Lajanelle Caldera, wife of Lance Cpl. Carlos E. Caldera, receives help with putting on the final piece of an explosives ordnance disposal bomb suit Sept. 27 at Camp Hansen as part of the 4th annual Spouses Warrior Day. Several spouses had an opportunity to try on the suit, and all participants viewed an EOD robot demonstration. Caldera’s husband is a field wireman with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Lajanelle Caldera, wife of Lance Cpl. Carlos E. Caldera, receives help with putting on the final piece of an explosives ordnance disposal bomb suit Sept. 27 at Camp Hansen as part of the 4th annual Spouses Warrior Day. Several spouses had an opportunity to try on the suit, and all participants viewed an EOD robot demonstration. Caldera’s husband is a field wireman with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Lance Cpl. Tyler G. Dearman swings an axe while removing a tree stump to clear a route for an endurance course Oct. 1 at Camp Hansen. The three-mile course is intended to challenge Marines’ physical and mental fitness, and offer a new venue for training. Dearman is a combat engineer with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Lance Cpl. Tyler G. Dearman swings an axe while removing a tree stump to clear a route for an endurance course Oct. 1 at Camp Hansen. The three-mile course is intended to challenge Marines’ physical and mental fitness, and offer a new venue for training. Dearman is a combat engineer with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Lance Cpl. Jesse R. Gribble slices through a piece of metal Aug. 9 while deconstructing a dilapidated building on Camp Hansen. The building, along with another, presented a hazard to both personnel, as well as the equipment being stored in them due to deterioration from severe weather. Gribble is a combat engineer with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Lance Cpl. Jesse R. Gribble slices through a piece of metal Aug. 9 while deconstructing a dilapidated building on Camp Hansen. The building, along with another, presented a hazard to both personnel, as well as the equipment being stored in them due to deterioration from severe weather. Gribble is a combat engineer with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Marines secure a leaking barrel in a sealed container for transport during a unit training exercise Aug. 23 at a warehouse on Camp Kinser. A fog machine was used to simulate harmful gasses, barrels, gas tanks were provided as demonstrations of unsecured contaminants, and several false bodies were used to simulate casualties the teams were required to extract during the exercise. The teams consisted of Marines from various units with III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Marines secure a leaking barrel in a sealed container for transport during a unit training exercise Aug. 23 at a warehouse on Camp Kinser. A fog machine was used to simulate harmful gasses, barrels, gas tanks were provided as demonstrations of unsecured contaminants, and several false bodies were used to simulate casualties the teams were required to extract during the exercise. The teams consisted of Marines from various units with III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Caretakers and children from the Nagomi Nursing Home for Children choose food from the salad bar of the Camp Kinser mess hall during a tour of the camp Aug. 3. During the tour, the group visited a storage warehouse, the mess hall, the Battle of Okinawa historical display and the bowling alley. The tour provided an opportunity for the children to experience a different culture and to develop relationships with Marines and sailors. The tour was led by Marines and sailors with 3rd Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Caretakers and children from the Nagomi Nursing Home for Children choose food from the salad bar of the Camp Kinser mess hall during a tour of the camp Aug. 3. During the tour, the group visited a storage warehouse, the mess hall, the Battle of Okinawa historical display and the bowling alley. The tour provided an opportunity for the children to experience a different culture and to develop relationships with Marines and sailors. The tour was led by Marines and sailors with 3rd Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Mongolian Armed Forces soldiers salute during the opening ceremony of Exercise Khaan Quest in Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia, August 3, 2013. Khaan Quest is an annual multinational exercise sponsored by the U.S. and Mongolia, and it is designed to strengthen the capabilities of U.S., Mongolian and other nations’ forces in international peace support operations. - Mongolian Armed Forces soldiers salute during the opening ceremony of Exercise Khaan Quest in Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia, August 3, 2013. Khaan Quest is an annual multinational exercise sponsored by the U.S. and Mongolia, and it is designed to strengthen the capabilities of U.S., Mongolian and other nations’ forces in international peace support operations.

Okinawa musicians give a taiko performance July 27 at the 36th annual Urasoe Tedako Matsuri Festival. The tedako festival pays homage to a powerful king of the ancient Ryukyu kingdom. - Okinawa musicians give a taiko performance July 27 at the 36th annual Urasoe Tedako Matsuri Festival. The tedako festival pays homage to a powerful king of the ancient Ryukyu kingdom.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nico DaSilva, right, checks the heartbeat of a mock casualty Aug. 1 during a forward resuscitative care course at the Simulated Trauma Advanced Training Center, Camp Foster. The course familiarized corpsman in the areas of collecting, clearing, treating, holding and evacuating casualties in the Navy’s forward-deployed echelon, while in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations, according to Petty Officer 2nd Class Jerricson B. Peralta, an instructor with the center and a hospital corpsman with the battalion. DaSilva is also a corpsman with the battalion. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Nico DaSilva, right, checks the heartbeat of a mock casualty Aug. 1 during a forward resuscitative care course at the Simulated Trauma Advanced Training Center, Camp Foster. The course familiarized corpsman in the areas of collecting, clearing, treating, holding and evacuating casualties in the Navy’s forward-deployed echelon, while in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations, according to Petty Officer 2nd Class Jerricson B. Peralta, an instructor with the center and a hospital corpsman with the battalion. DaSilva is also a corpsman with the battalion.

Sgt. Jordan M. Davis, right, assembles a satellite communications antenna during a communication exercise July 26 at Camp Foster. “For this specific exercise, we are working out all the kinks as we sharpen our craft for the group’s commitment to (the Asia-Pacific region),” said Staff Sgt. Brandon M. Sheffield, a radio chief with Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Davis is a field radio operator with CLR 3, 3rd MLG, III MEF. Photo by Lance Cpl. Jose D. Lujano - Sgt. Jordan M. Davis, right, assembles a satellite communications antenna during a communication exercise July 26 at Camp Foster. “For this specific exercise, we are working out all the kinks as we sharpen our craft for the group’s commitment to (the Asia-Pacific region),” said Staff Sgt. Brandon M. Sheffield, a radio chief with Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Davis is a field radio operator with CLR 3, 3rd MLG, III MEF. Photo by Lance Cpl. Jose D. Lujano