Lance Cpl. Isidro Johnsonsmith poses for a photo before being sprayed with oleoresin capsicum, left, and attempts to pose after, right, March 6 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa. He and other Marines temporarily assigned to the security augment force for Marine Corps Installations Pacific- Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Japan, were introduced to the visceral sensation of the irritant to understand its effects and how to operate if they were exposed while spraying an assailant. Johnsonsmith is a San Francisco, Calif., native and an aircraft mechanic with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Lance Cpl. Isidro Johnsonsmith poses for a photo before being sprayed with oleoresin capsicum, left, and attempts to pose after, right, March 6 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa. He and other Marines temporarily assigned to the security augment force for Marine Corps Installations Pacific- Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Japan, were introduced to the visceral sensation of the irritant to understand its effects and how to operate if they were exposed while spraying an assailant. Johnsonsmith is a San Francisco, Calif., native and an aircraft mechanic with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Corpsmen and airmen are sprayed with water to clean off accumulated mud July 20 after the Combat Endurance Course, the final test of the Jungle Medicine Combat Course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves. The corpsmen endured four miles of obstacles and navigated through simulated combat situations in the jungle terrain. The service members are also sprayed to cool off after running the course for hours in the Okinawan sun. The corpsmen are with 3rd Dental Battalion and 3rd Medical Battalion, both with 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force; as well as 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III MEF. The airmen are with 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 18th Operations Group, 18th Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brittany A. James/released) - Corpsmen and airmen are sprayed with water to clean off accumulated mud July 20 after the Combat Endurance Course, the final test of the Jungle Medicine Combat Course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves. The corpsmen endured four miles of obstacles and navigated through simulated combat situations in the jungle terrain. The service members are also sprayed to cool off after running the course for hours in the Okinawan sun. The corpsmen are with 3rd Dental Battalion and 3rd Medical Battalion, both with 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force; as well as 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III MEF. The airmen are with 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 18th Operations Group, 18th Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brittany A. James/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) - 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)

Lance Cpl. Amelia Williams, left, enjoys a cookout with the children of the Nagomi Nursing Home for Children June 22 in Nago. The children experienced American culture through interaction with the Marines. Williams is a Bremerton, Washington, native and a radio operator with 3rd Marine Logistics Group currently assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brittany A. James/Released) - Lance Cpl. Amelia Williams, left, enjoys a cookout with the children of the Nagomi Nursing Home for Children June 22 in Nago. The children experienced American culture through interaction with the Marines. Williams is a Bremerton, Washington, native and a radio operator with 3rd Marine Logistics Group currently assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brittany A. James/Released)

Diving tanks are stored in the 3rd Reconnassaince Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, dive locker. Marines and sailors with the battalion executed sustainment training on basic scuba diving skills and tactics May 7 using combat rubber raiding craft off the shore of Camp Schwab. The battalion is with 3rd Marines, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Diving tanks are stored in the 3rd Reconnassaince Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, dive locker. Marines and sailors with the battalion executed sustainment training on basic scuba diving skills and tactics May 7 using combat rubber raiding craft off the shore of Camp Schwab. The battalion is with 3rd Marines, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Lance Cpls. Jeffery Bozenparth, left, and Helen Kong cleanup debris April 5 during the third annual Ginowan Tropical Beach Cleanup in Ginowan City, Okinawa. Trash and natural debris such as sticks and leaves were removed during the cleanup. Bozenparth is an aviation communications systems technician with Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Kong is an aviation communications systems technician with Marine Tactical Air Command Squadron 18, MACG-18, 1st MAW, III MEF. - Lance Cpls. Jeffery Bozenparth, left, and Helen Kong cleanup debris April 5 during the third annual Ginowan Tropical Beach Cleanup in Ginowan City, Okinawa. Trash and natural debris such as sticks and leaves were removed during the cleanup. Bozenparth is an aviation communications systems technician with Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Kong is an aviation communications systems technician with Marine Tactical Air Command Squadron 18, MACG-18, 1st MAW, III MEF.

Daiki Miyara waits to open gifts donated by Marines with 3rd Intelligence Battalion at the Nagomi Nursing Home for Children. 3rd Intel. Bn. is assigned to III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pete Sanders/Released) - Daiki Miyara waits to open gifts donated by Marines with 3rd Intelligence Battalion at the Nagomi Nursing Home for Children. 3rd Intel. Bn. is assigned to III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pete Sanders/Released)