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
Personal mementos symbolize the respect generations of service members have paid during their visit to the summit of Mount Suribachi, located on Iwo To. Suribachi is where five Marines and a Navy corpsman famously raised the American flag, signaling the successful seizure of the northern end of the island. Photo by Lance Cpl. Terry Brady - Personal mementos symbolize the respect generations of service members have paid during their visit to the summit of Mount Suribachi, located on Iwo To. Suribachi is where five Marines and a Navy corpsman famously raised the American flag, signaling the successful seizure of the northern end of the island. Photo by Lance Cpl. Terry Brady
2nd Lt. Leanne Ferrell fires an M32 semiautomatic grenade launcher May 14 during a live-fire training exercise at the Central Training Area near Camp Hansen. The weapon is a shoulder-fired, semi-automatic, six-shot grenade launcher capable of firing 40 mm grenades. Ferrell is the executive officer of General Support Motor Transport Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Photo by Lance Cpl. Jose D. Lujano - 2nd Lt. Leanne Ferrell fires an M32 semiautomatic grenade launcher May 14 during a live-fire training exercise at the Central Training Area near Camp Hansen. The weapon is a shoulder-fired, semi-automatic, six-shot grenade launcher capable of firing 40 mm grenades. Ferrell is the executive officer of General Support Motor Transport Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Photo by Lance Cpl. Jose D. Lujano
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)
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.
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)