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Jarell Davis, a senior with Matthew C. Perry High School Samurai basketball team, shoots to score during a game against the Tabuse Agricultural-Technical High School basketball team on Jan. 18, 2015 at the high school gymnasium aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. The Samurai won the game against their Japanese counterparts with a score of 57-29 and continue to dominate this season with an undefeated streak of 11-0. - Jarell Davis, a senior with Matthew C. Perry High School Samurai basketball team, shoots to score during a game against the Tabuse Agricultural-Technical High School basketball team on Jan. 18, 2015 at the high school gymnasium aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. The Samurai won the game against their Japanese counterparts with a score of 57-29 and continue to dominate this season with an undefeated streak of 11-0.

Service members from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, visited Josho Hoikuen in Iwakuni City during a community relations preschool event hosted by the Marine Memorial Chapel, Jan. 13, 2015. Volunteers visited the school to teach the children English to strengthen the bond between the U.S. and Japan. - Service members from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, visited Josho Hoikuen in Iwakuni City during a community relations preschool event hosted by the Marine Memorial Chapel, Jan. 13, 2015. Volunteers visited the school to teach the children English to strengthen the bond between the U.S. and Japan.

Members of the local Iwakuni agricultural and societal cooperative associations pose for a photo with Lt. Col. Mike Carreiro, executive officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, and members of the Matthew C. Perry Elementary School’s faculty and student body during the school’s mikan presentation inside the school’s gymnasium, Jan. 13, 2015, aboard station. The purpose of the event was to strengthen the bond between Iwakuni City residents and M.C. Perry students. Members of the associations presented M.C. Perry Elementary School with 20 boxes of mikans from Suo-Oshima Island. - Members of the local Iwakuni agricultural and societal cooperative associations pose for a photo with Lt. Col. Mike Carreiro, executive officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, and members of the Matthew C. Perry Elementary School’s faculty and student body during the school’s mikan presentation inside the school’s gymnasium, Jan. 13, 2015, aboard station. The purpose of the event was to strengthen the bond between Iwakuni City residents and M.C. Perry students. Members of the associations presented M.C. Perry Elementary School with 20 boxes of mikans from Suo-Oshima Island.

Staff Sgt. John Skehan, family readiness officer for Combat Logistics Company 36 aboard Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan and Lance Cpl. Portee Eljeria, a supply clerk with CLC-36, teach students the English alphabet during a visit to Kinnan Hoikuen in Iwakuni city during a community relations visit, Jan. 9, 2015. Marines from CLC-36 visited the school to teach basic English, interact with the Japanese children and play popular American games. Musical chairs, duck-duck-goose, and rock-paper-scissors are just a few of the playful activities the Marines and children enjoyed together. - Staff Sgt. John Skehan, family readiness officer for Combat Logistics Company 36 aboard Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan and Lance Cpl. Portee Eljeria, a supply clerk with CLC-36, teach students the English alphabet during a visit to Kinnan Hoikuen in Iwakuni city during a community relations visit, Jan. 9, 2015. Marines from CLC-36 visited the school to teach basic English, interact with the Japanese children and play popular American games. Musical chairs, duck-duck-goose, and rock-paper-scissors are just a few of the playful activities the Marines and children enjoyed together.

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force conducted their first flight training of the year aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 7, 2015. The training included: a beginning ceremony, taking flight, amphibious landing and water rescue. - The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force conducted their first flight training of the year aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 7, 2015. The training included: a beginning ceremony, taking flight, amphibious landing and water rescue.

Cpl. Matthew Ahn, left, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, and Cpl. Ruben Salinas, right, resident Marine Air Ground Task Force planner for Marine Aircraft Group 12, walk with their boxes of canned food to the Akebono Orphanage in Nasake Sima, Yamaguti, Japan, Dec. 23, 2014. As a part of giving back to the Japanese locals, MAG-12 Marines collected 777 cans of food from their unit holiday party to distribute to those in need. - Cpl. Matthew Ahn, left, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, and Cpl. Ruben Salinas, right, resident Marine Air Ground Task Force planner for Marine Aircraft Group 12, walk with their boxes of canned food to the Akebono Orphanage in Nasake Sima, Yamaguti, Japan, Dec. 23, 2014. As a part of giving back to the Japanese locals, MAG-12 Marines collected 777 cans of food from their unit holiday party to distribute to those in need.