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Maribell Martinez, left, a station resident, sends packages at Row Home 9148 A, one of the various mobile post office locations being manned by Lance Cpl. Natalie Mullin, middle, and Lance Cpl. Sara Garciamedina, right, postal clerks with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 4, 2015. Throughout the week, one mobile location will be opened daily and manned by postal Marines that can offer assistance if needed. The postal express are mobile locations that offer opportunities for station residents to drop-off holiday mail while also meeting the U.S. postal service mailing deadlines. - Maribell Martinez, left, a station resident, sends packages at Row Home 9148 A, one of the various mobile post office locations being manned by Lance Cpl. Natalie Mullin, middle, and Lance Cpl. Sara Garciamedina, right, postal clerks with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 4, 2015. Throughout the week, one mobile location will be opened daily and manned by postal Marines that can offer assistance if needed. The postal express are mobile locations that offer opportunities for station residents to drop-off holiday mail while also meeting the U.S. postal service mailing deadlines.
Yuki Kintanaka, a student at Bunkyo Women’s University in Hiroshima, Japan, performs a traditional dance for Matthew C. Perry High School students at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Nov. 23, 2015. Bunkyo Women’s University students visited the station to learn about American culture as well as teach the American students a little about their own. School trips like this help the bond between Japan and the U.S. grow stronger. - Yuki Kintanaka, a student at Bunkyo Women’s University in Hiroshima, Japan, performs a traditional dance for Matthew C. Perry High School students at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Nov. 23, 2015. Bunkyo Women’s University students visited the station to learn about American culture as well as teach the American students a little about their own. School trips like this help the bond between Japan and the U.S. grow stronger.
Participants give one last war cry before marching off at the Kuragake Castle Festival in Kuga, Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 22, 2015. The festival honors the local Kuga samurai who urged their castle lord to take a last stand against a much larger enemy force. According to event coordinators, U.S. participants in the 26th annual Kuragake Castle Festival boosted the spirit of the festival and made the stage performance one of their most highlighted events. - Participants give one last war cry before marching off at the Kuragake Castle Festival in Kuga, Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 22, 2015. The festival honors the local Kuga samurai who urged their castle lord to take a last stand against a much larger enemy force. According to event coordinators, U.S. participants in the 26th annual Kuragake Castle Festival boosted the spirit of the festival and made the stage performance one of their most highlighted events.
Motorcyclists from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, and the local Japanese community rode onto MCAS Iwakuni for the third-annual Toy Drive and Motorcycle Rally, Nov. 22, 2015. Riders decked-out their bikes in holiday decorations and donated toys at the Marine Thrift Store for Japanese orphans. The event concluded with a Thunder Ride around the air station. - Motorcyclists from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, and the local Japanese community rode onto MCAS Iwakuni for the third-annual Toy Drive and Motorcycle Rally, Nov. 22, 2015. Riders decked-out their bikes in holiday decorations and donated toys at the Marine Thrift Store for Japanese orphans. The event concluded with a Thunder Ride around the air station.
Pfc. Raymond Ramirez, an embarkation Marine with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, poses after successfully completing an operational decontamination exercise at the MWSS-171 motor transportation wash rack at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 18, 2015. Ramirez was one of the multiple Marines to finish the five-phase exercise aimed to increase combat proactivity and readiness in a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear environment. - Pfc. Raymond Ramirez, an embarkation Marine with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, poses after successfully completing an operational decontamination exercise at the MWSS-171 motor transportation wash rack at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 18, 2015. Ramirez was one of the multiple Marines to finish the five-phase exercise aimed to increase combat proactivity and readiness in a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear environment.
Service members and firefighters practice decontaminating each other during the Hazardous Material Awareness and Operations course at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 19, 2015. This weeklong course gives participants the necessary knowledge and experience they need to be recognized as first responders in a HazMat incident. - Service members and firefighters practice decontaminating each other during the Hazardous Material Awareness and Operations course at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 19, 2015. This weeklong course gives participants the necessary knowledge and experience they need to be recognized as first responders in a HazMat incident.
Kaede Nursing Home residents painted Christmas ornaments during the National Honor Society’s visit to the home in Iwakuni Yamaguchi, Japan, Nov. 17, 2015. The National Honor Society students visited this home for the first time in 2014 and were invited to come back again. Events like this show the local community that station residents care about them and want to build bonds. - Kaede Nursing Home residents painted Christmas ornaments during the National Honor Society’s visit to the home in Iwakuni Yamaguchi, Japan, Nov. 17, 2015. The National Honor Society students visited this home for the first time in 2014 and were invited to come back again. Events like this show the local community that station residents care about them and want to build bonds.
Marines of Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron pose for a picture after being awarded first place for the intramural pistol matches at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 19, 2015. Intramural pistol matches are designed to introduce participants to the competition in arms program style of shooting, enabling Marines to compete in a match locally run. This allows more participation and helps identify Marines that may do well at the Far East Division Matches in Okinawa. - Marines of Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron pose for a picture after being awarded first place for the intramural pistol matches at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 19, 2015. Intramural pistol matches are designed to introduce participants to the competition in arms program style of shooting, enabling Marines to compete in a match locally run. This allows more participation and helps identify Marines that may do well at the Far East Division Matches in Okinawa.
1st Lt. Donovan Holloway, air intelligence officer with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242, plays with a Japanese orphan during a Single Marine Program volunteer event at Kaihoku-En Children’s Home in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, Nov. 14, 2015. The children interacted and built relationships with the 18 service members during the visit. The visit afforded the children the opportunity to meet new people and have an afternoon filled with interaction. - 1st Lt. Donovan Holloway, air intelligence officer with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242, plays with a Japanese orphan during a Single Marine Program volunteer event at Kaihoku-En Children’s Home in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, Nov. 14, 2015. The children interacted and built relationships with the 18 service members during the visit. The visit afforded the children the opportunity to meet new people and have an afternoon filled with interaction.
Service members from Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron participate in a formation run aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov 10, 2015. The service members ran in celebration of the Marine Corps' 240th birthday. Approximately 80 participants ran three miles each in a 20 hour period to culminate a total of 237 miles before the squadron commanding officer and sergeant major led the final three miles in a celebratory formation run with squadron service members. - Service members from Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron participate in a formation run aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov 10, 2015. The service members ran in celebration of the Marine Corps' 240th birthday. Approximately 80 participants ran three miles each in a 20 hour period to culminate a total of 237 miles before the squadron commanding officer and sergeant major led the final three miles in a celebratory formation run with squadron service members.