A Foster Girl Scout waits in line to fill up a backpack with donations - CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – A Foster Girl Scout waits in line to fill up a backpack with donations Nov. 3 aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The Foster Girl Scouts are participating in the Girl Scout’s Global Action project, “Increasing Girls’ Access to Education.” The Girl Scouts filled backpacks to be handed out to kindergarteners in Thailand during Operation Cobra Gold. The Foster Girl Scouts made an assembly line with help from Marine volunteers and parents filling gently used backpacks with items such as: notebooks, a stuffed animal from home, and crayons. (U.S Marine photo by Lance Corporal Tayler P. Schwamb)

Marines put out a controlled fire on a mobile aircraft fire training device at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma April 7 during a visit from Girl Scouts. The firefighting display showed how the Marines respond to an emergency situation. The mission of Girl Scouts of America is to build the courage, confidence and character of girls, who can then make the world a better place, according to their website. The Marines are aircraft rescue and firefighting specialists with ARFF, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, MCAS Futenma, Marine Corps Installations Pacific. - Marines put out a controlled fire on a mobile aircraft fire training device at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma April 7 during a visit from Girl Scouts. The firefighting display showed how the Marines respond to an emergency situation. The mission of Girl Scouts of America is to build the courage, confidence and character of girls, who can then make the world a better place, according to their website. The Marines are aircraft rescue and firefighting specialists with ARFF, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, MCAS Futenma, Marine Corps Installations Pacific.