U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Ryan T. Watson, right, receives a bouquet of flowers from a student Dec. 5 at Chinzei High School in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan. Marines participating in Forest Light 15-1 took a day off from training to visit local high schools to exchange culture lessons with the student. Forest Light is a routine, semi-annual exercise designed to enhance the U.S. and Japan military partnership, solidify regional security agreements, and improve individual and unit-level skills in a bilateral training environment. Watson, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, is an infantry unit leader with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, under the unit deployment program. - U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Ryan T. Watson, right, receives a bouquet of flowers from a student Dec. 5 at Chinzei High School in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan. Marines participating in Forest Light 15-1 took a day off from training to visit local high schools to exchange culture lessons with the student. Forest Light is a routine, semi-annual exercise designed to enhance the U.S. and Japan military partnership, solidify regional security agreements, and improve individual and unit-level skills in a bilateral training environment. Watson, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, is an infantry unit leader with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, under the unit deployment program.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda Braly, center, answers questions from high school students participating in the Summer English Program Aug. 18 at the Legends Officers’ Club on Camp Courtney. The questions covered subjects such as favorite hobbies, music and movies, and the students were required to ask them in English to practice and improve their verbal communication with the second language. Braly is a Mineral Wells, Texas, native, and a religious programs specialist with Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. The students are from various high schools in Uruma City. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David N. Hersey/Released) - U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda Braly, center, answers questions from high school students participating in the Summer English Program Aug. 18 at the Legends Officers’ Club on Camp Courtney. The questions covered subjects such as favorite hobbies, music and movies, and the students were required to ask them in English to practice and improve their verbal communication with the second language. Braly is a Mineral Wells, Texas, native, and a religious programs specialist with Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. The students are from various high schools in Uruma City. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David N. Hersey/Released)