Solar panels for the Ground Renewable Expeditionary Energy System gather energy to provide power to the command center Nov. 4 during the exercise Blue Chromite 15 on Camp Schwab. The solar panels supplied the initial 24 hours of power for the Combat Operations Center during Chromite and have continued to power the communications systems. The Marines maintaining the systems are from Communications Platoon, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Solar panels for the Ground Renewable Expeditionary Energy System gather energy to provide power to the command center Nov. 4 during the exercise Blue Chromite 15 on Camp Schwab. The solar panels supplied the initial 24 hours of power for the Combat Operations Center during Chromite and have continued to power the communications systems. The Marines maintaining the systems are from Communications Platoon, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Yuka Shinzato, left, and Lance Cpl. Ashley C. Merrick place bar codes onto items for sale June 26 at the U.S. Marine Corps ServMart on Camp Foster. Shinzato was taught how to use the register, find items requested by customers, and restock shelves during her job shadow with the Base Supply Office, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific. Shinzato is an eighth grade student with Chatan Junior High School. Merrick is an Asheboro, North Carolina, native and supply administration and operations specialist with the office. - Yuka Shinzato, left, and Lance Cpl. Ashley C. Merrick place bar codes onto items for sale June 26 at the U.S. Marine Corps ServMart on Camp Foster. Shinzato was taught how to use the register, find items requested by customers, and restock shelves during her job shadow with the Base Supply Office, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific. Shinzato is an eighth grade student with Chatan Junior High School. Merrick is an Asheboro, North Carolina, native and supply administration and operations specialist with the office.

Col. Katherine J. Estes, left, and Master Gunnery Sgt. Gary M. Moore Jr. listen as anonymous statements from sexual assault victims are read during a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response luncheon April 25 at the Butler Officers’ Club on Camp Foster. “It was really great to see people from the highest levels of command and even down to junior Marines representing their support for the program,” said Lance Cpl. Brittany D. Tobin, a Grand Junction, Colo., native. “I really think this program is doing a great thing and that I hope to see more improvements within units and all the branches on this issue.” Tobin is a motor transport operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Estes is the commanding officer of Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, and camp commander for Camps Foster and Lester. Moore, a Washington D.C. native is the postal chief of H&S Bn., MCB Camp Butler. - Col. Katherine J. Estes, left, and Master Gunnery Sgt. Gary M. Moore Jr. listen as anonymous statements from sexual assault victims are read during a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response luncheon April 25 at the Butler Officers’ Club on Camp Foster. “It was really great to see people from the highest levels of command and even down to junior Marines representing their support for the program,” said Lance Cpl. Brittany D. Tobin, a Grand Junction, Colo., native. “I really think this program is doing a great thing and that I hope to see more improvements within units and all the branches on this issue.” Tobin is a motor transport operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Estes is the commanding officer of Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, and camp commander for Camps Foster and Lester. Moore, a Washington D.C. native is the postal chief of H&S Bn., MCB Camp Butler.

Tsutomu Yamashiro, left, gives feedback while U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Hai Dam uses a motorcycle simulator April 18 at the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Theater during a motorcycle safety stand-down. The simulator displayed various hazards motorcycle riders may encounter and tested their ability to ride and react safely. Yamashiro is a training technician with the Installation Safety Office, and Dam is a corpsman with the U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa on Camp Foster. - Tsutomu Yamashiro, left, gives feedback while U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Hai Dam uses a motorcycle simulator April 18 at the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Theater during a motorcycle safety stand-down. The simulator displayed various hazards motorcycle riders may encounter and tested their ability to ride and react safely. Yamashiro is a training technician with the Installation Safety Office, and Dam is a corpsman with the U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa on Camp Foster.

A squad receives instruction on assembling the PRC-117 radio during the battalion super-squad competition Jan. 23 at Range 15 on Camp Hansen. Camp Hansen’s afternoon events consisted of a two-mile hike, an Intermediate Combat Rifle Marksmanship live-fire, a memory exercise, and assembly of a radio to transmit a medical evacuation request. The Marines are legal service specialists representing H&S Bn., Legal Services section. - A squad receives instruction on assembling the PRC-117 radio during the battalion super-squad competition Jan. 23 at Range 15 on Camp Hansen. Camp Hansen’s afternoon events consisted of a two-mile hike, an Intermediate Combat Rifle Marksmanship live-fire, a memory exercise, and assembly of a radio to transmit a medical evacuation request. The Marines are legal service specialists representing H&S Bn., Legal Services section.