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(From right to left) U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Elisha Keller, training officer with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 242, explains air support operations to Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Mitsuhiko Nakadai, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Capt. Atsushi Tanaka, Japan Air Self-Defense Force Lt. Col Kiyoshi Oda and JMSDF Capt. Madoka Sato, instructors from the Japanese Joint Staff College, instructors from the Japanese Joint Staff College, during their visit to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 9, 2016. The Japanese Joint Staff College instructors visited MCAS Iwakuni to learn about Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin/Released)

(From right to left) U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Elisha Keller, training officer with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 242, explains air support operations to Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Mitsuhiko Nakadai, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Capt. Atsushi Tanaka, Japan Air Self-Defense Force Lt. Col Kiyoshi Oda and JMSDF Capt. Madoka Sato, instructors from the Japanese Joint Staff College, instructors from the Japanese Joint Staff College, during their visit to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 9, 2016. The Japanese Joint Staff College instructors visited MCAS Iwakuni to learn about Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Elisha Keller, training officer with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 242, explains air support operations to Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Mitsuhiko Nakadai and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Capt. Atsushi Tanaka, instructors from the Japanese Joint Staff College, during their visit to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 9, 2016. The Japanese Joint Staff College instructors visited MCAS Iwakuni to learn about Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Elisha Keller, training officer with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 242, explains air support operations to Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Mitsuhiko Nakadai and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Capt. Atsushi Tanaka, instructors from the Japanese Joint Staff College, during their visit to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 9, 2016. The Japanese Joint Staff College instructors visited MCAS Iwakuni to learn about Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Cmdr. Hiroko Takigawa (left) and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Mitsuhiko Nakadai, instructors from the Japanese Joint Staff College, participate in the welcome aboard brief during their visit to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 9, 2016. The Japanese Joint Staff College instructors visited MCAS Iwakuni to learn about and Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin/Released)

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Cmdr. Hiroko Takigawa (left) and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Mitsuhiko Nakadai, instructors from the Japanese Joint Staff College, participate in the welcome aboard brief during their visit to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 9, 2016. The Japanese Joint Staff College instructors visited MCAS Iwakuni to learn about and Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. William Millet, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 12 operations officer, shows instructors from the Japanese Joint Staff College the Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 242, F/A-18 aprons at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 9, 2016. The Japanese Joint Staff College instructors visited MCAS Iwakuni to learn about Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. William Millet, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 12 operations officer, shows instructors from the Japanese Joint Staff College the Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 242, F/A-18 aprons at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 9, 2016. The Japanese Joint Staff College instructors visited MCAS Iwakuni to learn about Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Gary W. Thomason, exeutive officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, discusses military operations with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Mitsuhiko Nakadai, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Capt. Atsushi Tanaka, JMSDF Capt. Madoka Sato and JMSDF Cmdr. Hiroko Takigawa, instructors from the Japanese Joint Staff College, during their visit to the air station in Iwakuni, Japan, May 9, 2016. The Japanese Joint Staff College instructors visited MCAS Iwakuni to learn about Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Gary W. Thomason, exeutive officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, discusses military operations with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Mitsuhiko Nakadai, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Capt. Atsushi Tanaka, JMSDF Capt. Madoka Sato and JMSDF Cmdr. Hiroko Takigawa, instructors from the Japanese Joint Staff College, during their visit to the air station in Iwakuni, Japan, May 9, 2016. The Japanese Joint Staff College instructors visited MCAS Iwakuni to learn about Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. William Millet, Marine Air Group (MAG) 12 operations officer, shows instructors from the Japanese Joint Staff College the Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 242 briefing room at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 9, 2016. The Japanese Staff College instructors visited MCAS Iwakuni to learn about Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. William Millet, Marine Air Group (MAG) 12 operations officer, shows instructors from the Japanese Joint Staff College the Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 242 briefing room at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 9, 2016. The Japanese Staff College instructors visited MCAS Iwakuni to learn about Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin

Sgt. Avelinobong Quero, fixed-wing aircraft mechanic with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224, works on an F/A-18D Hornet at Chitose Air Base apron in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 13, 2016. VMFA (AW)-224, homebased at MCAS Beaufort, S.C., is temporarily based in Iwakuni on a unit deployment program and deployed to Northern Japan to participate in the Chitose Aviation Training Relocation Exercise Jan. 12-22. During the exercise, the squadron conducted dissimilar air combat training with and against the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to further support combined interoperability and Pacific theater security cooperation.

Sgt. Avelinobong Quero, fixed-wing aircraft mechanic with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224, works on an F/A-18D Hornet at Chitose Air Base apron in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 13, 2016. VMFA (AW)-224, homebased at MCAS Beaufort, S.C., is temporarily based in Iwakuni on a unit deployment program and deployed to Northern Japan to participate in the Chitose Aviation Training Relocation Exercise Jan. 12-22. During the exercise, the squadron conducted dissimilar air combat training with and against the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to further support combined interoperability and Pacific theater security cooperation.

Photo by Cpl. Jessica Quezada

A Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224 F/A-18D Hornet parks at the Chitose Air Base apron in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 13, 2016. VMFA (AW)-224, homebased at MCAS Beaufort, S.C., is temporarily based in Iwakuni on a unit deployment program and deployed to Northern Japan to participate in the Chitose Aviation Training Relocation Exercise Jan. 12-22. During the exercise, the squadron conducted dissimilar air combat training with and against the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to further support combined interoperability and Pacific theater security cooperation.

A Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224 F/A-18D Hornet parks at the Chitose Air Base apron in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 13, 2016. VMFA (AW)-224, homebased at MCAS Beaufort, S.C., is temporarily based in Iwakuni on a unit deployment program and deployed to Northern Japan to participate in the Chitose Aviation Training Relocation Exercise Jan. 12-22. During the exercise, the squadron conducted dissimilar air combat training with and against the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to further support combined interoperability and Pacific theater security cooperation.

Photo by Cpl. Jessica Quezada

Lance Cpl. Dylan Ahearn, a fixed-wing aviation safety equipment mechanic with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224, carries a toolbox at Chitose Air Base apron in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 13, 2016. VMFA (AW)-224, homebased at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., is temporarily based in Iwakuni on a unit deployment program and deployed to Northern Japan to participate in the Chitose Aviation Training Relocation Exercise Jan. 12-22. During the exercise, the squadron conducted dissimilar air combat training with and against the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to further support combined interoperability and Pacific theater security cooperation.

Lance Cpl. Dylan Ahearn, a fixed-wing aviation safety equipment mechanic with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224, carries a toolbox at Chitose Air Base apron in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 13, 2016. VMFA (AW)-224, homebased at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., is temporarily based in Iwakuni on a unit deployment program and deployed to Northern Japan to participate in the Chitose Aviation Training Relocation Exercise Jan. 12-22. During the exercise, the squadron conducted dissimilar air combat training with and against the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to further support combined interoperability and Pacific theater security cooperation.

Photo by Cpl. Jessica Quezada

Sgt. Leonard Archuleta, an avionics collateral duty quality assurance representative, right, and Lance Cpl. Sean Stiles, an avionics technician, left, with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224 work on an F/A-18D Hornet at Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 14, 2016. VMFA (AW)-224, homebased at MCAS Beaufort, S.C., is temporarily based in Iwakuni on a unit deployment program and deployed to Northern Japan to participate in the Chitose Aviation Training Relocation Exercise Jan. 12-22. During the exercise, the squadron conducted dissimilar air combat training with and against the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to further support combined interoperability and Pacific theater security cooperation.

Sgt. Leonard Archuleta, an avionics collateral duty quality assurance representative, right, and Lance Cpl. Sean Stiles, an avionics technician, left, with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224 work on an F/A-18D Hornet at Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 14, 2016. VMFA (AW)-224, homebased at MCAS Beaufort, S.C., is temporarily based in Iwakuni on a unit deployment program and deployed to Northern Japan to participate in the Chitose Aviation Training Relocation Exercise Jan. 12-22. During the exercise, the squadron conducted dissimilar air combat training with and against the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to further support combined interoperability and Pacific theater security cooperation.

Photo by Cpl. Jessica Quezada

Maintainers with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224 prepare F/A-18D Hornets to take off at Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 14, 2016. VMFA (AW)-224, homebased at MCAS Beaufort, S.C., is temporarily based in Iwakuni on a unit deployment program and deployed to Northern Japan to participate in the Chitose Aviation Training Relocation Exercise Jan. 12-22. During the exercise, the squadron conducted dissimilar air combat training with and against the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to further support combined interoperability and Pacific theater security cooperation.

Maintainers with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224 prepare F/A-18D Hornets to take off at Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 14, 2016. VMFA (AW)-224, homebased at MCAS Beaufort, S.C., is temporarily based in Iwakuni on a unit deployment program and deployed to Northern Japan to participate in the Chitose Aviation Training Relocation Exercise Jan. 12-22. During the exercise, the squadron conducted dissimilar air combat training with and against the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to further support combined interoperability and Pacific theater security cooperation.

Photo by Cpl. Jessica Quezada

A maintainer with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224 salutes the pilots inside an F/A-18D Hornet before taking off at Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 14, 2016. VMFA (AW)-224, homebased at MCAS Beaufort, S.C., is temporarily based in Iwakuni on a unit deployment program and deployed to Northern Japan to participate in the Chitose Aviation Training Relocation Exercise Jan. 12-22. During the exercise, the squadron conducted dissimilar air combat training with and against the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to further support combined interoperability and Pacific theater security cooperation.

A maintainer with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224 salutes the pilots inside an F/A-18D Hornet before taking off at Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 14, 2016. VMFA (AW)-224, homebased at MCAS Beaufort, S.C., is temporarily based in Iwakuni on a unit deployment program and deployed to Northern Japan to participate in the Chitose Aviation Training Relocation Exercise Jan. 12-22. During the exercise, the squadron conducted dissimilar air combat training with and against the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to further support combined interoperability and Pacific theater security cooperation.

Photo by Cpl. Jessica Quezada

Maintainers with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224 work on an F/A-18D Hornet at Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 14, 2016. VMFA (AW)-224, homebased at MCAS Beaufort, S.C., is temporarily based in Iwakuni on a unit deployment program and deployed to Northern Japan to participate in the Chitose Aviation Training Relocation Exercise Jan. 12-22. During the exercise, the squadron conducted dissimilar air combat training with and against the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to further support combined interoperability and Pacific theater security cooperation.

Maintainers with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224 work on an F/A-18D Hornet at Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 14, 2016. VMFA (AW)-224, homebased at MCAS Beaufort, S.C., is temporarily based in Iwakuni on a unit deployment program and deployed to Northern Japan to participate in the Chitose Aviation Training Relocation Exercise Jan. 12-22. During the exercise, the squadron conducted dissimilar air combat training with and against the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to further support combined interoperability and Pacific theater security cooperation.

Photo by Cpl. Jessica Quezada

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Capt. Katsushi Ohkubo, commanding officer of Air Reconnaissance Squadron 81, presents Lt. Cmdr. Justin Gerle, officer in charge of Commander Task Group 72.5, Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 1, with a token of friendship between the two squadrons at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 8, 2015. The two squadrons met for an annual unit exchange where they increased unit interoperability and built upon their current relationship.

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Capt. Katsushi Ohkubo, commanding officer of Air Reconnaissance Squadron 81, presents Lt. Cmdr. Justin Gerle, officer in charge of Commander Task Group 72.5, Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 1, with a token of friendship between the two squadrons at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 8, 2015. The two squadrons met for an annual unit exchange where they increased unit interoperability and built upon their current relationship.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Wicks

Members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Air Reconnaissance Squadron VQ-81 and Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron VQ-1 pose for a group picture at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 8, 2015. VQ-1 came to MCAS Iwakuni for an annual unit exchange between VQ-1 and VQ-81. The two units discussed their plans to increase their unit interoperability, strengthening the bond between the two units.

Members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Air Reconnaissance Squadron VQ-81 and Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron VQ-1 pose for a group picture at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 8, 2015. VQ-1 came to MCAS Iwakuni for an annual unit exchange between VQ-1 and VQ-81. The two units discussed their plans to increase their unit interoperability, strengthening the bond between the two units.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Wicks

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Justin Gerle, officer in charge of Commander Task Group 72.5, Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron VQ-1, arrives at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 8, 2015. Members of VQ-1 met with Air Reconnaissance Squadron VQ-81 with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on the air station as a part of an annual unit exchange program between the naval unit and their sister unit in the JMSDF.

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Justin Gerle, officer in charge of Commander Task Group 72.5, Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron VQ-1, arrives at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 8, 2015. Members of VQ-1 met with Air Reconnaissance Squadron VQ-81 with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on the air station as a part of an annual unit exchange program between the naval unit and their sister unit in the JMSDF.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Wicks

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers take down a kidnapper as part of a simulated situation during Exercise Guard and Protect at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 20-23, 2015. Guard and Protect is a joint security force operation to promote readiness in case the station has to make a defense posture. Marines and JGSDF soldiers carried out scenarios such as riot control, armed intruder response and vehicle searches.

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers take down a kidnapper as part of a simulated situation during Exercise Guard and Protect at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 20-23, 2015. Guard and Protect is a joint security force operation to promote readiness in case the station has to make a defense posture. Marines and JGSDF soldiers carried out scenarios such as riot control, armed intruder response and vehicle searches.

Photo by Cpl. Nicole Zurbrugg

Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers take a stance after a simulated riot control situation during Exercise Guard and Protect at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 20-23, 2015. Marines and JGSDF soldiers were challenged with real world situations such as riot control, armed intruder response and vehicle searches to prepare in case the air station has to take a defense posture.

Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers take a stance after a simulated riot control situation during Exercise Guard and Protect at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 20-23, 2015. Marines and JGSDF soldiers were challenged with real world situations such as riot control, armed intruder response and vehicle searches to prepare in case the air station has to take a defense posture.

Photo by Cpl. Nicole Zurbrugg

Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers assess possible casualties in a simulated improvised explosive device explosion during Exercise Guard and Protect at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 20-23, 2015. Guard and Protect is a joint security force operation that enables readiness in case the station has to make a defense posture. The exercise tested the abilities of the Marines and Japanese soldiers to respond affectively in real world situations.

Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers assess possible casualties in a simulated improvised explosive device explosion during Exercise Guard and Protect at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 20-23, 2015. Guard and Protect is a joint security force operation that enables readiness in case the station has to make a defense posture. The exercise tested the abilities of the Marines and Japanese soldiers to respond affectively in real world situations.

Photo by Cpl. Nicole Zurbrugg

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers treat an injured Marine during a simulated improvised explosive device explosion during Exercise Guard and Protect at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 20-23, 2015. Exercise Guard and Protect is a joint security force operation that enables the station’s readiness in case the station has to make a defense posture. During the exercise Marines and JGSDF soldiers had to overcome the language barriers in order to affectively accomplish the mission.

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers treat an injured Marine during a simulated improvised explosive device explosion during Exercise Guard and Protect at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 20-23, 2015. Exercise Guard and Protect is a joint security force operation that enables the station’s readiness in case the station has to make a defense posture. During the exercise Marines and JGSDF soldiers had to overcome the language barriers in order to affectively accomplish the mission.

Photo by Cpl. Nicole Zurbrugg