Sgt. Maj. Anthony Spadaro speaks in a briefing to service members Aug. 10 in the base theater aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. - CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – Sgt. Maj. Anthony Spadaro speaks in a briefing to service members Aug. 10 in the base theater aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The brief discussed the importance of service members in the U.S. Pacific Command. The brief included service members from all four branches of the U.S. military. Spadaro is the command senior enlisted leader of USPACOM. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Kelcey Seymour)

Petty Officer 3rd Class Barry Whitfield, left, prepares to draw blood from Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Seitz June 23, at the Pacific Command Armed Services Blood Bank Center U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa. Whitfield is a lab technician with the center and is making sure the barcodes on the blood bags match each other. This ensures blood donations won’t be misplaced during shipping. Seitz, a corpsman at the USNH Okinawa mother-infant care center, is a Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania native. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Jessica Collins/Released) - Petty Officer 3rd Class Barry Whitfield, left, prepares to draw blood from Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Seitz June 23, at the Pacific Command Armed Services Blood Bank Center U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa. Whitfield is a lab technician with the center and is making sure the barcodes on the blood bags match each other. This ensures blood donations won’t be misplaced during shipping. Seitz, a corpsman at the USNH Okinawa mother-infant care center, is a Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania native. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Jessica Collins/Released)

Cpl. Joseph Dutton, from Brookline, Vermont, pry nails loose in the wooden flooring in an old military housing facility Jan. 9 during exercise Lava Viper 15-1.2 at Kawaihae Harbor, Hawaii. Dutton is removing the nails to remove and replace the floor. The housing facility is used by various military branches as a safe house while waiting for ships to arrive with vehicles and supplies. MWSS-472 has been tasked to refurbish the facility because the building is deteriorating Dutton is a combat engineer with MWSS-472, Marine Air Group 47, 4th Marine Air Wing. - Cpl. Joseph Dutton, from Brookline, Vermont, pry nails loose in the wooden flooring in an old military housing facility Jan. 9 during exercise Lava Viper 15-1.2 at Kawaihae Harbor, Hawaii. Dutton is removing the nails to remove and replace the floor. The housing facility is used by various military branches as a safe house while waiting for ships to arrive with vehicles and supplies. MWSS-472 has been tasked to refurbish the facility because the building is deteriorating Dutton is a combat engineer with MWSS-472, Marine Air Group 47, 4th Marine Air Wing.

Lt. Col. John M. Baseel, left, presents Sgt. Caleb R. Powell with a challenge coin during the conclusion of a three-day security cooperation training course Dec. 8-10 on Camp Hansen. The highlights of this training included preparing the Marines for security cooperation issues they may face and basic engagement skills to increase integrated training with joint, allied and coalition partners in the Pacific Command area of operations, according to Baseel. Powell, from Tallassee, Alabama, is a fire support man with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF. Baseel is from San Dimas, California, and is the officer in charge for the PACOM Team, Marine Corps Security Cooperation Training Group. - Lt. Col. John M. Baseel, left, presents Sgt. Caleb R. Powell with a challenge coin during the conclusion of a three-day security cooperation training course Dec. 8-10 on Camp Hansen. The highlights of this training included preparing the Marines for security cooperation issues they may face and basic engagement skills to increase integrated training with joint, allied and coalition partners in the Pacific Command area of operations, according to Baseel. Powell, from Tallassee, Alabama, is a fire support man with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF. Baseel is from San Dimas, California, and is the officer in charge for the PACOM Team, Marine Corps Security Cooperation Training Group.

HIRARA CITY, MIYAKO ISLAND, Japan – Governor Hirokazu Nakaima, center-left, shakes hands with Col. Christopher B. Snyder, center-right, Sept. 6 during a day of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief training on and around Miyako Island. “And today, for the first time ever, we have the U.S. military participating in this drill, and I would like to thank them for all the coordination and for participating,” Nakaima said. The drills marked the first time members of the Okinawa Prefectural Government hosted a series of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief drills with full-fledged participation by the Japan Self-Defense Forces and U.S. Marines. Nakaima concluded the drill by thanking all the participants for helping to raise Okinawan’s disaster response capabilities and wishing all the participating organizations his best as they continue the work of disaster preparedness in the Okinawa Prefecture. Nakaima is the Governor of Okinawa Prefecture and Snyder is the deputy commander with Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific. (Courtesy photo/Released) - HIRARA CITY, MIYAKO ISLAND, Japan – Governor Hirokazu Nakaima, center-left, shakes hands with Col. Christopher B. Snyder, center-right, Sept. 6 during a day of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief training on and around Miyako Island. “And today, for the first time ever, we have the U.S. military participating in this drill, and I would like to thank them for all the coordination and for participating,” Nakaima said. The drills marked the first time members of the Okinawa Prefectural Government hosted a series of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief drills with full-fledged participation by the Japan Self-Defense Forces and U.S. Marines. Nakaima concluded the drill by thanking all the participants for helping to raise Okinawan’s disaster response capabilities and wishing all the participating organizations his best as they continue the work of disaster preparedness in the Okinawa Prefecture. Nakaima is the Governor of Okinawa Prefecture and Snyder is the deputy commander with Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific. (Courtesy photo/Released)

Marines share their opinions on how they believe the sexual assault cases brought before them are related due to similarities found between them at the Education Center, Aug. 21. The Marines attended a class that was designed to teach new investigative techniques to military police and criminal investigators when dealing with sexual assaults. The Marines are criminal investigators with Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific. - Marines share their opinions on how they believe the sexual assault cases brought before them are related due to similarities found between them at the Education Center, Aug. 21. The Marines attended a class that was designed to teach new investigative techniques to military police and criminal investigators when dealing with sexual assaults. The Marines are criminal investigators with Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific.

Mami Andrew instructs a mixed-level yoga class August 2 at Gunners Fitness Center on Camp Foster. The class is one of many organized by Marine Corps Community Services Okinawa’s Semper Fit program, which recently earned the Blue-H Surgeon General’s Health Promotion and Wellness gold star award for the third consecutive year. The award committee selects programs within the Navy and Marine Corps demonstrating exceptional health and wellness standards year-round. “Health is more than strength training,” said Andrew. “We teach people how to build their minds, spirits and bodies, so that they can have more than just strong muscles.” Andrew is a yoga instructor with MCCS Okinawa. - Mami Andrew instructs a mixed-level yoga class August 2 at Gunners Fitness Center on Camp Foster. The class is one of many organized by Marine Corps Community Services Okinawa’s Semper Fit program, which recently earned the Blue-H Surgeon General’s Health Promotion and Wellness gold star award for the third consecutive year. The award committee selects programs within the Navy and Marine Corps demonstrating exceptional health and wellness standards year-round. “Health is more than strength training,” said Andrew. “We teach people how to build their minds, spirits and bodies, so that they can have more than just strong muscles.” Andrew is a yoga instructor with MCCS Okinawa.

Commissioned officers and senior enlisted service members with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Command and Staff College listen intently to Marine Capt. Robin D. Brewer, July 16, at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa. The Okinawan sailors participated in an extensive question-and-answer-style briefing, followed by a static display of an MV 22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. Before going up to the aircraft, Brewer questions the JMSDF attendees had regarding the Osprey and its capabilities. Brewer is a Tallahassee, Florida, native and an Osprey pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pete Sanders/Released) - Commissioned officers and senior enlisted service members with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Command and Staff College listen intently to Marine Capt. Robin D. Brewer, July 16, at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa. The Okinawan sailors participated in an extensive question-and-answer-style briefing, followed by a static display of an MV 22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. Before going up to the aircraft, Brewer questions the JMSDF attendees had regarding the Osprey and its capabilities. Brewer is a Tallahassee, Florida, native and an Osprey pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pete Sanders/Released)

Brig. Gen. Niel E. Nelson, center, and Brig. Gen. (select) Tracy W. King, left, watch as 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, conduct a pass in review July 18 during a change of command ceremony on Roberts Field on Camp Kinser. The event marked the end of Brig. Gen. Niel E. Nelson’s two-year rotation as commanding general of 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III MEF. Brig. Gen. (select) Tracy W. King takes command of 3rd MLG following his command of Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st MLG, I MEF. Nelson is a Genoa, Nevada, native, and King is an Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, native. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pete Sanders/Released) - Brig. Gen. Niel E. Nelson, center, and Brig. Gen. (select) Tracy W. King, left, watch as 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, conduct a pass in review July 18 during a change of command ceremony on Roberts Field on Camp Kinser. The event marked the end of Brig. Gen. Niel E. Nelson’s two-year rotation as commanding general of 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III MEF. Brig. Gen. (select) Tracy W. King takes command of 3rd MLG following his command of Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st MLG, I MEF. Nelson is a Genoa, Nevada, native, and King is an Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, native. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pete Sanders/Released)