Catherine C. Latham relates personal experiences during an English club meeting at Meio University May 21 in Nago. Latham started the club in 1994 after two students came to her wishing to improve their English-speaking skills. Latham is an English professor at the university. Photo by Lance Cpl. Nicholas S. Ranum - Catherine C. Latham relates personal experiences during an English club meeting at Meio University May 21 in Nago. Latham started the club in 1994 after two students came to her wishing to improve their English-speaking skills. Latham is an English professor at the university. Photo by Lance Cpl. Nicholas S. Ranum
Marines and sailors participate in a flag football tournament on Camp Hansen May 24 in honor of Sgt. Julian C. Chase. The Marines are with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, currently assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III MEF Headquarters Group, III MEF. photo by Pfc. Kasey Peacock - Marines and sailors participate in a flag football tournament on Camp Hansen May 24 in honor of Sgt. Julian C. Chase. The Marines are with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, currently assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III MEF Headquarters Group, III MEF. photo by Pfc. Kasey Peacock
Marines and sailors compete in a chariot race May 24 during the 3rd Marine Logistics Group 55th anniversary celebration at Camp Kinser. Marines and sailors competed in various events at the field meet, such as pugil stick bouts, obstacle course relays, a tug-of-war challenge and volleyball tournament. The Marines and sailors are with 3rd MLG, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Photo by Lance Cpl. Jose D. Lujano - Marines and sailors compete in a chariot race May 24 during the 3rd Marine Logistics Group 55th anniversary celebration at Camp Kinser. Marines and sailors competed in various events at the field meet, such as pugil stick bouts, obstacle course relays, a tug-of-war challenge and volleyball tournament. The Marines and sailors are with 3rd MLG, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Photo by Lance Cpl. Jose D. Lujano
1st Lt. Stephen C. Horn participates in a basic swim qualification course May 20 at Camp Hansen during a three-day field training exercise. The basic course tests Marines’ skills in the water to include treading water for four minutes, swimming 25 meters with and without a pack, and removing all equipment while under water within 10 seconds. Approximately 60 staff noncommissioned officers and officers with 3rd Marine Logistics Group completed a variety of annual training requirements during the exercise that also included gas chamber and small-arms weapons qualifications. Horn is the motor transport platoon commander with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd MLG, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - 1st Lt. Stephen C. Horn participates in a basic swim qualification course May 20 at Camp Hansen during a three-day field training exercise. The basic course tests Marines’ skills in the water to include treading water for four minutes, swimming 25 meters with and without a pack, and removing all equipment while under water within 10 seconds. Approximately 60 staff noncommissioned officers and officers with 3rd Marine Logistics Group completed a variety of annual training requirements during the exercise that also included gas chamber and small-arms weapons qualifications. Horn is the motor transport platoon commander with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd MLG, III Marine Expeditionary Force.
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
A Marine admires the view from the beach of Iwo Jima here Dec. 16. The Marines and sailors of Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 1, visited the island to conduct a study of the famous Battle of Iwo Jima as part of the unit’s professional military education program. “This is every Marine’s dream,” said Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Brewer, a Dover, Dela. native and embarkation chief for MWHS-1, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. “It’s a surreal feeling to be here given the history of what this island means to all Marines and sailors.” MWHS-1 is part of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - A Marine admires the view from the beach of Iwo Jima here Dec. 16. The Marines and sailors of Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 1, visited the island to conduct a study of the famous Battle of Iwo Jima as part of the unit’s professional military education program. “This is every Marine’s dream,” said Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Brewer, a Dover, Dela. native and embarkation chief for MWHS-1, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. “It’s a surreal feeling to be here given the history of what this island means to all Marines and sailors.” MWHS-1 is part of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.