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
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
Wasaku Tatsumichi, right, demonstrates for Pfc. Michael Cancel, left, how to properly plant rice May 4 at Tatsumichi’s rice field in Gotemba, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan. Cancel, along with approximately 20 other Marines assigned to Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, volunteered to help Tatsumichi plant his rice for the spring. The event benefited both Tatsumichi and the Marines because he got his field planted quickly, and the Marines experienced what it is like to be a Japanese rice farmer for the day. Tatsumichi is a member of the Fuji U.S.-Japan Friendship Association and a rice farmer. Cancel is a motor vehicle operator with Headquarters Company, CATC Camp Fuji.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adam B. Miller/Released) - Wasaku Tatsumichi, right, demonstrates for Pfc. Michael Cancel, left, how to properly plant rice May 4 at Tatsumichi’s rice field in Gotemba, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan. Cancel, along with approximately 20 other Marines assigned to Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, volunteered to help Tatsumichi plant his rice for the spring. The event benefited both Tatsumichi and the Marines because he got his field planted quickly, and the Marines experienced what it is like to be a Japanese rice farmer for the day. Tatsumichi is a member of the Fuji U.S.-Japan Friendship Association and a rice farmer. Cancel is a motor vehicle operator with Headquarters Company, CATC Camp Fuji. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adam B. Miller/Released)
Lance Cpl. Bennett M. Russ smashes parts of a building frame, demilitarizing a simulated forward operating base, during a field training exercise May 17 at the Central Training Area near Camp Hansen. Marines conducted the training May 15-17 in preparation for their upcoming deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon C. Suhr - Lance Cpl. Bennett M. Russ smashes parts of a building frame, demilitarizing a simulated forward operating base, during a field training exercise May 17 at the Central Training Area near Camp Hansen. Marines conducted the training May 15-17 in preparation for their upcoming deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon C. Suhr