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Department representatives, U.S. officials and retirees pose for a picture after the retirement ceremony at the Landing Zone inside Club Iwakuni aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 25, 2014. This ceremony is held annually to honor all of the Japanese contractors retiring within the year and to show the station’s appreciation for their faithful service. - Department representatives, U.S. officials and retirees pose for a picture after the retirement ceremony at the Landing Zone inside Club Iwakuni aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 25, 2014. This ceremony is held annually to honor all of the Japanese contractors retiring within the year and to show the station’s appreciation for their faithful service.

Representatives from Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and Marine Aerial Transport Refueler Squadron 152 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, report to the mayor of Iwakuni at city hall June 3, 2015, after receiving awards from the Japan Good Deeds Association during their 65th Spring Commendation Ceremony in May. H&HS and VMGR-152 received the awards for assisting the local community whose homes were affected by a mudslide in August 2014. - Representatives from Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and Marine Aerial Transport Refueler Squadron 152 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, report to the mayor of Iwakuni at city hall June 3, 2015, after receiving awards from the Japan Good Deeds Association during their 65th Spring Commendation Ceremony in May. H&HS and VMGR-152 received the awards for assisting the local community whose homes were affected by a mudslide in August 2014.

Representatives from a variety of groups or organizations check in at the Japan Good Deeds Association’s 65th Spring Commendation Ceremony at the Meiji Jingu Gathering Hall in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2015. The Good Deeds Association is an organization that recognizes people or groups for they’re good conduct in support of the Japanese community. The association recognized service members with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and Marine Aerial Transport Refueler Squadron 152 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, for their assistance with the Iwakuni City Volunteer Council in August 2014, after a mudslide caused by Typhoon Halong. - Representatives from a variety of groups or organizations check in at the Japan Good Deeds Association’s 65th Spring Commendation Ceremony at the Meiji Jingu Gathering Hall in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2015. The Good Deeds Association is an organization that recognizes people or groups for they’re good conduct in support of the Japanese community. The association recognized service members with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and Marine Aerial Transport Refueler Squadron 152 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, for their assistance with the Iwakuni City Volunteer Council in August 2014, after a mudslide caused by Typhoon Halong.

Navy Lt. Nathan Hemerly, a family medicine doctor at the Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic, and Akehiko Date, chairmen at the General Incorporated Association Iwakuni City Sports Association, pose for a picture after Date presented Hemerly with a certificate of appreciation at the City Hall in Iwakuni City, Japan, May 12, 2015. After participating in the 9th annual Kintaikyo Road Race in Iwakuni City, Hemerly performed CPR, with the help of a local Japanese nurse, on another run participant who fell and became unconscious during the race. “I was just doing what I thought was the right thing to do, I wasn’t looking for any attention,” said Hemerly. - Navy Lt. Nathan Hemerly, a family medicine doctor at the Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic, and Akehiko Date, chairmen at the General Incorporated Association Iwakuni City Sports Association, pose for a picture after Date presented Hemerly with a certificate of appreciation at the City Hall in Iwakuni City, Japan, May 12, 2015. After participating in the 9th annual Kintaikyo Road Race in Iwakuni City, Hemerly performed CPR, with the help of a local Japanese nurse, on another run participant who fell and became unconscious during the race. “I was just doing what I thought was the right thing to do, I wasn’t looking for any attention,” said Hemerly.

Nurses from Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic, Iwakuni Clinical Care, JA Hiroshima General Hospital and Medical Hospital Iwakuni Byoin pose for a picture during a Nurse’s Week dinner social at the Club Iwakuni Ballroom aboard MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, May 11, 2015. Branch Health Clinic celebrated Nurse’s Week for the first time, May 6-13, aboard station. Throughout the week, nurses from BHC came together for a series of events to celebrate a week that recognizes the importance and hard work that they do. - Nurses from Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic, Iwakuni Clinical Care, JA Hiroshima General Hospital and Medical Hospital Iwakuni Byoin pose for a picture during a Nurse’s Week dinner social at the Club Iwakuni Ballroom aboard MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, May 11, 2015. Branch Health Clinic celebrated Nurse’s Week for the first time, May 6-13, aboard station. Throughout the week, nurses from BHC came together for a series of events to celebrate a week that recognizes the importance and hard work that they do.

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, residents pick green tea leaves during a Cultural Adaption Program tea harvesting event in Iwakuni City, May 7, 2015. During the visit to Hirose-Iwakuni High School, students, guests and even elders from a local nursing home picked 37 pounds of green tea leaves that will be fanned, steamed cooled, pressed, rolled and dried for everyone’s enjoyment. - Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, residents pick green tea leaves during a Cultural Adaption Program tea harvesting event in Iwakuni City, May 7, 2015. During the visit to Hirose-Iwakuni High School, students, guests and even elders from a local nursing home picked 37 pounds of green tea leaves that will be fanned, steamed cooled, pressed, rolled and dried for everyone’s enjoyment.