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A Marines stand in a row, waiting to hear how their teams did. - Food service Marines stand waiting to hear how their teams did at the Marine Corps Installations Pacific’s Food Services Specialist of the Quarter competition, held at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, August 30, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Song Jordan)

JMSDF, MCAS Iwakuni take Friendship Day 2019 to new altitudes - Japanese guests view various U.S. and Japanese static display aircraft during the 43rd Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Friendship Day at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, May 5, 2019. 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 encompassed various U.S. and Japanese static display aircraft, aerial performances, food and entertainment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Timothy Valero)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Rebecca Messex, a food service specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, poses for a photo with a meal she prepared during a Food Service Specialist of the Quarter competition at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 13, 2017. Messex placed first in the competition and was selected for an opportunity to compete in the Marine Corps Installations Pacific Food Service Specialist of the Quarter Board to be held on April 19, 2017, in Okinawa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Abrego) - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Rebecca Messex, a food service specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, poses for a photo with a meal she prepared during a Food Service Specialist of the Quarter competition at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 13, 2017. Messex placed first in the competition and was selected for an opportunity to compete in the Marine Corps Installations Pacific Food Service Specialist of the Quarter Board to be held on April 19, 2017, in Okinawa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Abrego)

An F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, lands at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 18, 2017. VMFA-121 conducted a permanent change of station to MCAS Iwakuni, from MCAS Yuma, Ariz., and now belongs to Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. The F-35B Lightning II is a fifth-generation fighter, which is the world’s first operational supersonic short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft. The F-35B brings strategic agility, operational flexibility and tactical supremacy to III MEF with a mission radius greater than that of the F/A-18 Hornet and AV-8B Harrier II in support of the U.S. – Japan alliance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron Henson) - An F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, lands at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 18, 2017. VMFA-121 conducted a permanent change of station to MCAS Iwakuni, from MCAS Yuma, Ariz., and now belongs to Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. The F-35B Lightning II is a fifth-generation fighter, which is the world’s first operational supersonic short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft. The F-35B brings strategic agility, operational flexibility and tactical supremacy to III MEF with a mission radius greater than that of the F/A-18 Hornet and AV-8B Harrier II in support of the U.S. – Japan alliance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron Henson)

Cpl. Veronica Shoemake, a food service specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, poses for a picture after winning the Chef of the Quarter competition at the R.G. Robinson Mess Hall on Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 24, 2015. This is Shoemake’s second time winning this competition. A package, including everything Shoemake has done during the third quarter, will be submitted to Marine Corps Installations Pacific allowing her to compete against other regional winners of the Chef of the Quarter competition. - Cpl. Veronica Shoemake, a food service specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, poses for a picture after winning the Chef of the Quarter competition at the R.G. Robinson Mess Hall on Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 24, 2015. This is Shoemake’s second time winning this competition. A package, including everything Shoemake has done during the third quarter, will be submitted to Marine Corps Installations Pacific allowing her to compete against other regional winners of the Chef of the Quarter competition.

Marine Attack Squadron 311, the “Tomcats,” arrived aboard Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, Aug. 27, 2015, in support of the unit deployment program. The squadron’s presence at MCAS Iwakuni allows the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Marine Aircraft Group 12 to have amphibious fixed-winged capabilities. - Marine Attack Squadron 311, the “Tomcats,” arrived aboard Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, Aug. 27, 2015, in support of the unit deployment program. The squadron’s presence at MCAS Iwakuni allows the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Marine Aircraft Group 12 to have amphibious fixed-winged capabilities.

Col. Robert V. Boucher, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, and Sgt. Maj. Keith Massi, sergeant major of MCAS Iwakuni, view replica models of Japanese battleships, aircraft carriers and destroyers while visiting the Kure Maritime Museum in Kure, Hiroshima, Jan. 14, 2015. Maj. Gen. Charles Hudson, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations Pacific, gathered installation commanders, senior enlisted advisors and principle staff aboard MCAS Iwakuni, for the quarterly MCIPAC Camp Commander’s Conference, Jan. 12-15, 2015. - Col. Robert V. Boucher, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, and Sgt. Maj. Keith Massi, sergeant major of MCAS Iwakuni, view replica models of Japanese battleships, aircraft carriers and destroyers while visiting the Kure Maritime Museum in Kure, Hiroshima, Jan. 14, 2015. Maj. Gen. Charles Hudson, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations Pacific, gathered installation commanders, senior enlisted advisors and principle staff aboard MCAS Iwakuni, for the quarterly MCIPAC Camp Commander’s Conference, Jan. 12-15, 2015.

Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri, Marine Corps Installations Pacific commanding general, and Devin Johnston-Lee, department fire chief, shake hands during the presentation of the plaque for Navy-Marine Corps Fire Department of the Year for 2011 at the fire station here, Jan. 25, 2013. This is the first time under Johnston-Lee’s command that the station fire department entered this competition and received this honor. - Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri, Marine Corps Installations Pacific commanding general, and Devin Johnston-Lee, department fire chief, shake hands during the presentation of the plaque for Navy-Marine Corps Fire Department of the Year for 2011 at the fire station here, Jan. 25, 2013. This is the first time under Johnston-Lee’s command that the station fire department entered this competition and received this honor.