Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Parents and children gather for Story Time at the station library here April 15. Story Time is a chance for children to interact with one another and is offered every Thursday at the station library between 10 and 11 a.m. - Parents and children gather for Story Time at the station library here April 15. Story Time is a chance for children to interact with one another and is offered every Thursday at the station library between 10 and 11 a.m.

A player from the Clippers looks for an open teammate to pass and set up a shot during a youth basketball game at the IronWorks Gym here March 6. A total of 32 teams are ready for action with three cheer squads ready to cheer them on this season. - A player from the Clippers looks for an open teammate to pass and set up a shot during a youth basketball game at the IronWorks Gym here March 6. A total of 32 teams are ready for action with three cheer squads ready to cheer them on this season.

A Marine tosses a child in the air during reccess at Iwakuni Hoikuen Kuroiso Feb. 24. During reccess, service members gathered the children into a large circle for a game of duck, duck, goose. For some of the children, the day was their last before graduating onto kindergarten. - A Marine tosses a child in the air during reccess at Iwakuni Hoikuen Kuroiso Feb. 24. During reccess, service members gathered the children into a large circle for a game of duck, duck, goose. For some of the children, the day was their last before graduating onto kindergarten.

A young girl tightly holds an inflatable ball given to her by staff at the Marine Corps Community Services’ Youth and Teen Center’s 7th annual Month of the Military Child Festival at the Multi-Purpose Activities Center Dome here April 11. The more than 450 children present were able to joyfully experience an Easter egg hunt prior to the myriad of events during the festival such as face painting, children’s games, toy giveaways, and a sack race. - A young girl tightly holds an inflatable ball given to her by staff at the Marine Corps Community Services’ Youth and Teen Center’s 7th annual Month of the Military Child Festival at the Multi-Purpose Activities Center Dome here April 11. The more than 450 children present were able to joyfully experience an Easter egg hunt prior to the myriad of events during the festival such as face painting, children’s games, toy giveaways, and a sack race.

Lord Susano impales one of the four fire-breathing heads of the Yamata no-Orochi, literally eight-headed snake, during a rendition "Yamato no Orochi" during the Japanese Culture Festival at Matthew C. Perry Elementary School here Sunday. - Lord Susano impales one of the four fire-breathing heads of the Yamata no-Orochi, literally eight-headed snake, during a rendition "Yamato no Orochi" during the Japanese Culture Festival at Matthew C. Perry Elementary School here Sunday.