Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

. - U.S. Marines with Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting pose for a photo after completing the 3rd annual stair climb in honor of 9/11 victims at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 11, 2017. Participants took to climbing 108 flights of stairs as a tribute to all who were involved in the terrorist attack. Firefighter gear, to include boots, pants, a coat, oxygen tanks and bundles of fire hose, was available to participants who dared to take the challenge of suffering through the stair climb in the same gear first responders did. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Abrego)

A U.S. Marine carries a simulated casualty during a 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 9, 2016. Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron hosted the event, which allowed station residents the opportunity to walk in the shoes of the firefighters who responded to the attacks. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Henson) - A U.S. Marine carries a simulated casualty during a 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 9, 2016. Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron hosted the event, which allowed station residents the opportunity to walk in the shoes of the firefighters who responded to the attacks. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Henson)

Marines and firefighters climbed the training tower during a 9/11 remembrance climb aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sep. 9, 2015, to honor those who lost their lives on 9/11. Participants included Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting, the Provost Marshal's Office and the Special Reaction Team Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Fuel Division Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, and Japanese firefighters. Each participant carried with them a photo of a fallen firefighter as they climbed the training towers 18 times for a total of 110 floors, the same amount of floors as the twin towers. - Marines and firefighters climbed the training tower during a 9/11 remembrance climb aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sep. 9, 2015, to honor those who lost their lives on 9/11. Participants included Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting, the Provost Marshal's Office and the Special Reaction Team Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Fuel Division Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, and Japanese firefighters. Each participant carried with them a photo of a fallen firefighter as they climbed the training towers 18 times for a total of 110 floors, the same amount of floors as the twin towers.

Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri, Marine Corps Installations Pacific commanding general, and Devin Johnston-Lee, department fire chief, shake hands during the presentation of the plaque for Navy-Marine Corps Fire Department of the Year for 2011 at the fire station here, Jan. 25, 2013. This is the first time under Johnston-Lee’s command that the station fire department entered this competition and received this honor. - Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri, Marine Corps Installations Pacific commanding general, and Devin Johnston-Lee, department fire chief, shake hands during the presentation of the plaque for Navy-Marine Corps Fire Department of the Year for 2011 at the fire station here, Jan. 25, 2013. This is the first time under Johnston-Lee’s command that the station fire department entered this competition and received this honor.

A station Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting crew demonstrates teamwork while preparing to extinguish a fire during a live fire exercise here Feb. 13. The importance of teamwork is monumental to the ARFF Marines who eat, work and sleep together. It is important to know what the other Marine is capable of. - A station Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting crew demonstrates teamwork while preparing to extinguish a fire during a live fire exercise here Feb. 13. The importance of teamwork is monumental to the ARFF Marines who eat, work and sleep together. It is important to know what the other Marine is capable of.