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CAMP SCHWAB, OKINAWA, Japan – Okinawa residents play on a Combat Rubber Raiding Craft static display during an open-gate festival at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 7, 2021. The festival was the first open-gate event hosted on Marine Corps installations in Okinawa in over a year due to COVID-19. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Matthew Manning)

CAMP SCHWAB, OKINAWA, Japan – Okinawa residents play on a Combat Rubber Raiding Craft static display during an open-gate festival at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 7, 2021. The festival was the first open-gate event hosted on Marine Corps installations in Okinawa in over a year due to COVID-19. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Matthew Manning)

Photo by Matthew Manning

Fuji Friendship Festival attendees enjoy live entertainment during the Halloween-themed event, Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan, Oct. 31, 2021. Festival attendees were able to view static displays, listen to live entertainment, and interact with U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Katie Gray)

Fuji Friendship Festival attendees enjoy live entertainment during the Halloween-themed event, Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan, Oct. 31, 2021. Festival attendees were able to view static displays, listen to live entertainment, and interact with U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Katie Gray)

Photo by Katie Gray

Festival attendees take photos with other costumed attendees at the Fuji Friendship Festival, Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan, Oct. 31, 2021. Festival attendees were able to view static displays, listen to live entertainment, and interact with U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Katie Gray)

Festival attendees take photos with other costumed attendees at the Fuji Friendship Festival, Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan, Oct. 31, 2021. Festival attendees were able to view static displays, listen to live entertainment, and interact with U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Katie Gray)

Photo by Katie Gray

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Robert Bodisch, installation commanding officer, gives his opening remarks at the Fuji Friendship Festival, Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan, Oct. 31, 2021. Festival attendees were able to view static displays, listen to live entertainment, and interact with U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Katie Gray)

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Robert Bodisch, installation commanding officer, gives his opening remarks at the Fuji Friendship Festival, Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan, Oct. 31, 2021. Festival attendees were able to view static displays, listen to live entertainment, and interact with U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Katie Gray)

Photo by Katie Gray

The Commandant of the Marine Corps approved changes to the Marine Corps policy regulating tattoos. Key policy changes can be found in Marine Corps Bulletin 1020, uploaded here: https://www.marines.mil/Portals/1/Publications/MCBUL%201020%20DTD%2029OCT21%20(TATTOO%20POLICY).pdf?ver=bPNiDV5I4_3d9l39tJSMOg%3d%3d&linkId=100000079919803

The Commandant of the Marine Corps approved changes to the Marine Corps policy regulating tattoos. Key policy changes can be found in Marine Corps Bulletin 1020, uploaded here: https://www.marines.mil/Portals/1/Publications/MCBUL%201020%20DTD%2029OCT21%20(TATTOO%20POLICY).pdf?ver=bPNiDV5I4_3d9l39tJSMOg%3d%3d&linkId=100000079919803

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U.S. Marines with Security Guard Force, Camp Courtney, inspect an oncoming vehicle during Operation Constant Vigilance on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 19, 2021. After a visual confirmation of a simulated vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, SGF and Explosive Ordnance Disposal, with Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, conducted response measures to include detainee handling, EOD robotics techniques, and vehicle inspection procedures. Constant Vigilance is an island-wide force protection condition evaluation and crisis response to validate regional, installation, camp, and tenant antiterrorism and mission assurance plans and policies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild)

U.S. Marines with Security Guard Force, Camp Courtney, inspect an oncoming vehicle during Operation Constant Vigilance on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 19, 2021. After a visual confirmation of a simulated vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, SGF and Explosive Ordnance Disposal, with Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, conducted response measures to include detainee handling, EOD robotics techniques, and vehicle inspection procedures. Constant Vigilance is an island-wide force protection condition evaluation and crisis response to validate regional, installation, camp, and tenant antiterrorism and mission assurance plans and policies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild

U.S. Marines and locals with Marine Corps Installations Pacific load victims into a Marine Corps UH-1Y Huey with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 for a medical evacuation following a simulated missile strike for Exercise Constant Vigilance on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 21, 2021. Following a simulated missile strike, Marines with MCIPAC and local emergency services conducted tactical casualty care and medical evacuation procedures, chemical radiological and nuclear containment efforts, and air transportation to simulate an emergency environment and practice response measures. Constant Vigilance is an island-wide force protection condition evaluation and crisis response to validate regional, installation, camp, and tenant anti-terrorism and mission assurance plans and policies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary Larsen)

U.S. Marines and locals with Marine Corps Installations Pacific load victims into a Marine Corps UH-1Y Huey with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 for a medical evacuation following a simulated missile strike for Exercise Constant Vigilance on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 21, 2021. Following a simulated missile strike, Marines with MCIPAC and local emergency services conducted tactical casualty care and medical evacuation procedures, chemical radiological and nuclear containment efforts, and air transportation to simulate an emergency environment and practice response measures. Constant Vigilance is an island-wide force protection condition evaluation and crisis response to validate regional, installation, camp, and tenant anti-terrorism and mission assurance plans and policies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary Larsen)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary Larsen

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Adam Montez, a desk sergeant with Provost Marshal’s Office, Camp Schwab, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, aims his notional weapon during a simulated missile strike for Exercise Constant Vigilance on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 21, 2021. Following a simulated missile strike, Marines with MCIPAC and local emergency services conducted tactical casualty care and medical evacuation procedures, chemical radiological and nuclear containment efforts, and air transportation to simulate an emergency environment and practice response measures. Constant Vigilance is an island-wide force protection condition evaluation and crisis response to validate regional, installation, camp, and tenant anti-terrorism and mission assurance plans and policies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary Larsen)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Adam Montez, a desk sergeant with Provost Marshal’s Office, Camp Schwab, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, aims his notional weapon during a simulated missile strike for Exercise Constant Vigilance on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 21, 2021. Following a simulated missile strike, Marines with MCIPAC and local emergency services conducted tactical casualty care and medical evacuation procedures, chemical radiological and nuclear containment efforts, and air transportation to simulate an emergency environment and practice response measures. Constant Vigilance is an island-wide force protection condition evaluation and crisis response to validate regional, installation, camp, and tenant anti-terrorism and mission assurance plans and policies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary Larsen)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary Larsen

A Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle, controlled by a tablet-based interface, visually inspects a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device during Operation Constant Vigilance on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 19, 2021. After a visual confirmation of a simulated vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, Security Guard Force, Camp Courtney, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, conducted response measures to include detainee handling, EOD robotics techniques, and vehicle inspection procedures. Constant Vigilance is an island-wide force protection condition evaluation and crisis response to validate regional, installation, camp, and tenant antiterrorism and mission assurance plans and policies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild)

A Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle, controlled by a tablet-based interface, visually inspects a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device during Operation Constant Vigilance on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 19, 2021. After a visual confirmation of a simulated vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, Security Guard Force, Camp Courtney, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, conducted response measures to include detainee handling, EOD robotics techniques, and vehicle inspection procedures. Constant Vigilance is an island-wide force protection condition evaluation and crisis response to validate regional, installation, camp, and tenant antiterrorism and mission assurance plans and policies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. James Langford, an inventory management specialist with Security Guard Force, Camp Courtney, establishes radio communication with Marine Corps Base Camp Butler Explosive Ordnance Disposal during Operation Constant Vigilance on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 19, 2021. After a visual confirmation of a simulated vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, SGF and Explosive Ordnance Disposal, with Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, conducted response measures to include detainee handling, EOD robotics techniques, and vehicle inspection procedures. Constant Vigilance is an island-wide force protection condition evaluation and crisis response to validate regional, installation, camp, and tenant antiterrorism and mission assurance plans and policies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. James Langford, an inventory management specialist with Security Guard Force, Camp Courtney, establishes radio communication with Marine Corps Base Camp Butler Explosive Ordnance Disposal during Operation Constant Vigilance on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 19, 2021. After a visual confirmation of a simulated vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, SGF and Explosive Ordnance Disposal, with Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, conducted response measures to include detainee handling, EOD robotics techniques, and vehicle inspection procedures. Constant Vigilance is an island-wide force protection condition evaluation and crisis response to validate regional, installation, camp, and tenant antiterrorism and mission assurance plans and policies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Matthew Niño, a barracks manager with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, participates in a soccer game on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 14, 2021. As a barracks manager, Niño is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of his barracks, and directly supports unit morale and cohesion through the constant improvements and renovations he oversees for the barracks. Niño is a native of McAllen, Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ricardo Deseanogomez)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Matthew Niño, a barracks manager with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, participates in a soccer game on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 14, 2021. As a barracks manager, Niño is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of his barracks, and directly supports unit morale and cohesion through the constant improvements and renovations he oversees for the barracks. Niño is a native of McAllen, Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ricardo Deseanogomez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ricardo Deseanogomez

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Matthew Niño, a barracks manager with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, poses for an environmental portrait at Company B barracks on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 14, 2021. As a barracks manager, Niño is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of his barracks, and directly supports unit morale and cohesion through the constant improvements and renovations he oversees for the barracks. Niño is a native of McAllen, Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ricardo Deseanogomez)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Matthew Niño, a barracks manager with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, poses for an environmental portrait at Company B barracks on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 14, 2021. As a barracks manager, Niño is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of his barracks, and directly supports unit morale and cohesion through the constant improvements and renovations he oversees for the barracks. Niño is a native of McAllen, Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ricardo Deseanogomez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ricardo Deseanogomez

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Matthew Niño, a barracks manager with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, performs maintenance checks on barracks rooms with Nakasone Moriaki, a Master Labor Contractor with General Facilities, MCIPAC, at Company B barracks on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 14, 2021. As a barracks manager, Niño is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of his barracks, and directly supports unit morale and cohesion through the constant improvements and renovations he oversees for the barracks. Niño is a native of McAllen, Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ricardo Deseanogomez)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Matthew Niño, a barracks manager with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, performs maintenance checks on barracks rooms with Nakasone Moriaki, a Master Labor Contractor with General Facilities, MCIPAC, at Company B barracks on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 14, 2021. As a barracks manager, Niño is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of his barracks, and directly supports unit morale and cohesion through the constant improvements and renovations he oversees for the barracks. Niño is a native of McAllen, Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ricardo Deseanogomez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ricardo Deseanogomez

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Matthew Niño, a barracks manager with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, checks maintenance schedules at Company B barracks on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 14, 2021. As a barracks manager, Niño is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of his barracks, and directly supports unit morale and cohesion through the constant improvements and renovations he oversees for the barracks. Niño is a native of McAllen, Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ricardo Deseanogomez)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Matthew Niño, a barracks manager with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, checks maintenance schedules at Company B barracks on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 14, 2021. As a barracks manager, Niño is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of his barracks, and directly supports unit morale and cohesion through the constant improvements and renovations he oversees for the barracks. Niño is a native of McAllen, Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ricardo Deseanogomez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ricardo Deseanogomez

A U.S. Marine shoots down range at his target during the new Annual Rifle Qualification (ARQ) on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 5, 2021. The ARQ is a three-day, combat-centric course of fire that tests Marines’ marksmanship skills in a dynamic-shooting environment. Shooters utilize artificial support, engage moving targets as well as engage targets while on the move. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Karis Mattingly)

A U.S. Marine shoots down range at his target during the new Annual Rifle Qualification (ARQ) on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 5, 2021. The ARQ is a three-day, combat-centric course of fire that tests Marines’ marksmanship skills in a dynamic-shooting environment. Shooters utilize artificial support, engage moving targets as well as engage targets while on the move. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Karis Mattingly)

Photo by Cpl. Karis Mattingly

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Shelby Karr, a combat graphics specialist with Communication Strategy and Operations, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, prepares to load ammunition into a magazine prior to shooting the new Annual Rifle Qualification (ARQ) on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 5, 2021. The ARQ is a three-day, combat-centric course of fire that tests Marines’ marksmanship skills in a dynamic-shooting environment. Shooters utilize artificial support, engage moving targets as well as engage targets while on the move. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Karis Mattingly)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Shelby Karr, a combat graphics specialist with Communication Strategy and Operations, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, prepares to load ammunition into a magazine prior to shooting the new Annual Rifle Qualification (ARQ) on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 5, 2021. The ARQ is a three-day, combat-centric course of fire that tests Marines’ marksmanship skills in a dynamic-shooting environment. Shooters utilize artificial support, engage moving targets as well as engage targets while on the move. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Karis Mattingly)

Photo by Cpl. Karis Mattingly

Ayano Kaneshima, a staff member with Rainbow Heights Single Mothers Shelter, looks at children clothes donated to the shelter by U.S. Navy sailors and Marines from Camp Courtney, in Okinawa City, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 4, 2021. Rainbow Heights Single Mothers Shelter is an Okinawa City mother and child-life support facility, and an emergency shelter for mothers and their children. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Faith Rose)

Ayano Kaneshima, a staff member with Rainbow Heights Single Mothers Shelter, looks at children clothes donated to the shelter by U.S. Navy sailors and Marines from Camp Courtney, in Okinawa City, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 4, 2021. Rainbow Heights Single Mothers Shelter is an Okinawa City mother and child-life support facility, and an emergency shelter for mothers and their children. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Faith Rose)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Faith Rose

U.S. Navy sailors and staff members with Rainbow Heights pose for group photo at the Rainbow Heights Single Mothers Shelter in Okinawa City, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 4, 2021. Rainbow Heights Single Mothers Shelter is an Okinawa City mother and child-life support facility, and an emergency shelter for mothers and their children. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Faith Rose)

U.S. Navy sailors and staff members with Rainbow Heights pose for group photo at the Rainbow Heights Single Mothers Shelter in Okinawa City, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 4, 2021. Rainbow Heights Single Mothers Shelter is an Okinawa City mother and child-life support facility, and an emergency shelter for mothers and their children. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Faith Rose)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Faith Rose

Ichiro Umehara, left, a community relations specialist for Camp Courtney, helps unpack donated clothes with U.S. Navy Lt. Youree Posey, chaplain for Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, at the Rainbow Heights Single Mothers Shelter in Okinawa City, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 4, 2021. Rainbow Heights Single Mothers Shelter is an Okinawa City mother and child-life support facility, and an emergency shelter for mothers and their children. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Faith Rose)

Ichiro Umehara, left, a community relations specialist for Camp Courtney, helps unpack donated clothes with U.S. Navy Lt. Youree Posey, chaplain for Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, at the Rainbow Heights Single Mothers Shelter in Okinawa City, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 4, 2021. Rainbow Heights Single Mothers Shelter is an Okinawa City mother and child-life support facility, and an emergency shelter for mothers and their children. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Faith Rose)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Faith Rose

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Rendy Catete, the training noncommissioned officer in charge with the Environmental Support Team, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, conducts an environmental safety audit on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Sep. 28, 2021. Catete was originally born in the U.S. and moved to Monterrey, Mexico, with his family where he lived for the first three years of his life. His parents, seeking better paying jobs and higher education for their four children, immigrated to Dallas, Texas, and began their family’s journey to citizenship. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Rendy Catete, the training noncommissioned officer in charge with the Environmental Support Team, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, conducts an environmental safety audit on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Sep. 28, 2021. Catete was originally born in the U.S. and moved to Monterrey, Mexico, with his family where he lived for the first three years of his life. His parents, seeking better paying jobs and higher education for their four children, immigrated to Dallas, Texas, and began their family’s journey to citizenship. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild

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