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Color Run aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan - CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – Participants get doused with colored chalk during the 2018 Marine Corps Community Services Color Me Fun Run April 7 aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The goal of the color run is promote a healthy lifestyle and raise awareness for the Month of the Military Child and Autism. This was the 5th time that MCCS Family Care Branch has hosted the event. (U.S Marine photo by Cpl. Tayler P. Schwamb)
Seabees help marines for the Medal of Honor Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Bush Battle Aid Station for the Correctional Custody Unit 2.0 program March 28 aboard Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. - CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – A Seabee stands on a ladder while a Marine and Seabee survey the Intelligent Warfighter Compound March 28 aboard Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 were a crucial part of the construction of the medical aid station for the program, insuring that Marines awarded correctional custody will be safe, healthy and well educated. This station will be utilized for training and education, as well as where the Marines will come together, learn tactical field care and other medical aid treatment capabilities that is related to warfighting. NMCB-4, based out of Port Hueneme, California, is currently deployed to Okinawa, Japan. (U.S Marine photo illustration by Cpl. Tayler P. Schwamb)
Gullick and his Military working dog Shiva - CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – Cpl. Hunter Gullick builds rapport with his military working dog Shiva March 13 at the Marine Corps Installations Pacific K-9 kennels on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. It is imperative that dog handlers build a strong relationship based on trust so the teams can effectively keep MCIPAC safe and narcotic free. Gullick continues to attribute all of his success and growth as a person to his dog and small unit leadership. He, like many other dog handlers at the MCIPAC kennels, dedicating his off hours to training, bathing and playing with Shiva. Gullick is a Bhyalia, Mississippi, native, and military police officer and a dog handler with Headquarters and Support Battalion, MCIPAC- Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Japan. (U.S Marine photo by Lance Cpl. Tayler P. Schwamb)
local and military community gather to play cards and learn English at the AEON MALL - CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – Cpl. Michael Li plays Operation with two girls during English Fun and Games March 23 at AEON Mall in Okinawa, Japan. Marines would nonverbally and verbally communicate, using hand gestures paired with words to teach their new friends about the rules of the game and converse. The games acted as a common ground, directing the conversation and creating a positive atmosphere. Li is a Single Marine Program representative. (U.S Marine photo by Lance Cpl. Tayler P. Schwamb)
Corporal’s Course 538-18 and their instructors pose for a picture after a Marine Corps Community Services battle sites tour - CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members of Corporal’s Course 538-18 listen as Mark Waycaster’s, right, gives an explanation of a display at the Japanese Naval Underground during a Marine Corps Community Services battle sites tour Feb. 8 on Okinawa, Japan. During the MCCS battle sites tour, the members of JGSDF asked the tour guide questions about the Japanese and U.S. military’s perspectives. (U.S Marine photo by Lance Corporal Tayler P. Schwamb)
JGSDF meets with MCIPAC EOD - CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – Japan Group Self-Defense Force Lt. Col. Hikaru Yamane, left, examines ordnance while listening to Master Sgt. Bryon W. Bebout’s, right, explanation during a tour Jan. 25 in the ordnance library aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The library was part of a tour designed to enhance interoperability and understanding between Marine Corps Installations Pacific and JGSDF EOD. Yamane is an ammunition and chemical equipment officer with the Western Army Headquarters, JGSDF. Bebout is the staff noncommissioned officer in charge of EOD with Headquarters and Support Battalion, MCIPAC-Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Japan. (U.S Marine photo by Lance Corporal Tayler P. Schwamb)
marines and service members bowl - CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – Members of the military community and students from Okinawa University pose for a photo Jan. 13 at the bowling alley aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. Twenty-eight service members and students gathered to bowl and create friendships at the Camp Foster Bowling Alley. During the games teammates exchanged high fives and encouraged each other. (U.S Marine photo by Lance Corporal Tayler P. Schwamb)
Students sit around a table practicing calligraphy - CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – Kumiko Tamashiko, middle, teaches Pfc. Nicholas N. Garcia, right, how to hold a calligraphy brush at the library Jan. 8 aboard Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. As Tamashiko taught the Marines how to write in the three Japanese languages hiragana, katakana, and kanji she stressed the importance of taking your time. Japanese calligraphers believe that the speed, acceleration and deceleration of the writer’s moves and turns give spirit and intention to the individual characters. Tamashiko is a library technician at the Camp Hansen Library. Garcia is a transmissions system operator with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S Marine photo by Lance Corporal Tayler P. Schwamb)
Nathan Nguyen poses for a photo - CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – Cpl. Nathan Nguyen poses for a photo Nov. 28 aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. Nguyen strives to be an unselfish leader teaching his junior Marines every thing that he knows and learns. He often pulls all the junior Marines together, reminding them of the importance of their military occupational specialty and their mission while stressing the importance of looking out for the service member to the right and left of them. Nguyen selflessly sacrifices weekends and evenings running with his Marines, grabbing them food when other obligations tie them up and offering them advice. Nguyen is an administrative specialist with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific-Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Japan. (U.S Marine photo by Lance Corporal Tayler P. Schwamb)
cut ribbon - MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan — Members of the local and military community cut a ribbon during the ribbon cutting ceremony in honor of the completion of phase two of the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Revitalization Dec. 27 on MCAS Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. MCAS Futenma’s outdated infrastructure had not been updated since the early 1970s. Futenma’s revitalization increases MCIPAC’s readiness, enabling the strategic launch and recovery of military capabilities to continue to save lives and preserve regional peace, stability and security. (U.S Marine photo by Lance Corporal Tayler P. Schwamb)