Shuji Omine carves a flower out of a carrot as decoration Feb. 21 at the Camp Kinser Mess Hall. The mess hall earned the 2013 Marine Corps Installations Pacific Best Mess Hall of the Year title and is now competing for the best Marine Corps mess hall through the Maj. Gen. William Pendleton Thompson Hill Memorial Awards. The awards annually recognize the accomplishments of Marine Corps food service workers and facilities. Omine is a master labor contractor at the mess hall. - Shuji Omine carves a flower out of a carrot as decoration Feb. 21 at the Camp Kinser Mess Hall. The mess hall earned the 2013 Marine Corps Installations Pacific Best Mess Hall of the Year title and is now competing for the best Marine Corps mess hall through the Maj. Gen. William Pendleton Thompson Hill Memorial Awards. The awards annually recognize the accomplishments of Marine Corps food service workers and facilities. Omine is a master labor contractor at the mess hall.

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.

Navy Lt. Kevan Q. Lim walks down the stone stairway to the outer courtyard of Shuri Castle Jan. 24 in Naha City. Marines and sailors with Combat Logistic Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, visited Shuri Castle as part of a historical education event. Lim is the chaplain of CLR-37. Photo by Lance Cpl. Diamond N. Peden - Navy Lt. Kevan Q. Lim walks down the stone stairway to the outer courtyard of Shuri Castle Jan. 24 in Naha City. Marines and sailors with Combat Logistic Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, visited Shuri Castle as part of a historical education event. Lim is the chaplain of CLR-37. Photo by Lance Cpl. Diamond N. Peden

Staff Sgt. Herbert M. Grose Jr., teaches students how to build a field expedient antenna as part of the recent Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics week at Stearley Heights Elementary School on Kadena Air Base. The students are third-graders at the school. Grose is a signals intelligence specialist with G-2, intelligence, Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Diamond N. Peden/Released) - Staff Sgt. Herbert M. Grose Jr., teaches students how to build a field expedient antenna as part of the recent Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics week at Stearley Heights Elementary School on Kadena Air Base. The students are third-graders at the school. Grose is a signals intelligence specialist with G-2, intelligence, Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Diamond N. Peden/Released)

Lance Cpl. Philip A. Rickenbach, right, locks Bryan S. Caldwell’s arm in a hold Jan. 4 during the Futenma Athletics Open Wrestling Tournament at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma’s Semper Fit Gym. The referees used the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles as their rulebook and guide to supervise and score the tournament, which was sponsored by Marine Corps Community Services. Caldwell is a maintenance worker for Shogun Inn at Kadena Lodging. Rickenbach is an aerial gunner with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, currently assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, under the unit deployment program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Diamond N. Peden/Released) - Lance Cpl. Philip A. Rickenbach, right, locks Bryan S. Caldwell’s arm in a hold Jan. 4 during the Futenma Athletics Open Wrestling Tournament at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma’s Semper Fit Gym. The referees used the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles as their rulebook and guide to supervise and score the tournament, which was sponsored by Marine Corps Community Services. Caldwell is a maintenance worker for Shogun Inn at Kadena Lodging. Rickenbach is an aerial gunner with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, currently assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, under the unit deployment program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Diamond N. Peden/Released)

Santa Claus, portrayed by 1st Sgt. Nelson A. Hidalgoguerrero, greets a nursing home resident with a “Merry Christmas!” at the Hikari Gaoka nursing home as part of a community outreach event. The recent celebration is an annual event between the residents, staff and service members. Hidalgoguerrero is the first sergeant of Service Company, 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Diamond N. Peden/Released) - Santa Claus, portrayed by 1st Sgt. Nelson A. Hidalgoguerrero, greets a nursing home resident with a “Merry Christmas!” at the Hikari Gaoka nursing home as part of a community outreach event. The recent celebration is an annual event between the residents, staff and service members. Hidalgoguerrero is the first sergeant of Service Company, 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Diamond N. Peden/Released)