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Lance Cpl. Alexa Argetsinger, a legal assistance clerk assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corp Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, helps students from Midoro Hoikuen School in Iwakuni City, name and locate body parts in English during a community relations visit, July 30, 2015. The Marine Memorial Chapel provides service members and their families a way to interact more closely with the Japanese and experience the culture. - Lance Cpl. Alexa Argetsinger, a legal assistance clerk assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corp Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, helps students from Midoro Hoikuen School in Iwakuni City, name and locate body parts in English during a community relations visit, July 30, 2015. The Marine Memorial Chapel provides service members and their families a way to interact more closely with the Japanese and experience the culture.

Mikie Watanabe, cultural adaption specialist, right, and Sachiko Tamura, left, a member of Eating Habits Improvement Promotion, begin a Japanese Cooking Class at Fukushi Kaikan in Iwakuni City, Japan, July 24, 2015. Coordinated by the Cultural Adaption Program aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, the class is held three times a year and is one of many ways to indulge in local cuisine. In this specific class, guests learned how to make handmade Shumai, Wakame soup and traditional fried rice. - Mikie Watanabe, cultural adaption specialist, right, and Sachiko Tamura, left, a member of Eating Habits Improvement Promotion, begin a Japanese Cooking Class at Fukushi Kaikan in Iwakuni City, Japan, July 24, 2015. Coordinated by the Cultural Adaption Program aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, the class is held three times a year and is one of many ways to indulge in local cuisine. In this specific class, guests learned how to make handmade Shumai, Wakame soup and traditional fried rice.

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 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.

Wingwalkers with the Breitling Wingwalkers pose for photos on the flightline aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 1, 2015. The Breitling Wingwalkers are slated to perform during the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force/MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day 2015 Air Show, May 3, 2015. This year the event expanded to combine both the JMSDF’s Fleet Air Wing 31’s annual Open House and the traditional MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day, resulting in the first-ever joint Friendship Day air show. The event allows visitors a chance to see the military installation and interact with Japanese and American service members while enjoying aerial performances and static displays. - Wingwalkers with the Breitling Wingwalkers pose for photos on the flightline aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 1, 2015. The Breitling Wingwalkers are slated to perform during the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force/MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day 2015 Air Show, May 3, 2015. This year the event expanded to combine both the JMSDF’s Fleet Air Wing 31’s annual Open House and the traditional MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day, resulting in the first-ever joint Friendship Day air show. The event allows visitors a chance to see the military installation and interact with Japanese and American service members while enjoying aerial performances and static displays.

Lance Cpl. Carlos Cruz Jr., a combat correspondent with the Public Affairs Office aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, walks in the Daimyo Procession during the 38th Annual Kintai-kyo Bridge Festival, in Iwakuni City, April 29, 2015. The procession is an annual parade that reenacts the return of a daimyo, one of the most powerful feudal rulers who is subordinate only to the shogun and his entourage from the capital of Japan. - Lance Cpl. Carlos Cruz Jr., a combat correspondent with the Public Affairs Office aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, walks in the Daimyo Procession during the 38th Annual Kintai-kyo Bridge Festival, in Iwakuni City, April 29, 2015. The procession is an annual parade that reenacts the return of a daimyo, one of the most powerful feudal rulers who is subordinate only to the shogun and his entourage from the capital of Japan.