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NEO exercise enhances station readiness - Amanda Braudt, a Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni resident, visits the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society booth during a Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEO) exercise at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 21, 2017. The exercise consisted of a processing center at the IronWorks North Gym where U.S. service members, dependents and other station residents walked through various checkpoints, practicing what they would do in the event of an evacuation and receiving all the necessary information regarding their departure. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Jones)

Civilian volunteers get ready to board an aircraft bound to safe-haven during a noncombatant evacuation operation here Feb. 24. The noncombatant evacuation operation helped prepare Marines and civilians for the possibility of an evacuation emergency. - Civilian volunteers get ready to board an aircraft bound to safe-haven during a noncombatant evacuation operation here Feb. 24. The noncombatant evacuation operation helped prepare Marines and civilians for the possibility of an evacuation emergency.