KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, Japan – Representatives from local government agencies listen to trial procedures and read through information packets June 29 during a mock trial on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. - KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, Japan – Representatives from local government agencies listen to trial procedures and read through information packets June 29 during a mock trial on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. Service members from all U.S. military branches in Okinawa came together to share their knowledge of the Uniformed Code of Military Justice with local government agencies. The trial began with a discussion of the Military Code of Uniformed Justice and the different styles of punishment, and ended with a simulated scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Kelcey Seymour)

Lance Cpl. Naomi Felio talks with an elderly man Dec. 15 at the Okinawa Airakuen Sanatorium in Nago, Okinawa, Japan. - Lance Cpl. Naomi Felio talks with an elderly man Dec. 15 at the Okinawa Airakuen Sanatorium in Nago, Okinawa, Japan. Since 1938, the Nago Airakuen Sanatorium has been a convalescent home for leprosy patients or ex-leprosy patients. Service members from across Okinawa joined together to travel north to share their Christmas spirit with an elderly group who lives at the sanatorium. Felio is a landing support specialist with 3rd Transportation Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Danielle R. Prentice)

CATC Camp Fuji is located at the base of the highest mountain in Japan, Mount Fuji, and is a premier training venue that is used by U.S. armed forces and the Japan Self-Defense Force. It is 34,000 acres of training area, and is the only combined arms training facility in the Pacific Region. - CATC Camp Fuji is located at the base of the highest mountain in Japan, Mount Fuji, and is a premier training venue that is used by U.S. armed forces and the Japan Self-Defense Force. It is 34,000 acres of training area, and is the only combined arms training facility in the Pacific Region.

Service members from the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, and Army run with the Flames of Hope Nov. 6 on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. The units ran in one mass formation to Risner Fitness and Sports Complex, where the Special Olympic Games were to be held the following day, carrying their unit flags and torches at the front. The officers sang cadences and ran in perfect harmony, embodying the unity that their leadership sought, according to Staff Sgt. Edward Tejada-De La Cruz, the motor transport operations chief with PMO, H&S Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler. - Service members from the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, and Army run with the Flames of Hope Nov. 6 on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. The units ran in one mass formation to Risner Fitness and Sports Complex, where the Special Olympic Games were to be held the following day, carrying their unit flags and torches at the front. The officers sang cadences and ran in perfect harmony, embodying the unity that their leadership sought, according to Staff Sgt. Edward Tejada-De La Cruz, the motor transport operations chief with PMO, H&S Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler.

Marines and airmen participate in the “dizzy izzy” portion of a relay during a joint field meet Sept. 12 aboard Camp Hansen. During the dizzy izzy, participants must disorient themselves by bending at the waist, placing their foreheads on a pole and spinning in 10 clockwise circles. Once disoriented, they must sprint back to the beginning of the relay. The field meet brought Marines and airmen, enrolled in the sergeants course at the Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy aboard Camp Hansen, and airmen, enrolled in the Erwin Professional Military Education Center Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Kadena Air Base, together through rigorous physical training and teambuilding opportunities. - Marines and airmen participate in the “dizzy izzy” portion of a relay during a joint field meet Sept. 12 aboard Camp Hansen. During the dizzy izzy, participants must disorient themselves by bending at the waist, placing their foreheads on a pole and spinning in 10 clockwise circles. Once disoriented, they must sprint back to the beginning of the relay. The field meet brought Marines and airmen, enrolled in the sergeants course at the Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy aboard Camp Hansen, and airmen, enrolled in the Erwin Professional Military Education Center Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Kadena Air Base, together through rigorous physical training and teambuilding opportunities.

Cpl. Calvin V. Montgomery uses his whole body to pull the lanyard of an M777 Howitzer, firing a 155 mm round March 11 during Dragon Fire Exercise 15-2 at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii. Howitzers are used by artillery batteries to provide suppressing fire for ground units. Montgomery, an Eatonton, Georgia, native, is a radio operator with Headquarters Battery, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Cpl. Calvin V. Montgomery uses his whole body to pull the lanyard of an M777 Howitzer, firing a 155 mm round March 11 during Dragon Fire Exercise 15-2 at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii. Howitzers are used by artillery batteries to provide suppressing fire for ground units. Montgomery, an Eatonton, Georgia, native, is a radio operator with Headquarters Battery, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Corpsmen and airmen are sprayed with water to clean off accumulated mud July 20 after the Combat Endurance Course, the final test of the Jungle Medicine Combat Course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves. The corpsmen endured four miles of obstacles and navigated through simulated combat situations in the jungle terrain. The service members are also sprayed to cool off after running the course for hours in the Okinawan sun. The corpsmen are with 3rd Dental Battalion and 3rd Medical Battalion, both with 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force; as well as 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III MEF. The airmen are with 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 18th Operations Group, 18th Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brittany A. James/released) - Corpsmen and airmen are sprayed with water to clean off accumulated mud July 20 after the Combat Endurance Course, the final test of the Jungle Medicine Combat Course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves. The corpsmen endured four miles of obstacles and navigated through simulated combat situations in the jungle terrain. The service members are also sprayed to cool off after running the course for hours in the Okinawan sun. The corpsmen are with 3rd Dental Battalion and 3rd Medical Battalion, both with 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force; as well as 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III MEF. The airmen are with 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 18th Operations Group, 18th Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brittany A. James/released)

Gunnery Sgt. Antonio Lopez, right, instructs Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Dowling on roadway measurement calculations July 14 at Camp Foster as part of the Traffic Collision Investigation Course. The day of practical application training took the service members out of the classroom and onto the streets. The hands-on training familiarized the service members with what to look for when at the scene of an accident. Lopez is a Calipatria, California, native and an accident investigator with the Marine Detachment at Lackland Air Base, Training Command, Training and Education Command. Dowling is a Norton, Ohio, native and master-at-arms 3 with Commander Fleet Activities Okinawa Security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Wes J. Lucko/Released) - Gunnery Sgt. Antonio Lopez, right, instructs Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Dowling on roadway measurement calculations July 14 at Camp Foster as part of the Traffic Collision Investigation Course. The day of practical application training took the service members out of the classroom and onto the streets. The hands-on training familiarized the service members with what to look for when at the scene of an accident. Lopez is a Calipatria, California, native and an accident investigator with the Marine Detachment at Lackland Air Base, Training Command, Training and Education Command. Dowling is a Norton, Ohio, native and master-at-arms 3 with Commander Fleet Activities Okinawa Security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Wes J. Lucko/Released)

Service members reflect on their shared history during a professional military education tour April 11 at the black-sand beaches of Iwo To, Japan. More than 50 service members toured the island to gain a better understanding of what Marines before them went through during the Battle of Iwo Jima. The service members are with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 1, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Service members reflect on their shared history during a professional military education tour April 11 at the black-sand beaches of Iwo To, Japan. More than 50 service members toured the island to gain a better understanding of what Marines before them went through during the Battle of Iwo Jima. The service members are with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 1, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.