MCAS Iwakuni’s first blended Expeditionary War School students learn of the base’s history

These Marines were students of the first locally-offered blended Expeditionary Warfare School seminar at the air station. On this day, the students visited a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force museum, historic sites, and toured an F-35B Lightning II aircraft squadron to learn of the base's history and capabilities of the tenant commands. The Blended EWS Seminar Program provides company grade and warrant officers with formal education in amphibious operations and planning. This was the first iteration of the Blended EWS Seminar Program at MCAS Iwakuni, providing an important professional military education opportunity to the Marine officers stationed at this forward-deployed base. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Samantha Rodriguez)

MCAS Iwakuni’s first blen...

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Samantha Rodriguez/Released 241205-M-GV479-1013.JPG

Dec 18, 2024

U.S. Marines stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni learn of the squadrons that compose Fleet Air Wing 31, a tenant command of MCAS Iwakuni, from Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Lt. Cmdr. Ogawa Yoshikazu, an EP-3 aircraft pilot with Air Reconnaissance Squadron 81, Fleet Air Wing 31, during a JMSDF museum tour at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 5, 2024.

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