Students from the career course listen as a guest speaker talks about effective leadership Oct. 1 at the Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Camp Hansen. As one of the students in attendance, Petty Officer 1st Class Xiomara A. Azinge challenges herself as a sailor to learn more about the Marine Corps side of her job to better assist the Marines she serves. Azinge is from Bronx, New York, and a surgical technician with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Students from the career course listen as a guest speaker talks about effective leadership Oct. 1 at the Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Camp Hansen. As one of the students in attendance, Petty Officer 1st Class Xiomara A. Azinge challenges herself as a sailor to learn more about the Marine Corps side of her job to better assist the Marines she serves. Azinge is from Bronx, New York, and a surgical technician with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Ken Yamane, right, presents Masashi Igei with a commemorative plaque of his time with Ordnance Maintenance Company during Igei’s retirement ceremony Feb. 19 at The Palms on Camp Hansen following 47 years of service. “I’ve worked here half of my life and have really enjoyed it,” said Igei. “That’s the biggest thing to me, enjoying the job. (Now that I’m retired) I will go home to my land, work on my farm and harvest (my crops) .” Yamane and Igei are Master Labor Contract employees with the company, which is a part of 3rd Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Ken Yamane, right, presents Masashi Igei with a commemorative plaque of his time with Ordnance Maintenance Company during Igei’s retirement ceremony Feb. 19 at The Palms on Camp Hansen following 47 years of service. “I’ve worked here half of my life and have really enjoyed it,” said Igei. “That’s the biggest thing to me, enjoying the job. (Now that I’m retired) I will go home to my land, work on my farm and harvest (my crops) .” Yamane and Igei are Master Labor Contract employees with the company, which is a part of 3rd Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Sgt. Maj. Brian D. Olea, left, and Lt. Col. Curtis V. Ebitz, right, promote Sgt. Brandon R. Crook Nov. 1 at the summit of Mount Suribachi on Iwo To, formerly known as Iwo Jima. Olea is the sergeant major and Ebitz is the commanding officer of Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 1, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Crook is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force planning specialist with the squadron. - Sgt. Maj. Brian D. Olea, left, and Lt. Col. Curtis V. Ebitz, right, promote Sgt. Brandon R. Crook Nov. 1 at the summit of Mount Suribachi on Iwo To, formerly known as Iwo Jima. Olea is the sergeant major and Ebitz is the commanding officer of Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 1, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Crook is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force planning specialist with the squadron.