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Photo by Lance Cpl. Gage Collins - Jeremiah Johnson, an emergency services dispatcher with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (HHS), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, monitors phone calls at his desk at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, May 4, 2026. The MCAS Iwakuni Emergency Services Dispatch Center was recognized by Marine Corps Installations Command as the Emergency Service Dispatch Center of the Year for the second year in a row. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Gage Collins)

Inside the Public Safety Communications Center of the Year

Tucked away aboard Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni deep inside an unobtrusive building, lies a compact, barely lit room, just big enough for five or six people. Computers, phones and radios line the desks, while monitors brighten the dim room. Initially, one might see this as just another office. However, this room, and the people who work

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