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Girl Scouts write in new year with Kakizome - Girl Scouts with USA Girl Scouts Overseas West Pacific from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, families from local Japanese schools, U.S. Marine Corps Col. Richard F. Fuerst, center, commanding officer of MCAS Iwakuni, and Masahiro Akase, right, director general of the Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau (CSDB), pose for a photo during the First Writing of the Year, or Kakizome, in Waki Town, Yamaguchi, Japan, Jan. 5, 2018. The cultural interaction was hosted by the Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau, alongside Waki Town and MCAS Iwakuni, so that the youth from both communities could take part in the calligraphy event.The purpose of the first writing is to express hopes and ambitions for the coming year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew Jones)

Arianna Pfeil, 8, a Girl Scout with Brownie Troop 92, serves pasta to her mother during World Thinking Day 2014 at the Crossroads Mall aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 23, 2014. The Brownies’ study Italy and served a variety of Italian food they discovered through their research. The purpose of World Thinking Day is to teach Girls Scouts they are a part of larger community of more than 10 million Girls Scouts worldwide, according to Hyla Melloy, USA Girl Scouts Overseas co-chairman for Iwakuni. - Arianna Pfeil, 8, a Girl Scout with Brownie Troop 92, serves pasta to her mother during World Thinking Day 2014 at the Crossroads Mall aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 23, 2014. The Brownies’ study Italy and served a variety of Italian food they discovered through their research. The purpose of World Thinking Day is to teach Girls Scouts they are a part of larger community of more than 10 million Girls Scouts worldwide, according to Hyla Melloy, USA Girl Scouts Overseas co-chairman for Iwakuni.