Kazunori Yoshimi, right, assists Naoto Matsuda, left, with filming a historic stone placed just off the Habu Trail on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Yoshimi and Matsuda are reporters with Ryukyu Broadcasting Corporation. The stone is formally named Shirubi-Dote, meaning “land survey marker.” The stone has been in place for more than 250 years, and served as a point of reference during the Ryukyu Kingdom period for measurement in creating maps and grids. - Kazunori Yoshimi, right, assists Naoto Matsuda, left, with filming a historic stone placed just off the Habu Trail on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Yoshimi and Matsuda are reporters with Ryukyu Broadcasting Corporation. The stone is formally named Shirubi-Dote, meaning “land survey marker.” The stone has been in place for more than 250 years, and served as a point of reference during the Ryukyu Kingdom period for measurement in creating maps and grids.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Matt Rissinger, second from left, discusses the M4 carbine assault rifle with members of the Japan Self-Defense Force Aug. 5 during their visit to the Provost Marshal’s Office on Camp Foster. Members of the JSDF spent the day touring PMO and training with equipment used by U.S. military policemen. Rissinger is a Lititz, Pennsylvania, native and Special Reaction Team member with PMO, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brittany A. James/Released) - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Matt Rissinger, second from left, discusses the M4 carbine assault rifle with members of the Japan Self-Defense Force Aug. 5 during their visit to the Provost Marshal’s Office on Camp Foster. Members of the JSDF spent the day touring PMO and training with equipment used by U.S. military policemen. Rissinger is a Lititz, Pennsylvania, native and Special Reaction Team member with PMO, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brittany A. James/Released)

Marines and sailors execute advanced live-fire training with the M16A4 service rifle and M4 carbine June 11 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji as part of Exercise Fuji Warrior. The training better prepares the service members to rapidly react to hostile contact should they deploy to a regional contingency or crisis. The Marines and sailors are with Combat Logistics Regiments 35 and 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Marines and sailors execute advanced live-fire training with the M16A4 service rifle and M4 carbine June 11 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji as part of Exercise Fuji Warrior. The training better prepares the service members to rapidly react to hostile contact should they deploy to a regional contingency or crisis. The Marines and sailors are with Combat Logistics Regiments 35 and 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Olivia Hampton, 4, picks up an Easter egg April 19 during an Easter egg hunt on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. The egg hunts were separated by age group to keep it fair for all the children. Family readiness officers with the air station organized the event while Marine volunteers filled more than 1,100 eggs. - Olivia Hampton, 4, picks up an Easter egg April 19 during an Easter egg hunt on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. The egg hunts were separated by age group to keep it fair for all the children. Family readiness officers with the air station organized the event while Marine volunteers filled more than 1,100 eggs.

Lance Cpl. Emerson P. Chavira travels along a zip-line course recently at Forest Adventure in Onna, Okinawa. The course is one of many Marine Corps Community Services-sponsored trips as part of the “Home for the Holidays” campaign. Chavira is an equipment operator with Facilities Engineers, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pete Sanders) - Lance Cpl. Emerson P. Chavira travels along a zip-line course recently at Forest Adventure in Onna, Okinawa. The course is one of many Marine Corps Community Services-sponsored trips as part of the “Home for the Holidays” campaign. Chavira is an equipment operator with Facilities Engineers, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pete Sanders)

Senri Shimabukuro pitches a ball to Lance Cpl. Sidney N. Standard during a softball game Oct. 26 at Camp Kinser between Urasoe-area high school students and 3rd Marine Logistics Group athletes. “I love softball and appreciated the Americans preparing their field so we can all come together to share the sport we love,” said Koji Nikawadori, the head coach for Team Urasoe. Standard is a warehouse clerk with 3rd MLG, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Senri Shimabukuro pitches a ball to Lance Cpl. Sidney N. Standard during a softball game Oct. 26 at Camp Kinser between Urasoe-area high school students and 3rd Marine Logistics Group athletes. “I love softball and appreciated the Americans preparing their field so we can all come together to share the sport we love,” said Koji Nikawadori, the head coach for Team Urasoe. Standard is a warehouse clerk with 3rd MLG, III Marine Expeditionary Force.