米海兵隊岩国航空基地

Station residents from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni learn about lotus roots at Yamaguchi’s Agricultural, Forestry, Fisheries, and? Stockbreeding in Iwakuni City, Japan, Feb. 10, 2016. Iwakuni is a lotus root producer, exporting the product worldwide. With the roots comes various nutritional and health benefits such as vitamin C; dietary fiber; iron; potassium; calcium; prevention of colds, cancer and other diseases; and lowering high blood pressure. - Station residents from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni learn about lotus roots at Yamaguchi’s Agricultural, Forestry, Fisheries, and? Stockbreeding in Iwakuni City, Japan, Feb. 10, 2016. Iwakuni is a lotus root producer, exporting the product worldwide. With the roots comes various nutritional and health benefits such as vitamin C; dietary fiber; iron; potassium; calcium; prevention of colds, cancer and other diseases; and lowering high blood pressure.

Yutaka Tsuda, mathematics teacher at Takamori Midori Junior High School in Kuga, Japan, explains a math problem to Ashley Atkins, a seventh-grader from Matthew C. Perry Junior High School, during a cultural exchange at Midori Junior High Feb. 2, 2016. M.C. Perry students integrated into various classes at Midori Junior High to experience the traditional Japanese classroom environment. Cultural events are a great opportunity for students to learn about a new culture and use their language skills. - Yutaka Tsuda, mathematics teacher at Takamori Midori Junior High School in Kuga, Japan, explains a math problem to Ashley Atkins, a seventh-grader from Matthew C. Perry Junior High School, during a cultural exchange at Midori Junior High Feb. 2, 2016. M.C. Perry students integrated into various classes at Midori Junior High to experience the traditional Japanese classroom environment. Cultural events are a great opportunity for students to learn about a new culture and use their language skills.

Motoi Yoshimura, leading board director and union president at the Yamaguchi Oshima Agricultural Cooperative Association, gives a speech to Matthew C. Perry Elementary School students during the 6th Annual Mikan Presentation at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 1, 2016. Mikans are orange citrus fruits that resemble tangerines and are a symbol of Japan’s agricultural export business. The event provided students and staff the opportunity to strengthen their bond with Iwakuni residents. - Motoi Yoshimura, leading board director and union president at the Yamaguchi Oshima Agricultural Cooperative Association, gives a speech to Matthew C. Perry Elementary School students during the 6th Annual Mikan Presentation at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 1, 2016. Mikans are orange citrus fruits that resemble tangerines and are a symbol of Japan’s agricultural export business. The event provided students and staff the opportunity to strengthen their bond with Iwakuni residents.

Ambassador Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, 29th United States ambassador to Japan, toured Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 28, 2016. This is her first time since appointed as ambassador back in 2013 by President Barack Obama that Kennedy has visited MCAS Iwakuni. Kennedy, the daughter of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, met with Marines of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152 and expressed her gratitude for their service to their country. - Ambassador Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, 29th United States ambassador to Japan, toured Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 28, 2016. This is her first time since appointed as ambassador back in 2013 by President Barack Obama that Kennedy has visited MCAS Iwakuni. Kennedy, the daughter of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, met with Marines of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152 and expressed her gratitude for their service to their country.

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.

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.