Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Retired Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Elder Hal Pierce, a service missionary with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife Liane Pierce, are volunteers with the Navy/Marine Corps Relief Society aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. Hal Pierce and his wife support troops here and participate in community relations events. - Retired Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Elder Hal Pierce, a service missionary with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife Liane Pierce, are volunteers with the Navy/Marine Corps Relief Society aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. Hal Pierce and his wife support troops here and participate in community relations events.

Staff Sgt. Juan Ramirez, a volunteer from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, and a Japanese local volunteer fill sandbags while cleaning up damage done by Typhoon Halong in Sunayamacho, Iwakuni, August 14, 2014. Typhoon Halong peaked as a Category 5 Super Typhoon, causing landslides, mudslides and heavy flooding, resulting in deaths, injuries, and damage throughout Japan. - Staff Sgt. Juan Ramirez, a volunteer from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, and a Japanese local volunteer fill sandbags while cleaning up damage done by Typhoon Halong in Sunayamacho, Iwakuni, August 14, 2014. Typhoon Halong peaked as a Category 5 Super Typhoon, causing landslides, mudslides and heavy flooding, resulting in deaths, injuries, and damage throughout Japan.

Ashley Bell, a volunteer dental assistant with the American Red Cross, assists Lt. Phillip Jenkins, a dental officer with 11th Dental Company Detachment, while performing a teeth cleaning inside the Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, August 13, 2014. The American Red Cross, in coordination with 11th Dental Company Detachment, offers Status of Forces Agreement civilians the opportunity to participate in the Dental Assisting Training Program aboard station. The program allows personnel to gain 500 hours toward becoming a certified dental assistant. - Ashley Bell, a volunteer dental assistant with the American Red Cross, assists Lt. Phillip Jenkins, a dental officer with 11th Dental Company Detachment, while performing a teeth cleaning inside the Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, August 13, 2014. The American Red Cross, in coordination with 11th Dental Company Detachment, offers Status of Forces Agreement civilians the opportunity to participate in the Dental Assisting Training Program aboard station. The program allows personnel to gain 500 hours toward becoming a certified dental assistant.

A Single Marine Program cleanup event participant picks up trash while walking through one of the trails at Futashika Umezu Falls and park, May 17, 2013. “I like to volunteer to a cause,”said Maria Molinalemus, SMP river cleanup participant. “If you can’t give out money, then you have to give a piece of yourself and I think helping out the community is the best thing. ... It’s about helping out.” - A Single Marine Program cleanup event participant picks up trash while walking through one of the trails at Futashika Umezu Falls and park, May 17, 2013. “I like to volunteer to a cause,”said Maria Molinalemus, SMP river cleanup participant. “If you can’t give out money, then you have to give a piece of yourself and I think helping out the community is the best thing. ... It’s about helping out.”

Gary Bernhard, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 family readiness officer, presents Miyuki Gray, Japanese Lifestyle Insights, Networking, Knowledge, and Skills trainer, a certificate of appreciation for her volunteer work at the Marine Corps Family Team Building, Dec. 17, 2012. Gray received the award helping supply an American spouse with a Japanese translator to find a daycare in town. Gray volunteers her time away from work to ensure that Japanese spouses are comfortable adapting to a military lifestyle as well as an American one. - Gary Bernhard, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 family readiness officer, presents Miyuki Gray, Japanese Lifestyle Insights, Networking, Knowledge, and Skills trainer, a certificate of appreciation for her volunteer work at the Marine Corps Family Team Building, Dec. 17, 2012. Gray received the award helping supply an American spouse with a Japanese translator to find a daycare in town. Gray volunteers her time away from work to ensure that Japanese spouses are comfortable adapting to a military lifestyle as well as an American one.

Corporals Alice Garcia and Jesus Obregon, community relations event volunteers, walk to find trash during the Single Marine Program Marine Lounge volunteer cleanup, which took place near the surrounding Futashika River area Oct. 19, 2012. Volunteers spent the entire afternoon cleaning up the environment, taking photos and enjoying a barbecue. - Corporals Alice Garcia and Jesus Obregon, community relations event volunteers, walk to find trash during the Single Marine Program Marine Lounge volunteer cleanup, which took place near the surrounding Futashika River area Oct. 19, 2012. Volunteers spent the entire afternoon cleaning up the environment, taking photos and enjoying a barbecue.

Children from Yahata Gakuen children's home play with Marines and station communtiy-relations volunteers in the WaterWorks pool during the pool party hosted by Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 here July 21, 2012. The children experienced a day of fun with a volunteer Marine or sailor buddy. - Children from Yahata Gakuen children's home play with Marines and station communtiy-relations volunteers in the WaterWorks pool during the pool party hosted by Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 here July 21, 2012. The children experienced a day of fun with a volunteer Marine or sailor buddy.

Lance Cpls. Jonathan Garcia-Carabajal, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 aviation ordnance systems technician, and Luis Olvera, MALS-12 flight equipment technician, clean up a water way that feeds into the local rice fields during the Marine Lounge Futashika River clean up, May 18. The cleanup is only one of many volunteer opportunities available. - Lance Cpls. Jonathan Garcia-Carabajal, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 aviation ordnance systems technician, and Luis Olvera, MALS-12 flight equipment technician, clean up a water way that feeds into the local rice fields during the Marine Lounge Futashika River clean up, May 18. The cleanup is only one of many volunteer opportunities available.

Cmdr. Dean L. Hoelz, Marine Aircraft Group 12 chaplain, talks with a patient at the Guam Memorial Hospital here May 18, 2012. Volunteers spent the afternoon with hospital patients during a community relations project as part of Exercise Geiger Fury 2012. - Cmdr. Dean L. Hoelz, Marine Aircraft Group 12 chaplain, talks with a patient at the Guam Memorial Hospital here May 18, 2012. Volunteers spent the afternoon with hospital patients during a community relations project as part of Exercise Geiger Fury 2012.

Volunteers remove old walls of what used to be a local souvenir shop and restaurant at a dock in Ishinomaki, Japan, March 6. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni volunteers and other local organizations::r::::n::worked in different locations around Ishinomaki to help local communities recover from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the area.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Benjamin Pryer/released) - Volunteers remove old walls of what used to be a local souvenir shop and restaurant at a dock in Ishinomaki, Japan, March 6. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni volunteers and other local organizations::r::::n::worked in different locations around Ishinomaki to help local communities recover from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the area.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Benjamin Pryer/released)