Cpl. Devin T. Kelly pulls the lanyard to fire the M777A2 howitzer during the live-fire portion of the Fuji Combined Arms Operation at the Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Jan. 18. The Marines fired hundreds of rounds during the three-day operation. Kelly is an artilleryman with Golf Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Cpl. Devin T. Kelly pulls the lanyard to fire the M777A2 howitzer during the live-fire portion of the Fuji Combined Arms Operation at the Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Jan. 18. The Marines fired hundreds of rounds during the three-day operation. Kelly is an artilleryman with Golf Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.
Members of the Singapore Armed Forces Naval Diving Unit operate a diver-propulsion device in a training pool on Sembawang Camp in the Republic of Singapore Jan. 12. Marines with Company A, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, brought the devices to the Republic of Singapore to support Exercise Sandfisher a bilateral training exercise conducted to increase interoperability. 3rd Recon Bn. is part of 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Members of the Singapore Armed Forces Naval Diving Unit operate a diver-propulsion device in a training pool on Sembawang Camp in the Republic of Singapore Jan. 12. Marines with Company A, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, brought the devices to the Republic of Singapore to support Exercise Sandfisher a bilateral training exercise conducted to increase interoperability. 3rd Recon Bn. is part of 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.
Ron Maines, a former Marine captain, shares stories about his experience in Vietnam with staff noncommissioned officers and officers from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Jan. 20. Maines came to Okinawa to visit his son, Navy Lt. Mark Maines, and found four CH-46E helicopters that he flew during Vietnam. Mark T. Maines is the base chaplain for Marine Corps Base Camp Kinser. - Ron Maines, a former Marine captain, shares stories about his experience in Vietnam with staff noncommissioned officers and officers from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Jan. 20. Maines came to Okinawa to visit his son, Navy Lt. Mark Maines, and found four CH-46E helicopters that he flew during Vietnam. Mark T. Maines is the base chaplain for Marine Corps Base Camp Kinser.
Maj. Patrick Nelson, who was a foreign area officer in Manila, Republic of the Philippines, speaks to Communications Company Marines regarding different aspects of Filipino culture in preparation for upcoming exercises at the Camp Courtney theater Jan. 12. The company is part of Headquarters Bn., 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Maj. Patrick Nelson, who was a foreign area officer in Manila, Republic of the Philippines, speaks to Communications Company Marines regarding different aspects of Filipino culture in preparation for upcoming exercises at the Camp Courtney theater Jan. 12. The company is part of Headquarters Bn., 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.
Dr. Robert D. Eldridge talks with children during a dinner party designed to reunite Homestay Program participants. The Homestay Program provided temporary relaxation for children affected by the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami and was symbolic of the affection and friendship between the people of Japan and the United States. Eldridge is the deputy assistant chief of staff, G-7 community policy, planning and liaison office, Marine Corps Installations Pacific. - Dr. Robert D. Eldridge talks with children during a dinner party designed to reunite Homestay Program participants. The Homestay Program provided temporary relaxation for children affected by the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami and was symbolic of the affection and friendship between the people of Japan and the United States. Eldridge is the deputy assistant chief of staff, G-7 community policy, planning and liaison office, Marine Corps Installations Pacific.
A rescue craft rushes toward members of its team as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter regains altitude and exits the area after members of Singapore Armed Forces Naval Diving Unit leapt out of the aircraft during helocast training off the coast of Singapore Jan. 12. Marines with Company A, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, III Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, conducted the bilateral helocast training alongside their Singaporean counterparts during Exercise Sandfisher. - A rescue craft rushes toward members of its team as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter regains altitude and exits the area after members of Singapore Armed Forces Naval Diving Unit leapt out of the aircraft during helocast training off the coast of Singapore Jan. 12. Marines with Company A, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, III Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, conducted the bilateral helocast training alongside their Singaporean counterparts during Exercise Sandfisher.
Hironobu Sugawara, a member of Kesennuma City and head of the delegation for the Homestay Program, explains to Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. how the March 11, 2011 disaster affected Oshima Island and what Marines and sailors did to support the residents of the island during a two-day visit Jan. 12-13. Nearly 30 members of the III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific team visited the Sendai International Airport and Oshima Island to allow key leadership the opportunity to meet with their Japanese counterparts and to review community recovery progress since the devastating earthquake and tsunami struck the main island of Honshu. Glueck is the commanding general of III MEF. - Hironobu Sugawara, a member of Kesennuma City and head of the delegation for the Homestay Program, explains to Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. how the March 11, 2011 disaster affected Oshima Island and what Marines and sailors did to support the residents of the island during a two-day visit Jan. 12-13. Nearly 30 members of the III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific team visited the Sendai International Airport and Oshima Island to allow key leadership the opportunity to meet with their Japanese counterparts and to review community recovery progress since the devastating earthquake and tsunami struck the main island of Honshu. Glueck is the commanding general of III MEF.
Navy Cmdr. Edward A. Reedy, the staff pathologist and the director of clinical support services at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, prepares to work on human tissue samples by putting on protective clothing here Jan. 13. Reedy is one of two armed forces medical examiners outside of the United States whose jurisdiction covers the Western Pacific including Hawaii, Republic of Korea, Japan and the Republic of the Philippines. - Navy Cmdr. Edward A. Reedy, the staff pathologist and the director of clinical support services at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, prepares to work on human tissue samples by putting on protective clothing here Jan. 13. Reedy is one of two armed forces medical examiners outside of the United States whose jurisdiction covers the Western Pacific including Hawaii, Republic of Korea, Japan and the Republic of the Philippines.