Beaux Foy, Airiel Down lead singer, hypes up the Iwakuni crowd during their headline Summer Music Festival Open House performance at the Torii Pines golf course here Saturday. Approximately 4,500 station and local residents gathered to celebrate the first ever open house event. - Beaux Foy, Airiel Down lead singer, hypes up the Iwakuni crowd during their headline Summer Music Festival Open House performance at the Torii Pines golf course here Saturday. Approximately 4,500 station and local residents gathered to celebrate the first ever open house event.

Haley Singler, Iwakuni Roadrunners' cofounder and treasurer, and Staff Sgt. Paul S. Mancuso, Iwakuni Roadrunners' cofounder, explain some of the Roadrunners' rules to new members outside the Crossroads Mall here Aug. 24. Group camaraderie and improving physical fitness are the group's main goals. The group meets every Wednesday outside Crossroads at 6:30 p.m. before going off base for a total five mile run. - Haley Singler, Iwakuni Roadrunners' cofounder and treasurer, and Staff Sgt. Paul S. Mancuso, Iwakuni Roadrunners' cofounder, explain some of the Roadrunners' rules to new members outside the Crossroads Mall here Aug. 24. Group camaraderie and improving physical fitness are the group's main goals. The group meets every Wednesday outside Crossroads at 6:30 p.m. before going off base for a total five mile run.

Masayoshi Tatsumi, Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau director general (left), Col. Robert Ricci, 515 Air Mobility Operations Group commander and Col. James C. Stewart, station commanding officer, cut a ribbon at the Air Mobility Command passenger terminal here during the terminal’s official opening ceremony here Aug. 19. Planning for construction started in 2001. Actual construction began in 2006 and finished in 2010. - Masayoshi Tatsumi, Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau director general (left), Col. Robert Ricci, 515 Air Mobility Operations Group commander and Col. James C. Stewart, station commanding officer, cut a ribbon at the Air Mobility Command passenger terminal here during the terminal’s official opening ceremony here Aug. 19. Planning for construction started in 2001. Actual construction began in 2006 and finished in 2010.

Pumps are used to move water from the Nishimi Water Purification Plant uphill to a distribution center during a field trip Aug. 12. They pump thousands of gallons of water uphill so it may flow down to homes without the need for extra pumps. - Pumps are used to move water from the Nishimi Water Purification Plant uphill to a distribution center during a field trip Aug. 12. They pump thousands of gallons of water uphill so it may flow down to homes without the need for extra pumps.

Children from the DEFY program eat sandwiches at Kintai park during a field trip Aug.5. The children are given sandwiches as a healthy alternative to fatty foods. The program shows the kids the importance of eating healthy, exercising and making the right choices. - Children from the DEFY program eat sandwiches at Kintai park during a field trip Aug.5. The children are given sandwiches as a healthy alternative to fatty foods. The program shows the kids the importance of eating healthy, exercising and making the right choices.