Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Photo by Lance Cpl. Siwan Lewis - U.S. Navy Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class Nathan Cobb, a technical services manager with Armed Forces Network Iwakuni, and North Carolina native, maintains servers at AFN Iwakuni, Feb 6, 2025. Cobb routinely diagnoses and repairs radio and television broadcasting equipment at AFN Iwakuni to ensure Marines, Sailors and their dependents have uninterrupted access to American radio and television programing as well as command information and news from across the Department of Defense. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Siwan Lewis)

Photo by Cpl. Darien Wright - A skimmer boat, used to extract oil from water during oil spills, is stored in a harbor warehouse at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 25, 2022. MCAS Iwakuni’s deep-water harbor plays an essential part in helping supply units on the air station with necessary equipment and helping support different vessels traveling through the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Darien Wright)

US service members volunteer in lantern festival - Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni residents pose for a photo during a lantern festival in Iwakuni City, Japan, March 3, 2019. U.S. service members with Marine Aircraft Group 12 volunteer during a lantern festival in Iwakuni City, Japan, March 3, 2019. Service members from MCAS Iwakuni volunteered in the event that was held by the Blue Art Project, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to people with developmental disorders. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew Jones)

A participant in the 4th Annual Active-Duty Fund Drive in support of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Golf Tournament chips a ball toward the hole at the Iwakuni Country Club in Iwakuni City, Japan, April 28, 2017. The tournament raised funds for the NMCRS, which provides emergency financial assistance to active-duty and retired Navy and Marine Corps personnel and their families. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Stephen Campbell) - A participant in the 4th Annual Active-Duty Fund Drive in support of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Golf Tournament chips a ball toward the hole at the Iwakuni Country Club in Iwakuni City, Japan, April 28, 2017. The tournament raised funds for the NMCRS, which provides emergency financial assistance to active-duty and retired Navy and Marine Corps personnel and their families. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Stephen Campbell)

Seaman Eleazar Vela, a Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 corpsman, attempts to put a breathing::r::::n::tube in the simulation body during training at the Battalion Aid Station Feb. 3 in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 2012. - Seaman Eleazar Vela, a Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 corpsman, attempts to put a breathing::r::::n::tube in the simulation body during training at the Battalion Aid Station Feb. 3 in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 2012.

Petty Officer 1st Class Kemp Dreher, staff noncommissioned officer-in-charge of station fuels, stands in front of the large fuel tanks at station fuels. Dreher has served in the Navy since 1996 and is on his second tour in Japan, where he was just named Marine Forces Pacific Shore Sailor of the Year. - Petty Officer 1st Class Kemp Dreher, staff noncommissioned officer-in-charge of station fuels, stands in front of the large fuel tanks at station fuels. Dreher has served in the Navy since 1996 and is on his second tour in Japan, where he was just named Marine Forces Pacific Shore Sailor of the Year.