Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Gary W. Thomason, exeutive officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, discusses military operations with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Mitsuhiko Nakadai, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Capt. Atsushi Tanaka, JMSDF Capt. Madoka Sato and JMSDF Cmdr. Hiroko Takigawa, instructors from the Japanese Joint Staff College, during their visit to the air station in Iwakuni, Japan, May 9, 2016. The Japanese Joint Staff College instructors visited MCAS Iwakuni to learn about Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin/Released) - U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Gary W. Thomason, exeutive officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, discusses military operations with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Mitsuhiko Nakadai, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Capt. Atsushi Tanaka, JMSDF Capt. Madoka Sato and JMSDF Cmdr. Hiroko Takigawa, instructors from the Japanese Joint Staff College, during their visit to the air station in Iwakuni, Japan, May 9, 2016. The Japanese Joint Staff College instructors visited MCAS Iwakuni to learn about Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin/Released)

Lance Cpl. Phillip Sousa, an air frame mechanic with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2, works on a wing of an EA-6B Prowler aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 25, 2013. The EA-6B Prowler is a twin-engine, mid wing electronic warfare aircraft and was commissioned as an aircraft of the U.S. Armed Forces in 1971. - Lance Cpl. Phillip Sousa, an air frame mechanic with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2, works on a wing of an EA-6B Prowler aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 25, 2013. The EA-6B Prowler is a twin-engine, mid wing electronic warfare aircraft and was commissioned as an aircraft of the U.S. Armed Forces in 1971.