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Stop, drop, roll: MCAS Iwakuni residents participate in disaster preparedness workshop - Fire fighters with the Iwakuni City Fire Department demonstrate rescue training during a disaster preparedness workshop in Iwakuni City, Japan, Aug. 25, 2018. The Iwakuni City Fire Department hosted the course to better prepare station residents for emergency situations in Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Seth Rosenberg)

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John L. Dolan, commander of U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force, right, and Rear Adm. Naoki Sonoda, commander of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Fleet Air Wing 31, left, say their goodbyes at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force hangar, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 29, 2015. Dolan set aside time during his brief stop at the station to reconnect with the JMSDF service members who rescued him after an aircraft collision almost two decades ago. Dolan ejected from his F-16, 630 nautical miles away from Tokyo into the Pacific Ocean, where he was saved almost five hours later by the Japanese aircraft rescue crew. - U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John L. Dolan, commander of U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force, right, and Rear Adm. Naoki Sonoda, commander of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Fleet Air Wing 31, left, say their goodbyes at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force hangar, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 29, 2015. Dolan set aside time during his brief stop at the station to reconnect with the JMSDF service members who rescued him after an aircraft collision almost two decades ago. Dolan ejected from his F-16, 630 nautical miles away from Tokyo into the Pacific Ocean, where he was saved almost five hours later by the Japanese aircraft rescue crew.

Firefighters from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, prepare to suit up for their practical application exam during the Urban Search and Rescue Technical Search Training course Aug. 27, 2013. - Firefighters from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, prepare to suit up for their practical application exam during the Urban Search and Rescue Technical Search Training course Aug. 27, 2013.