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Col. Brian M. Howlett (right), commanding officer, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, and Sgt. Maj. Mario P. Fields, sergeant major of III MIG, case the III MEF Headquarters Group colors during the III MIG re-designation ceremony on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan Sept. 8, 2017. - Col. Brian M. Howlett (right), commanding officer, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, and Sgt. Maj. Mario P. Fields, sergeant major of III MIG, case the III MEF Headquarters Group colors during the III MIG re-designation ceremony on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan Sept. 8, 2017. III MHG was re-designated in a ceremony as III MIG, highlighting the beginning of a new era of modern Marine Corps information warfare. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards)

Junko Kurata, right, serves salad to Cpl. Jonathan Koren during a Christmas Party thrown by the Hikariga Oka Nursing Home in Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 18, 2015. The nursing home hosts the Christmas party annually to pay thanks for 7th Communication Battalion continuous contributions and community outreach projects. Since 1994, Marines with the battalion have regularly volunteered regularly by organizing routine cleanups and maintenance for the home and its surrounding area. Kurata is from Kin town and is a nurse at the nursing home. Koren is from Allentown, Pennsylvania and is a digital wideband repairer with 7th Comm. Bn., III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Devon Tindle/Released) - Junko Kurata, right, serves salad to Cpl. Jonathan Koren during a Christmas Party thrown by the Hikariga Oka Nursing Home in Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 18, 2015. The nursing home hosts the Christmas party annually to pay thanks for 7th Communication Battalion continuous contributions and community outreach projects. Since 1994, Marines with the battalion have regularly volunteered regularly by organizing routine cleanups and maintenance for the home and its surrounding area. Kurata is from Kin town and is a nurse at the nursing home. Koren is from Allentown, Pennsylvania and is a digital wideband repairer with 7th Comm. Bn., III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Devon Tindle/Released)