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AIMD Iwakuni spends day touring Suo-Oshima, Yanai - U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Miyano, right, the officer in charge of Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment (AIMD) Iwakuni, talks with his daughters in a police car on display during the Mochi Broadcasting Carnival on Suo-Oshima Island, Japan, Jan. 20, 2019. The Sailors were invited to the event by the Suo-Oshima Tourism Association and volunteered by throwing mochi to the crowd. AIMD attended the mochi throwing event as a way to increase morale and unit cohesion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew Jones)

Air station residents experience flavor of local culture - Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni and local Japanese residents attend a cooking class during the 8th Annual Culture Day at Tsuzu Elementary School in Tsuzu Town, Japan, Dec. 1, 2018. Families and service members from MCAS Iwakuni visited the school with the Marine Corps Community Services Youth and Teen Center and Cultural Adaptation Program in order to learn more about Japanese traditions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew Jones)

Residents from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni pose with Japanese civilians and volunteers for a group photo during a Mochitsuki – rice pounding – event at Tenno Elementary School in Tenno, Japan, April 16, 2016. The event offered residents the opportunity to interact with Japanese civilians and experience a different part of their culture. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Henson/Released) - Residents from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni pose with Japanese civilians and volunteers for a group photo during a Mochitsuki – rice pounding – event at Tenno Elementary School in Tenno, Japan, April 16, 2016. The event offered residents the opportunity to interact with Japanese civilians and experience a different part of their culture. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Henson/Released)