Friendly neighborhood Single Marine Program - U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. China Keppler, a meteorological and oceanographic analyst forecaster with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, gives a speech to the volunteers of the Single Marine Program Day of Service clean-up at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 19, 2019. The Days of Service is a week-long event with multiple volunteer opportunities that culminates with the final day of the event, the Day of Service. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Kevin Alarcon)

MCAS Iwakuni residents volunteer in flood clean up - U.S. Marines and Sailors clean out damaged household items from a home during a volunteer event in Shuto Town, Iwakuni City, Japan, July 13, 2018. The volunteer event, organized by the Marine Corps Community Services Single Marine Program, provided service members with the opportunity to help local Japanese residents clean up and recover after the area was flooded by excessive rainfall. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Akeel Austin)

make a difference - A Single Marine Program (SMP) volunteer from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni scouts the beach for trash during an SMP Yuu Beach cleanup at Iwakuni City, Japan, Aug. 25, 2017. The event was an opportunity to demonstrate the willingness of service members to be respectful ambassadors and contribute to making Japan a better, cleaner place to live in. SMP conducts three volunteer events a month, including the Yuu Beach cleanup. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Carlos Jimenez)

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason McNeely, center, engineer with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, and Lance Cpl. Billy McNair, aviation ordnance technician with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12, play racquetball during a Single Marine Program volunteer event at Kaihoku-En Children’s Home in Houfu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, Nov. 14, 2015. The children and 18 volunteers played ping pong, racquetball, monkey in the middle, arm wrestled, colored books, played house and played the piano. The children interacted and built relationships with the 18 service members during the visit. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason McNeely, center, engineer with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, and Lance Cpl. Billy McNair, aviation ordnance technician with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12, play racquetball during a Single Marine Program volunteer event at Kaihoku-En Children’s Home in Houfu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, Nov. 14, 2015. The children and 18 volunteers played ping pong, racquetball, monkey in the middle, arm wrestled, colored books, played house and played the piano. The children interacted and built relationships with the 18 service members during the visit.

Station Volunteers look for trash at Futashika Umezu Falls, in Futashika, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, Oct. 16, 2015. The Single Marine Program at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, provides residents volunteer opportunities to build relations with Japanese locals and experience part of the foreign culture. Volunteers enjoyed the scenery of the forest, river and waterfalls, as they picked up trash and debris along the river. - Station Volunteers look for trash at Futashika Umezu Falls, in Futashika, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, Oct. 16, 2015. The Single Marine Program at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, provides residents volunteer opportunities to build relations with Japanese locals and experience part of the foreign culture. Volunteers enjoyed the scenery of the forest, river and waterfalls, as they picked up trash and debris along the river.

Sgt. Ryan Cipkar, left, and Lance Cpl. Miguel Avelar, center, dispose of trash as Lance Cpl. Miguel Moto holds the garbage bag open during a community relations event host by the Single Marine Program aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sep. 4, 2015. Various organizations and tenant units aboard the air station foster the friendship between the U.S. and Japan by conducting these community relations events each year. Cipkar, from Steger, Ill., is a telephone person computer technician with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 3. Avelar, San Bernardino, Calif., and Moto, from Taipei, Taiwan, are expeditionary airfield system technician with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron. - Sgt. Ryan Cipkar, left, and Lance Cpl. Miguel Avelar, center, dispose of trash as Lance Cpl. Miguel Moto holds the garbage bag open during a community relations event host by the Single Marine Program aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sep. 4, 2015. Various organizations and tenant units aboard the air station foster the friendship between the U.S. and Japan by conducting these community relations events each year. Cipkar, from Steger, Ill., is a telephone person computer technician with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 3. Avelar, San Bernardino, Calif., and Moto, from Taipei, Taiwan, are expeditionary airfield system technician with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron.