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U.S. Marine Corps Cpls. Johnathan Culcayveletanga, left, and Richard Mckelvian, right, air traffic controllers with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, spar with wooden rifles during the culminating event of a Marine Corps martial arts instructor course at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 14, 2023. Graduates of the 15-day course become qualified Martial Arts Instructors, empowered to independently lead and facilitate courses, assisting lower-belt Marines in their progression towards higher belts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpls. Johnathan Culcayveletanga, left, and Richard Mckelvian, right, air traffic controllers with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, spar with wooden rifles during the culminating event of a Marine Corps martial arts instructor course at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 14, 2023. Graduates of the 15-day course become qualified Martial Arts Instructors, empowered to independently lead and facilitate courses, assisting lower-belt Marines in their progression towards higher belts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault

U.S. Marines stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni move a simulated casualty during the culminating event of a Marine Corps martial arts instructor course at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 14, 2023. Graduates of the 15-day course become qualified Martial Arts Instructors, empowered to independently lead and facilitate courses, assisting lower-belt Marines in their progression towards higher belts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

U.S. Marines stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni move a simulated casualty during the culminating event of a Marine Corps martial arts instructor course at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 14, 2023. Graduates of the 15-day course become qualified Martial Arts Instructors, empowered to independently lead and facilitate courses, assisting lower-belt Marines in their progression towards higher belts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Mikael Marcy, a brig supervisor with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, instructs a group of Marines during the culminating event of a Marine Corps martial arts instructor course at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 14, 2023. Graduates of the 15-day course become qualified Martial Arts Instructors, empowered to independently lead and facilitate courses, assisting lower-belt Marines in their progression towards higher belts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Mikael Marcy, a brig supervisor with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, instructs a group of Marines during the culminating event of a Marine Corps martial arts instructor course at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 14, 2023. Graduates of the 15-day course become qualified Martial Arts Instructors, empowered to independently lead and facilitate courses, assisting lower-belt Marines in their progression towards higher belts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Mikael Marcy, a brig supervisor with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, instructs a group of Marines during the culminating event of a Marine Corps martial arts instructor course at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 14, 2023. Graduates of the 15-day course become qualified Martial Arts Instructors, empowered to independently lead and facilitate courses, assisting lower-belt Marines in their progression towards higher belts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Mikael Marcy, a brig supervisor with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, instructs a group of Marines during the culminating event of a Marine Corps martial arts instructor course at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 14, 2023. Graduates of the 15-day course become qualified Martial Arts Instructors, empowered to independently lead and facilitate courses, assisting lower-belt Marines in their progression towards higher belts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Mikael Marcy, a brig supervisor with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, instructs a group of Marines during the culminating event of a Marine Corps martial arts instructor course at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 14, 2023. Graduates of the 15-day course become qualified Martial Arts Instructors, empowered to independently lead and facilitate courses, assisting lower-belt Marines in their progression towards higher belts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Mikael Marcy, a brig supervisor with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, instructs a group of Marines during the culminating event of a Marine Corps martial arts instructor course at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 14, 2023. Graduates of the 15-day course become qualified Martial Arts Instructors, empowered to independently lead and facilitate courses, assisting lower-belt Marines in their progression towards higher belts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Mikael Marcy, a brig supervisor with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, instructs a group of Marines during the culminating event of a Marine Corps martial arts instructor course at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 14, 2023. Graduates of the 15-day course become qualified Martial Arts Instructors, empowered to independently lead and facilitate courses, assisting lower-belt Marines in their progression towards higher belts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Mikael Marcy, a brig supervisor with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, instructs a group of Marines during the culminating event of a Marine Corps martial arts instructor course at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 14, 2023. Graduates of the 15-day course become qualified Martial Arts Instructors, empowered to independently lead and facilitate courses, assisting lower-belt Marines in their progression towards higher belts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Mikael Marcy, a brig supervisor with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, instructs a group of Marines during the culminating event of a Marine Corps martial arts instructor course at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 14, 2023. Graduates of the 15-day course become qualified Martial Arts Instructors, empowered to independently lead and facilitate courses, assisting lower-belt Marines in their progression towards higher belts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Mikael Marcy, a brig supervisor with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, instructs a group of Marines during the culminating event of a Marine Corps martial arts instructor course at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 14, 2023. Graduates of the 15-day course become qualified Martial Arts Instructors, empowered to independently lead and facilitate courses, assisting lower-belt Marines in their progression towards higher belts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Mikael Marcy, a brig supervisor with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, instructs a group of Marines during the culminating event of a Marine Corps martial arts instructor course at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 14, 2023. Graduates of the 15-day course become qualified Martial Arts Instructors, empowered to independently lead and facilitate courses, assisting lower-belt Marines in their progression towards higher belts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Mikael Marcy, a brig supervisor with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, instructs a group of Marines during the culminating event of a Marine Corps martial arts instructor course at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 14, 2023. Graduates of the 15-day course become qualified Martial Arts Instructors, empowered to independently lead and facilitate courses, assisting lower-belt Marines in their progression towards higher belts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Skylar Madison, a correction and detention specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (H&HS), Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, left, assists in putting sparring gear on Cpl. Johnathan Culcayveletanga, an air traffic controller with H&HS, MCAS Iwakuni, during the culminating event of a Marine Corps martial arts instructor course at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 14, 2023. Graduates of the 15-day course become qualified Martial Arts Instructors, empowered to independently lead and facilitate courses, assisting lower-belt Marines in their progression towards higher belts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Skylar Madison, a correction and detention specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (H&HS), Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, left, assists in putting sparring gear on Cpl. Johnathan Culcayveletanga, an air traffic controller with H&HS, MCAS Iwakuni, during the culminating event of a Marine Corps martial arts instructor course at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 14, 2023. Graduates of the 15-day course become qualified Martial Arts Instructors, empowered to independently lead and facilitate courses, assisting lower-belt Marines in their progression towards higher belts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault

Nicole Colburn, a Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) art teacher at Iwakuni Intermediate School, poses for a picture in front of the Kintai bridge in Iwakuni, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps Courtesy Photo)

Nicole Colburn, a Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) art teacher at Iwakuni Intermediate School, poses for a picture in front of the Kintai bridge in Iwakuni, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps Courtesy Photo)

Photo by Courtesy Photo

A childhood photo of Nicole Colburn, an art teacher for Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) at Iwakuni Intermediate School. (U.S. Marine Corps Courtesy Photo)

A childhood photo of Nicole Colburn, an art teacher for Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) at Iwakuni Intermediate School. (U.S. Marine Corps Courtesy Photo)

Photo by Courtesy Photo

Nicole Colburn, a Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) art teacher at Iwakuni Intermediate School, looks around her classroom at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 12, 2024. A native of Shirley, Massachusetts, Colburn teaches art as a way to follow her passion for the history, culture, and creativity of art. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Peter Rawlins)

Nicole Colburn, a Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) art teacher at Iwakuni Intermediate School, looks around her classroom at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 12, 2024. A native of Shirley, Massachusetts, Colburn teaches art as a way to follow her passion for the history, culture, and creativity of art. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Peter Rawlins)

Photo by Cpl. Peter Rawlins

Members of the Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) pose for a picture in front of their collected trash from a volunteer event at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 25, 2024. As the command career counselor for AIMD Iwakuni and president of CSADD, Brooks holds a responsibility to ensure all Sailors under her guidance are well prepared to advance their careers and be valuable contributors to the community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco)

Members of the Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) pose for a picture in front of their collected trash from a volunteer event at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 25, 2024. As the command career counselor for AIMD Iwakuni and president of CSADD, Brooks holds a responsibility to ensure all Sailors under her guidance are well prepared to advance their careers and be valuable contributors to the community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco)

Photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco

U.S. Navy Aviation Electronics Technician Second Class Alexander Gomez (left), a California native, and Aviation Support Equipment Technician Second Class Patrice Brooks (right), a native of Jamaica, with Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) Iwakuni, collect trash during a volunteer event at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 25, 2024. As the command career counselor for AIMD Iwakuni and president of the Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions, Brooks holds a responsibility to ensure all Sailors under her guidance are well prepared to advance their careers and be valuable contributors to the community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco)

U.S. Navy Aviation Electronics Technician Second Class Alexander Gomez (left), a California native, and Aviation Support Equipment Technician Second Class Patrice Brooks (right), a native of Jamaica, with Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) Iwakuni, collect trash during a volunteer event at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 25, 2024. As the command career counselor for AIMD Iwakuni and president of the Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions, Brooks holds a responsibility to ensure all Sailors under her guidance are well prepared to advance their careers and be valuable contributors to the community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco)

Photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco

U.S. Navy Aviation Support Equipment Technician Second Class Patrice Brooks with Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, attends a meeting with other members of the Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 22, 2024. As the command career counselor for AIMD Iwakuni and president of CSADD, Brooks holds a responsibility to ensure all Sailors under her guidance are well prepared to advance their careers and be valuable contributors to the community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco)

U.S. Navy Aviation Support Equipment Technician Second Class Patrice Brooks with Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, attends a meeting with other members of the Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 22, 2024. As the command career counselor for AIMD Iwakuni and president of CSADD, Brooks holds a responsibility to ensure all Sailors under her guidance are well prepared to advance their careers and be valuable contributors to the community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco)

Photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco

U.S. Navy Aviation Support Equipment Technician Second Class Patrice Brooks, a native of Jamaica, and Aviation Electrician’s Mate First Class Celeste Taylor, a Texas native, both with Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD), Iwakuni, discuss potential career paths at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 16, 2024. As the command career counselor for AIMD Iwakuni and president of the Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions, Brooks holds a responsibility to ensure all Sailors under her guidance are well prepared to advance their careers and be valuable contributors to the community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco)

U.S. Navy Aviation Support Equipment Technician Second Class Patrice Brooks, a native of Jamaica, and Aviation Electrician’s Mate First Class Celeste Taylor, a Texas native, both with Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD), Iwakuni, discuss potential career paths at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 16, 2024. As the command career counselor for AIMD Iwakuni and president of the Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions, Brooks holds a responsibility to ensure all Sailors under her guidance are well prepared to advance their careers and be valuable contributors to the community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco)

Photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco

U.S. Navy Aviation Support Equipment Technician Second Class Patrice Brooks, a native of Jamaica, with Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) Iwakuni, signs papers in her office at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 16, 2024. As the command career counselor for AIMD Iwakuni and president of the Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions, Brooks holds a responsibility to ensure all Sailors under her guidance are well prepared to advance their careers and be valuable contributors to the community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco)

U.S. Navy Aviation Support Equipment Technician Second Class Patrice Brooks, a native of Jamaica, with Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) Iwakuni, signs papers in her office at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 16, 2024. As the command career counselor for AIMD Iwakuni and president of the Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions, Brooks holds a responsibility to ensure all Sailors under her guidance are well prepared to advance their careers and be valuable contributors to the community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco)

Photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco

U.S. Navy Aviation Support Equipment Technician Second Class Patrice Brooks, a native of Jamaica, with Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) Iwakuni, poses for a picture at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 16, 2024. As the command career counselor for AIMD Iwakuni and president of CSADD, Brooks holds a responsibility to ensure all Sailors under her guidance are well prepared to advance their careers and be valuable contributors to the community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco)

U.S. Navy Aviation Support Equipment Technician Second Class Patrice Brooks, a native of Jamaica, with Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) Iwakuni, poses for a picture at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 16, 2024. As the command career counselor for AIMD Iwakuni and president of CSADD, Brooks holds a responsibility to ensure all Sailors under her guidance are well prepared to advance their careers and be valuable contributors to the community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco)

Photo by Cpl. Isaac Orozco

Performers demonstrate a Shisi-Mai during a Japanese American Society Culture Festival at the Iwakuni City Culture Hall in Iwakuni, Japan, March 10, 2024. The culture festival provided Japanese residents and members of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni the opportunity to view various traditional Japanese ceremonies and strengthen the relationship between the two communities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rylan Adcock)

Performers demonstrate a Shisi-Mai during a Japanese American Society Culture Festival at the Iwakuni City Culture Hall in Iwakuni, Japan, March 10, 2024. The culture festival provided Japanese residents and members of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni the opportunity to view various traditional Japanese ceremonies and strengthen the relationship between the two communities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rylan Adcock)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Rylan Adcock

U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, take a group photo after the completion of a women's history month professional military education event at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, March 8, 2024. The professional military education event provided the women of MCAS Iwakuni Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron a time to support each other and learn from Marines past and present. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Brian Long)

U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, take a group photo after the completion of a women's history month professional military education event at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, March 8, 2024. The professional military education event provided the women of MCAS Iwakuni Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron a time to support each other and learn from Marines past and present. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Brian Long)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Brian Long