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Sgt. Brandon Webster, an instructor with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron's Lance Corporal Leadership and Ethics Seminar, speaks to the class inside Building One aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. Starting Oct. 1, 2015, lance corporals will be required to complete a command-sponsored seminar in or to pick up the next rank. - Sgt. Brandon Webster, an instructor with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron's Lance Corporal Leadership and Ethics Seminar, speaks to the class inside Building One aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. Starting Oct. 1, 2015, lance corporals will be required to complete a command-sponsored seminar in or to pick up the next rank.

Left to right, Cpl. Jessica Quezada, a combat correspondent, Lance Cpl. Mark Adams, a combat photographer, and Cpl. Mitchell Flowers, a combat camera production specialist, participate in the Jingle Bell Jog, Dec. 19, 2014, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. The Marines are with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron. Marine Corps Community Services hosted the event to help raise morale during the holiday season. The 1.5km event had more than 1,400 participants from various units aboard station. - Left to right, Cpl. Jessica Quezada, a combat correspondent, Lance Cpl. Mark Adams, a combat photographer, and Cpl. Mitchell Flowers, a combat camera production specialist, participate in the Jingle Bell Jog, Dec. 19, 2014, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. The Marines are with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron. Marine Corps Community Services hosted the event to help raise morale during the holiday season. The 1.5km event had more than 1,400 participants from various units aboard station.

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.

Spouses battle in a Pugil Sticks match during Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Jane Wayne Day aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 31, 2014. The Pugil Sticks competition took place after the modified Combat Fitness Test and concluded the day’s events. - Spouses battle in a Pugil Sticks match during Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Jane Wayne Day aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 31, 2014. The Pugil Sticks competition took place after the modified Combat Fitness Test and concluded the day’s events.

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.

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.

Cpl. Douglas Do, an administrative specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, hurdles a log at the obstacle course during the Ironman Competition aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 5, 2014. Do was the team leader for Headquarters One, which placed 6th in the competition. - Cpl. Douglas Do, an administrative specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, hurdles a log at the obstacle course during the Ironman Competition aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 5, 2014. Do was the team leader for Headquarters One, which placed 6th in the competition.

Sgt. Justin Pack, operations chief with the station Public Affairs Office, and Cpl. Javier King personnel administrator with station installation personnel administration center, march around a plaza during the Kuragake Castle Festival, Nov. 17 2013. Pack and King were two of five Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, to participate in this event, which celebrated a battle that occurred during the 16th century in Kuga, Iwakuni City. - Sgt. Justin Pack, operations chief with the station Public Affairs Office, and Cpl. Javier King personnel administrator with station installation personnel administration center, march around a plaza during the Kuragake Castle Festival, Nov. 17 2013. Pack and King were two of five Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, to participate in this event, which celebrated a battle that occurred during the 16th century in Kuga, Iwakuni City.