Marine Corps Community Services hosted the 2014 Summer Music Festival at Penny Lake fields aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 6. Attractions ranged from free food, live performances, a kid’s play land, and a feature performance from country music song writers Annie Bosko and Danny Myrick. - Marine Corps Community Services hosted the 2014 Summer Music Festival at Penny Lake fields aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 6. Attractions ranged from free food, live performances, a kid’s play land, and a feature performance from country music song writers Annie Bosko and Danny Myrick.

Pfc. Brandon Messina, a volunteer from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, carries a bag of trash past a “no littering” sign during a river cleanup, sponsored by the Single Marine Program, in Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, Sept. 5, 2014. This was the first cleanup the SMP conducted in Hiroshima recently. - Pfc. Brandon Messina, a volunteer from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, carries a bag of trash past a “no littering” sign during a river cleanup, sponsored by the Single Marine Program, in Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, Sept. 5, 2014. This was the first cleanup the SMP conducted in Hiroshima recently.

Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, and Japanese locals clean up damage done by Typhoon Halong behind a residence in Sunayamacho, Iwakuni, August 14, 2014. More than 30 service members volunteered to help out the local community clean up the typhoon damage. - Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, and Japanese locals clean up damage done by Typhoon Halong behind a residence in Sunayamacho, Iwakuni, August 14, 2014. More than 30 service members volunteered to help out the local community clean up the typhoon damage.

Master Sgt. Hideyuki Watabe, an infantryman with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force’s 13th Brigade, 46th Regiment, left, explains aspects of JGSDF training to Sgt. Giancarlo Maragni, a Corporals Couse instructor from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, during an English seminar aboard JGSDF Base Kaita in Hiroshima, August 8, 2014. The purpose behind the tour was to provide Marines the opportunity to visit and experience the Japanese military lifestyle and training requisites. - Master Sgt. Hideyuki Watabe, an infantryman with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force’s 13th Brigade, 46th Regiment, left, explains aspects of JGSDF training to Sgt. Giancarlo Maragni, a Corporals Couse instructor from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, during an English seminar aboard JGSDF Base Kaita in Hiroshima, August 8, 2014. The purpose behind the tour was to provide Marines the opportunity to visit and experience the Japanese military lifestyle and training requisites.

Participants of the Southern California Seahorse Soccer Club soccer camp take part in a scrimmage at Penny Lake fields aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, July 24, 2014. The soccer camp was hosted by the Seahorses in association with Marine Corps Community Services to provide Iwakuni youth the opportunity to improve their soccer skills. - Participants of the Southern California Seahorse Soccer Club soccer camp take part in a scrimmage at Penny Lake fields aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, July 24, 2014. The soccer camp was hosted by the Seahorses in association with Marine Corps Community Services to provide Iwakuni youth the opportunity to improve their soccer skills.

From left to right, Lance Cpl. Jorge Meza, Lance Cpl. Shaqueal Coote, and Pfc. Kervens Beauplan recite the Oath of Allegiance aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, July 17, 2014. Before the oath, the Marines were interviewed about U. S. history by Walter Haith, the field office director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Attaché, Republic of Korea and Japan. - From left to right, Lance Cpl. Jorge Meza, Lance Cpl. Shaqueal Coote, and Pfc. Kervens Beauplan recite the Oath of Allegiance aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, July 17, 2014. Before the oath, the Marines were interviewed about U. S. history by Walter Haith, the field office director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Attaché, Republic of Korea and Japan.