. CG 14 is an annual multinational exercise conducted in the Kingdom of Thailand designed to exercise multinational joint interoperability. Heath is a field medical technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

From right to left, Lt. Col. William Sheridan, executive officer for Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Col. Daniel Wilson, chief of staff for 3rd Marine Division, III MEF, and Group Captain Ponlawat Intarawised, deputy commander for Wing One, Royal Thai Air Force, sit together during the opening ceremony for Exercise Cobra Gold 2014 aboard Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 9. CG 14 is a joint, multinational exercise conducted annually in the Kingdom of Thailand aimed at enhancing and increasing multinational interoperability. - From right to left, Lt. Col. William Sheridan, executive officer for Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Col. Daniel Wilson, chief of staff for 3rd Marine Division, III MEF, and Group Captain Ponlawat Intarawised, deputy commander for Wing One, Royal Thai Air Force, sit together during the opening ceremony for Exercise Cobra Gold 2014 aboard Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 9. CG 14 is a joint, multinational exercise conducted annually in the Kingdom of Thailand aimed at enhancing and increasing multinational interoperability.

Group Captain Narong Intachat, left, welcomes Capt. Timothy Barchett to Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, as part of a welcoming ceremony Feb. 2 during exercise Cobra Gold 2014. CG 14 is a joint, multinational exercise conducted annually in the Kingdom of Thailand to increase readiness and interoperability of the Thai, U.S. and other fully participating military forces. Intachat is the commander of Wing One, Royal Thai Air Force. Barchett is a pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, currently assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force under the unit deployment program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James R. Smith/released) - Group Captain Narong Intachat, left, welcomes Capt. Timothy Barchett to Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, as part of a welcoming ceremony Feb. 2 during exercise Cobra Gold 2014. CG 14 is a joint, multinational exercise conducted annually in the Kingdom of Thailand to increase readiness and interoperability of the Thai, U.S. and other fully participating military forces. Intachat is the commander of Wing One, Royal Thai Air Force. Barchett is a pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, currently assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force under the unit deployment program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James R. Smith/released)