Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Gunnery Sgt. Nathan Lanham, the embarkation chief with Aircraft Rescue Firefighting, passes out fruit to guest of ARFF’s annual holiday party, Dec. 12, 2014, inside the ARFF compound aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. The holiday party was hosted as part of an existing relationship between ARFF and the Tsuta Children’s Home, where members of ARFF invite the children’s home aboard station to spread holiday cheer. - Gunnery Sgt. Nathan Lanham, the embarkation chief with Aircraft Rescue Firefighting, passes out fruit to guest of ARFF’s annual holiday party, Dec. 12, 2014, inside the ARFF compound aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. The holiday party was hosted as part of an existing relationship between ARFF and the Tsuta Children’s Home, where members of ARFF invite the children’s home aboard station to spread holiday cheer.

Gunnery Sgt. Kelly Anderson, assistant operations chief with the Provost Marshal’s Office, participates in the Marine Corps Birthday swim at the indoor pool in the Iron Works gym aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 3, 2014. The squadron finished the, roughly, 149 mile swim in one day. - Gunnery Sgt. Kelly Anderson, assistant operations chief with the Provost Marshal’s Office, participates in the Marine Corps Birthday swim at the indoor pool in the Iron Works gym aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 3, 2014. The squadron finished the, roughly, 149 mile swim in one day.

Lt. Col. F. Lance Lewis, right, passes the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron colors to Lt. Col. Karl Schmidt during a change-of-command ceremony on the parade deck, June 9, 2014, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. Schmidt came to H&HS from U.S. Central Command aboard MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Fla. - Lt. Col. F. Lance Lewis, right, passes the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron colors to Lt. Col. Karl Schmidt during a change-of-command ceremony on the parade deck, June 9, 2014, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. Schmidt came to H&HS from U.S. Central Command aboard MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Fla.

Japanese media members interview Col. Robert Boucher, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, during Friendship Day May 5, 2014. More than 50,000 people came aboard MCAS Iwakuni to see military vehicles and aircraft, meet American service members and get a taste of American culture. - Japanese media members interview Col. Robert Boucher, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, during Friendship Day May 5, 2014. More than 50,000 people came aboard MCAS Iwakuni to see military vehicles and aircraft, meet American service members and get a taste of American culture.

Attendees of a uniform parade stand for the marching of the colors inside the Matthew C. Perry High School gymnasium aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 3, 2014. Volunteers donned past and present Marine Corps uniforms for the event, which took place in conjunction with Month of the Military Child; recognizing the children of parents in the U.S. military. - Attendees of a uniform parade stand for the marching of the colors inside the Matthew C. Perry High School gymnasium aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 3, 2014. Volunteers donned past and present Marine Corps uniforms for the event, which took place in conjunction with Month of the Military Child; recognizing the children of parents in the U.S. military.

Seaman Darion Black, left, general duty corpsman with Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic, and a firefighter with the station Fire Department work together to assist Lance Cpl. David Mayorga, a patrolman with the Provost Marshal’s Office, as part of a mock scenario during a mass casualty evacuation drill on the flight line aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 2, 2014. - Seaman Darion Black, left, general duty corpsman with Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic, and a firefighter with the station Fire Department work together to assist Lance Cpl. David Mayorga, a patrolman with the Provost Marshal’s Office, as part of a mock scenario during a mass casualty evacuation drill on the flight line aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 2, 2014.

Master Chief Petty Officer Gilbert Ermitano, Navy senior enlisted advisor for Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, addresses everyone in attendance for the Navy Chief 121st Birthday Celebration at the Southside Mess Hall aboard station April 1, 2014. - Master Chief Petty Officer Gilbert Ermitano, Navy senior enlisted advisor for Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, addresses everyone in attendance for the Navy Chief 121st Birthday Celebration at the Southside Mess Hall aboard station April 1, 2014.

Lance Cpl. Casey Boatman performs a safety check on an MK-82 general purpose bomb after attaching it to an FA-18D Hornet aboard Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, for a combined arms live fire training exercise Feb. 20 during Exercise Cobra Gold 2014. CG 14 is a joint, multinational exercise conducted annually in the Kingdom of Thailand aimed at enhancing and increasing multinational interoperability. Boatman is an ordnance technician with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. The FA-18D Hornet is with VMFA(AW)-242. - Lance Cpl. Casey Boatman performs a safety check on an MK-82 general purpose bomb after attaching it to an FA-18D Hornet aboard Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, for a combined arms live fire training exercise Feb. 20 during Exercise Cobra Gold 2014. CG 14 is a joint, multinational exercise conducted annually in the Kingdom of Thailand aimed at enhancing and increasing multinational interoperability. Boatman is an ordnance technician with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. The FA-18D Hornet is with VMFA(AW)-242.

Participants ride bikes, scooters and walk during the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Independence Day Parade that circled the Parade deck block aboard station, July 4, 2013. Bikes, scooters and helmets were decorated in red, white and blue as they kept on trucking through the rain to show their American pride. - Participants ride bikes, scooters and walk during the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Independence Day Parade that circled the Parade deck block aboard station, July 4, 2013. Bikes, scooters and helmets were decorated in red, white and blue as they kept on trucking through the rain to show their American pride.

Zombie targets hang covered in bullet holes and fake blood during the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Zombie Shoot, which took place in the Indoor Small Arms Range, June 18-20, 2013. Maj. Elizabeth Pham, H&HS executive officer, said she organized the event for junior Marines as an opportunity to have an event of their own and introduce them to the Beretta M9 pistol. - Zombie targets hang covered in bullet holes and fake blood during the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Zombie Shoot, which took place in the Indoor Small Arms Range, June 18-20, 2013. Maj. Elizabeth Pham, H&HS executive officer, said she organized the event for junior Marines as an opportunity to have an event of their own and introduce them to the Beretta M9 pistol.