Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Station Volunteers look for trash at Futashika Umezu Falls, in Futashika, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, Oct. 16, 2015. The Single Marine Program at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, provides residents volunteer opportunities to build relations with Japanese locals and experience part of the foreign culture. Volunteers enjoyed the scenery of the forest, river and waterfalls, as they picked up trash and debris along the river. - Station Volunteers look for trash at Futashika Umezu Falls, in Futashika, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, Oct. 16, 2015. The Single Marine Program at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, provides residents volunteer opportunities to build relations with Japanese locals and experience part of the foreign culture. Volunteers enjoyed the scenery of the forest, river and waterfalls, as they picked up trash and debris along the river.

A Single Marine Program cleanup event participant picks up trash while walking through one of the trails at Futashika Umezu Falls and park, May 17, 2013. “I like to volunteer to a cause,”said Maria Molinalemus, SMP river cleanup participant. “If you can’t give out money, then you have to give a piece of yourself and I think helping out the community is the best thing. ... It’s about helping out.” - A Single Marine Program cleanup event participant picks up trash while walking through one of the trails at Futashika Umezu Falls and park, May 17, 2013. “I like to volunteer to a cause,”said Maria Molinalemus, SMP river cleanup participant. “If you can’t give out money, then you have to give a piece of yourself and I think helping out the community is the best thing. ... It’s about helping out.”

Lance Cpls. Jonathan Garcia-Carabajal, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 aviation ordnance systems technician, and Luis Olvera, MALS-12 flight equipment technician, clean up a water way that feeds into the local rice fields during the Marine Lounge Futashika River clean up, May 18. The cleanup is only one of many volunteer opportunities available. - Lance Cpls. Jonathan Garcia-Carabajal, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 aviation ordnance systems technician, and Luis Olvera, MALS-12 flight equipment technician, clean up a water way that feeds into the local rice fields during the Marine Lounge Futashika River clean up, May 18. The cleanup is only one of many volunteer opportunities available.