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Firefighters with Marine Corps Installations Pacific Fire and Emergency Services participate in embankment rope training on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 28, 2022. - Firefighters with Marine Corps Installations Pacific Fire and Emergency Services participate in embankment rope training on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 28, 2022. The firefighters utilized roping techniques to rescue and provide care to a simulated victim located at the bottom of a steep embankment. MCIPAC F&ES is a regional fire department that operates eight fire stations across Japan and provides services to installations including fire suppression, technical rescue, hazardous material disposal, emergency medical care, fire protection and prevention. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Andrews)

U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific attended the fourth annual Marine Corps Association Okinawa Professional Dinner at Camp Butler Officers’ Club, Camp Foster, Japan, Oct. 6, 2022. - U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific attended the fourth annual Marine Corps Association Okinawa Professional Dinner at Camp Butler Officers’ Club, Camp Foster, Japan, Oct. 6, 2022.

Command Master Chief Curtis Blunt, command master chief, III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF), speaks to recruits inside a compartment of the USS John F. Kennedy recruit barracks during his visit to Recruit Training Command (RTC). III MEF, headquartered in Okinawa, Japan, is sponsoring a recruit division, Division 263, for the first time in its history. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy's only boot camp. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Brandie Nix) - Command Master Chief Curtis Blunt, command master chief, III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF), speaks to recruits inside a compartment of the USS John F. Kennedy recruit barracks during his visit to Recruit Training Command (RTC). III MEF, headquartered in Okinawa, Japan, is sponsoring a recruit division, Division 263, for the first time in its history. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy's only boot camp. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Brandie Nix)

Royal Thai Armed Forces SM1 Uthon Namsuwan, a Thailand Mine Action Center Explosive Ordnance Disposal student with Humanitarian Mine Action Unit 3, performs a render safe technique on an 81mm high explosive mortar during an HMA EOD Level 3 course at Ta Mor Roi Training area in Surin Province, Thailand, Jul. 29, 2022. Royal Thai and American Armed Forces work together to train TMAC students in EOD level 3 in order to develop an EOD capacity to assist TMAC’s mission of becoming landmine free. This partnership is aligned with the U.S. Department of Defense’s Humanitarian Mine Action Program, which assists partnered nations affected by landmines, explosive remnants of war, and the hazardous effects of unexploded ordnance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Moises Rodriguez) - Royal Thai Armed Forces SM1 Uthon Namsuwan, a Thailand Mine Action Center Explosive Ordnance Disposal student with Humanitarian Mine Action Unit 3, performs a render safe technique on an 81mm high explosive mortar during an HMA EOD Level 3 course at Ta Mor Roi Training area in Surin Province, Thailand, Jul. 29, 2022. Royal Thai and American Armed Forces work together to train TMAC students in EOD level 3 in order to develop an EOD capacity to assist TMAC’s mission of becoming landmine free. This partnership is aligned with the U.S. Department of Defense’s Humanitarian Mine Action Program, which assists partnered nations affected by landmines, explosive remnants of war, and the hazardous effects of unexploded ordnance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Moises Rodriguez)

U.S. Marines conduct driving tests during an Emergency Vehicle Course on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, July 30, 2021. As the culminating event for the course, Marines were tested behind the wheel of a Road Master vehicle on their defense driving tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stephanie Varela) - U.S. Marines conduct driving tests during an Emergency Vehicle Course on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, July 30, 2021. As the culminating event for the course, Marines were tested behind the wheel of a Road Master vehicle on their defense driving tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stephanie Varela)

U.S. Marines with Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit places a joint light tactical vehicle onto Expeditionary Mobile Base USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) using a CH-53E Super Stallion during a helicopter support team exercise in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 8, 2022. HSTs enable the setup of an expedient drop zone for heavy equipment to be picked up and transported by flight. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kira Ducato) - U.S. Marines with Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit places a joint light tactical vehicle onto Expeditionary Mobile Base USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) using a CH-53E Super Stallion during a helicopter support team exercise in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 8, 2022. HSTs enable the setup of an expedient drop zone for heavy equipment to be picked up and transported by flight. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kira Ducato)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Alexis Trejogarrido, a telephone systems/personal computer repairs technician with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, scrapes filament off of a 3D printer during Innovation Boot Camp (IBC) on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 1, 2022. IBC was designed to teach Marines skills such as welding, 3D printing, coding, and programming to create innovative products for the Marine Corps and to test Marines’ critical thinking skills. Trejogarrido is a native of Mesa, Arizona. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Savannah Mesimer) - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Alexis Trejogarrido, a telephone systems/personal computer repairs technician with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, scrapes filament off of a 3D printer during Innovation Boot Camp (IBC) on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 1, 2022. IBC was designed to teach Marines skills such as welding, 3D printing, coding, and programming to create innovative products for the Marine Corps and to test Marines’ critical thinking skills. Trejogarrido is a native of Mesa, Arizona. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Savannah Mesimer)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Preston Batson, the barracks manager for Joint Reception Center (JRC) Marines, shares his experience, on Camp Foster, June 6, 2020, driving to Kadena AirBase airport terminal to pick up the new arriving Marines to the island of Okinawa. - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Preston Batson, the barracks manager for Joint Reception Center (JRC) Marines, shares his experience, on Camp Foster, June 6, 2020, driving to Kadena Air Base airport terminal to pick up the new arriving Marines to the island of Okinawa.