Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Participants in the Marine Aircraft Group 12 field meet pull a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle while at Penny Lake Fields, Nov. 8, 2013. The field meet consisted of more than 15 different events, most notably the MRAP vehicle pull. - Participants in the Marine Aircraft Group 12 field meet pull a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle while at Penny Lake Fields, Nov. 8, 2013. The field meet consisted of more than 15 different events, most notably the MRAP vehicle pull.

Maj. Jonathan Kehr, Marine Aircraft Group 12 logistics officer, hits a tennis ball to Sgt. Michael Ledyard, Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 career planner, during the Commander’s Cup Tennis Tournament that took place near the Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 6, 2013. The tennis tourney is the second-to-last Commander's Cup event scheduled this year. - Maj. Jonathan Kehr, Marine Aircraft Group 12 logistics officer, hits a tennis ball to Sgt. Michael Ledyard, Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 career planner, during the Commander’s Cup Tennis Tournament that took place near the Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 6, 2013. The tennis tourney is the second-to-last Commander's Cup event scheduled this year.

A pilot with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 conducts low altitude training during Exercise Southern Frontier above Australia’s Northern Territory, Aug. 8, 2013. The Royal Australian Air Force hosts the annual exercise at RAAF Tindal, which consists of elements from Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - A pilot with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 conducts low altitude training during Exercise Southern Frontier above Australia’s Northern Territory, Aug. 8, 2013. The Royal Australian Air Force hosts the annual exercise at RAAF Tindal, which consists of elements from Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Lance Cpl. John T. Page, right, gives orders through hand and arms signals to Sgt. Ian R. Wheeler, left, and Lance Cpl. William F. Burch to arm an F/A-18D Hornet for flight at Clark Air Base, Republic of the Philippines, June 11 during Exercise Haribon Tempest 2013. All three Marines are aircraft ordnance technicians with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242. - Lance Cpl. John T. Page, right, gives orders through hand and arms signals to Sgt. Ian R. Wheeler, left, and Lance Cpl. William F. Burch to arm an F/A-18D Hornet for flight at Clark Air Base, Republic of the Philippines, June 11 during Exercise Haribon Tempest 2013. All three Marines are aircraft ordnance technicians with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242.

Sgt. Vincent T. Erzen, A fixed-wing aircraft mechanic with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, replaces a bleed air regulator in an F/A-18D Hornet at Clark Air Base, Republic of the Philippines June 14, during Exercise Haribon Tempest 2013. - Sgt. Vincent T. Erzen, A fixed-wing aircraft mechanic with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, replaces a bleed air regulator in an F/A-18D Hornet at Clark Air Base, Republic of the Philippines June 14, during Exercise Haribon Tempest 2013.

Lance Cpl. Vinson Gallardo with Marine Aerial Refueler Transportation Squadron 152 gazes on the skiff containing the two men after dropping a life raft to them during a search-and-rescue mission June 6, 2012. This was the first time Gallardo has ever had to utilize the life raft stored on the aircraft as well as the entire crew's first-search-and rescue mission. - Lance Cpl. Vinson Gallardo with Marine Aerial Refueler Transportation Squadron 152 gazes on the skiff containing the two men after dropping a life raft to them during a search-and-rescue mission June 6, 2012. This was the first time Gallardo has ever had to utilize the life raft stored on the aircraft as well as the entire crew's first-search-and rescue mission.

TINIAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands — Lance Cpl. Fabian A. Gomezortiz, Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, water purification technician, records the activities of the light-weight purification system May 21 during exercise Geiger Fury 2012. - TINIAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands — Lance Cpl. Fabian A. Gomezortiz, Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, water purification technician, records the activities of the light-weight purification system May 21 during exercise Geiger Fury 2012.

A bulk fuels specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, unloads the fuel resupply from a KC-130J, May 15, during Exercise Geiger Fury 2012. The Marines, currently deployed to the island of Tinian, have a chance to test all systems and procedures in an expeditionary environment. - A bulk fuels specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, unloads the fuel resupply from a KC-130J, May 15, during Exercise Geiger Fury 2012. The Marines, currently deployed to the island of Tinian, have a chance to test all systems and procedures in an expeditionary environment.