Visitors from Suo-Oshima present air station students with mikans - Farmers from Suo-Oshima, Curtis Brown, the student representative of Matthew C. Perry and Iwakuni Elementary Schools, Yoshihiko Fukuda, mayor of Iwakuni City, U.S. Marine Corps Col. Richard F. Fuerst, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Sgt. Maj. Joseph Gregory, sergeant major of MCAS Iwakuni, and Dwayne Jefferson, principal of Iwakuni Elementary School pose for a photo during a mikan presentation at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 28, 2019. Farmers arrived at the school bearing mikans as gifts for the students. Mikans are a unique fruit to the country and the farmers wanted the children to experience them while in Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Stephen Campbell)

AIMD Iwakuni spends day touring Suo-Oshima, Yanai - U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Miyano, right, the officer in charge of Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Detachment (AIMD) Iwakuni, talks with his daughters in a police car on display during the Mochi Broadcasting Carnival on Suo-Oshima Island, Japan, Jan. 20, 2019. The Sailors were invited to the event by the Suo-Oshima Tourism Association and volunteered by throwing mochi to the crowd. AIMD attended the mochi throwing event as a way to increase morale and unit cohesion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew Jones)

MCAS Iwakuni host Friendship Tour - Local Japanese residents conduct a walkthrough of a family housing unit during a friendship tour at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 14, 2019. The purpose of the tour was to deepen the public’s understanding of U.S.-Japan alliance defense activities, witness daily life on the air station and experience American culture. It consisted of a window tour of the air station via bus, and a walkthrough of M.C. Perry Middle School, a family housing unit and the commissary. The tour concluded with a lunch at Crossroads Mall. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Stephen Campbell)

Girl Scouts write in new year with Kakizome - Girl Scouts with USA Girl Scouts Overseas West Pacific from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, families from local Japanese schools, U.S. Marine Corps Col. Richard F. Fuerst, center, commanding officer of MCAS Iwakuni, and Masahiro Akase, right, director general of the Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau (CSDB), pose for a photo during the First Writing of the Year, or Kakizome, in Waki Town, Yamaguchi, Japan, Jan. 5, 2018. The cultural interaction was hosted by the Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau, alongside Waki Town and MCAS Iwakuni, so that the youth from both communities could take part in the calligraphy event.The purpose of the first writing is to express hopes and ambitions for the coming year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew Jones)