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
Approximately 100 people were in attendance as U.S. Navy Capt. Miguel A. Cubano talks about his experiences dealing with earthquake relief efforts at a disaster management conference May 17 at the University of the Ryukyus Hospital’s Okinawa Clinical Simulation Center in Nishihara. Cubano is chief operations and medical director for Tricare Area Office-Pacific. Photo By Pfc. Kasey Peacock - Approximately 100 people were in attendance as U.S. Navy Capt. Miguel A. Cubano talks about his experiences dealing with earthquake relief efforts at a disaster management conference May 17 at the University of the Ryukyus Hospital’s Okinawa Clinical Simulation Center in Nishihara. Cubano is chief operations and medical director for Tricare Area Office-Pacific. Photo By Pfc. Kasey Peacock
CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter 03 departs Marine Corps Air Station Futenma for the last time May 20. CH-46E-03 with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 is one of twelve helicopters used by the squadron that will be phased-out during the next couple of months as the squadron transitions to the MV-22B Osprey later this summer. HMM-262 is part of Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David N. Hersey/Released) - CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter 03 departs Marine Corps Air Station Futenma for the last time May 20. CH-46E-03 with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 is one of twelve helicopters used by the squadron that will be phased-out during the next couple of months as the squadron transitions to the MV-22B Osprey later this summer. HMM-262 is part of Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David N. Hersey/Released)
Pfc. William J. Rogers peers through tall grass during a patrol at Kangaroo Flats Training Area, Australia, April 18. Rogers is a rifleman with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Pfc. William J. Rogers peers through tall grass during a patrol at Kangaroo Flats Training Area, Australia, April 18. Rogers is a rifleman with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.
A Marine fires an M240 G medium machine gun at targets while his assistant gunner holds him steady and observes impacts here Nov. 12. The Marine is from 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. It is the assistant gunner’s job to direct the gunner’s fire as well as reload the weapon. Artillery Marines conduct small-arms training to maintain the ability to defend gun positions from enemy threats. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Erik S. Brooks Jr./Released) - A Marine fires an M240 G medium machine gun at targets while his assistant gunner holds him steady and observes impacts here Nov. 12. The Marine is from 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. It is the assistant gunner’s job to direct the gunner’s fire as well as reload the weapon. Artillery Marines conduct small-arms training to maintain the ability to defend gun positions from enemy threats. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Erik S. Brooks Jr./Released)
Lance Cpl. Jamal Mista, an electrician with EOPS Company, removes wood forms Oct. 3 used to hold the concrete ceiling above. Mista had been participating in an engineering civil action project in Bangladesh since the beginning of September, where they had been expanding the second story of Salimpur Primary School. - Lance Cpl. Jamal Mista, an electrician with EOPS Company, removes wood forms Oct. 3 used to hold the concrete ceiling above. Mista had been participating in an engineering civil action project in Bangladesh since the beginning of September, where they had been expanding the second story of Salimpur Primary School.
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan— A Student from Oshima district swims at a pool party held as part of a four-day cultural exchange program which took place Aug. 6-9. The Home-Stay Program was hosted by Marine Corps Bases Japan volunteer families for twenty-five students and five chaperones from Oshima District, Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, which was heavily damaged in the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Pfc. Brianna Turner/Released) - CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan— A Student from Oshima district swims at a pool party held as part of a four-day cultural exchange program which took place Aug. 6-9. The Home-Stay Program was hosted by Marine Corps Bases Japan volunteer families for twenty-five students and five chaperones from Oshima District, Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, which was heavily damaged in the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Pfc. Brianna Turner/Released)
Sgt. Maj. Gonzalo Vasquez, left, the director of the Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy here, speaks about two of his instructors who received awards at Camp Hansen’s theater April 12. Master Sgt. John Pierce, right, the staff noncommissioned officer-in-charge of the Career Course at the academy, and Gunnery Sgt. Enrique Hernandez, center, the Sergeants Course SNCOIC, received Master Instructor Awards, making them two of only a handful of instructors on Okinawa to receive the award in the past three years. - Sgt. Maj. Gonzalo Vasquez, left, the director of the Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy here, speaks about two of his instructors who received awards at Camp Hansen’s theater April 12. Master Sgt. John Pierce, right, the staff noncommissioned officer-in-charge of the Career Course at the academy, and Gunnery Sgt. Enrique Hernandez, center, the Sergeants Course SNCOIC, received Master Instructor Awards, making them two of only a handful of instructors on Okinawa to receive the award in the past three years.