Rewa Giroux-Dumas teaches hospital personnel yoga techniques during the caregiver occupational stress control fair May 23 at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa on Camp Foster. Yoga is a common way to exercise stress control through deep breathing and stretching. Giroux-Dumas is a yoga instructor with Marine Corps Community Services and a volunteer for the caregiver occupational stress control fair. Photo by Lance Cpl. David N. Hersey - Rewa Giroux-Dumas teaches hospital personnel yoga techniques during the caregiver occupational stress control fair May 23 at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa on Camp Foster. Yoga is a common way to exercise stress control through deep breathing and stretching. Giroux-Dumas is a yoga instructor with Marine Corps Community Services and a volunteer for the caregiver occupational stress control fair. Photo by Lance Cpl. David N. Hersey
Kimberly D. Beard, center, leads an indoor cycling class May 24 at Camp Foster’s Gunners Fitness Center. The group fitness classes are one example of Semper Fit health promotion’s commitment to the health and wellness of the community that helped earn it the 2012 Blue H–Navy Surgeon General’s Health Promotion and Wellness Award gold star. Beard is the Semper Fit health promotions manager for Marine Corps Community Services, Okinawa. Photo by Lance Cpl. Natalie M. Rostran - Kimberly D. Beard, center, leads an indoor cycling class May 24 at Camp Foster’s Gunners Fitness Center. The group fitness classes are one example of Semper Fit health promotion’s commitment to the health and wellness of the community that helped earn it the 2012 Blue H–Navy Surgeon General’s Health Promotion and Wellness Award gold star. Beard is the Semper Fit health promotions manager for Marine Corps Community Services, Okinawa. Photo by Lance Cpl. Natalie M. Rostran
Lance Cpl. Tyler R. Papalski, left, talks with Chieko Toyoshima while clearing weeds from a recreation field during an annual cleanup May 20 in Henoko. Marines volunteer each year to help members of the Henoko Senior Citizen’s Association clean up Matsuda-No-Hama Beach in preparation for the annual Henoko Dragon Boat Race. Papalski is a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, under the unit deployment program. Photo by Cpl. Matthew Manning - Lance Cpl. Tyler R. Papalski, left, talks with Chieko Toyoshima while clearing weeds from a recreation field during an annual cleanup May 20 in Henoko. Marines volunteer each year to help members of the Henoko Senior Citizen’s Association clean up Matsuda-No-Hama Beach in preparation for the annual Henoko Dragon Boat Race. Papalski is a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, under the unit deployment program. Photo by Cpl. Matthew Manning
Dr. Robert D. Eldridge talks about actions taken by the Americans during Operation Tomodachi at a disaster management conference May 17 at the University of the Ryukyus Hospital’s Okinawa Clinical Simulation Center in Nishihara. More than 100 people with the University of the Ryukyus, medical professionals, service members and Department of Defense employees attended a disaster management conference to plan for future disaster relief efforts. Eldridge is the deputy assistant chief of staff for G-7, government and external affairs, Marine Corps Installations Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Kasey Peacock/Released) - Dr. Robert D. Eldridge talks about actions taken by the Americans during Operation Tomodachi at a disaster management conference May 17 at the University of the Ryukyus Hospital’s Okinawa Clinical Simulation Center in Nishihara. More than 100 people with the University of the Ryukyus, medical professionals, service members and Department of Defense employees attended a disaster management conference to plan for future disaster relief efforts. Eldridge is the deputy assistant chief of staff for G-7, government and external affairs, Marine Corps Installations Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Kasey Peacock/Released)
The single Marine program team paddles through the Naha New Port Wharf during the 39th annual Naha dragon boat race May 5. The SMP team began learning rowing fundamentals and techniques from members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s explosive ordnance disposal team three months prior to the race. Photo By Cpl. Anthony Kirby - The single Marine program team paddles through the Naha New Port Wharf during the 39th annual Naha dragon boat race May 5. The SMP team began learning rowing fundamentals and techniques from members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s explosive ordnance disposal team three months prior to the race. Photo By Cpl. Anthony Kirby
Students of the University of the Ryukyus Wind Orchestra Band Club and members of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band share sheet music and performed together during a concert May 9 at the Camp Foster Theater. The concert was held as a way to strengthen relations between the Okinawa and U.S. military community. - Students of the University of the Ryukyus Wind Orchestra Band Club and members of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band share sheet music and performed together during a concert May 9 at the Camp Foster Theater. The concert was held as a way to strengthen relations between the Okinawa and U.S. military community.
Hollister K. Petraeus speaks to service members May 10 at the Keystone Theater on Kadena Air Base during a town hall meeting. Petraeus is the assistant director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Office of Service Member Affairs. Photo by Cpl. Alyssa N. Gunton - Hollister K. Petraeus speaks to service members May 10 at the Keystone Theater on Kadena Air Base during a town hall meeting. Petraeus is the assistant director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Office of Service Member Affairs. Photo by Cpl. Alyssa N. Gunton