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Masayoshi Tatsumi, Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau director general (left), Col. Robert Ricci, 515 Air Mobility Operations Group commander and Col. James C. Stewart, station commanding officer, cut a ribbon at the Air Mobility Command passenger terminal here during the terminal’s official opening ceremony here Aug. 19. Planning for construction started in 2001. Actual construction began in 2006 and finished in 2010. - Masayoshi Tatsumi, Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau director general (left), Col. Robert Ricci, 515 Air Mobility Operations Group commander and Col. James C. Stewart, station commanding officer, cut a ribbon at the Air Mobility Command passenger terminal here during the terminal’s official opening ceremony here Aug. 19. Planning for construction started in 2001. Actual construction began in 2006 and finished in 2010.

John R. Baltazar III, Marine Corps Community Services youth sports coordinator, instructs Riana E. Coffman, 8, on proper form and technique during the bowling camp as part of the MCCS Command sports camp at the Strike Zone here Monday. The camp sought to teach children the fundamentals, etiquette, and techniques of bowling. The camp lasted from Monday-Wednesday. The last camp for the summer will be volleyball from Thursday-Friday. - John R. Baltazar III, Marine Corps Community Services youth sports coordinator, instructs Riana E. Coffman, 8, on proper form and technique during the bowling camp as part of the MCCS Command sports camp at the Strike Zone here Monday. The camp sought to teach children the fundamentals, etiquette, and techniques of bowling. The camp lasted from Monday-Wednesday. The last camp for the summer will be volleyball from Thursday-Friday.

Yoshihiko Fukuda, Iwakuni city mayor, presents Col. James C. Stewart, station commanding officer, with a letter of appreciation at the Iwakuni cityhall, June 13, for the station’s contribution during Operation Tomodachi. Operation Tomodachi was the joint relief effort conducted by the U.S. and Japanese government to help the victims of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that shook northern Japan March 11. - Yoshihiko Fukuda, Iwakuni city mayor, presents Col. James C. Stewart, station commanding officer, with a letter of appreciation at the Iwakuni cityhall, June 13, for the station’s contribution during Operation Tomodachi. Operation Tomodachi was the joint relief effort conducted by the U.S. and Japanese government to help the victims of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that shook northern Japan March 11.