U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Manuel Gomez, a light armored vehicle crewman with Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, oils a 25mm barrel during an amphibious landing exercise, part of Iron Fist 24, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 12, 2024.
Students in military families often move and rely on social media to stay in contact with friends.
U.S. Air Force Capt. Sarah Kreiser, 909th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, flies a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Pacific Ocean, March 8, 2024.
U.S. Air Force Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Randall Kitchens, U.S. Air Force chief of chaplains, speaks during the Chaplain Corps’ 75th anniversary celebration at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 27, 2024.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jacob Vasquez is promoted to the rank of Corporal during his promotion ceremony at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, March 1, 2024.
Madisa Marlor, director of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Okinawa, gives remarks on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, March 1, 2024.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Samuil Kays, center, an engineer equipment electrical systems technician with 7th Communications Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, poses for a group photo after a naturalization ceremony on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, March 5, 2024.
Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer speaks to a group of junior enlisted Airmen during a leadership open forum at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 27, 2024.
U.S. Marines with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, train with Master Sgt. Tomoya Tasaki, a fire support coordination chief with Fire Leading Company, Field Artillery Battalion, Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, who made history recently by becoming the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s first member to become a Joint Terminal Attack Controller Instructor.
The HH-60W Jolly Green II, successor to and replacement of the HH-60G Pave Hawk, took its first flight over the pacific theater and at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 27, 2024.
Mariah is a proud Californian, born and raised in Grand Terrace, a small town in Southern California.
U.S. Marines pose for a group photo with Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 27, 2024.
When Ian Bell, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron True North social worker arrived in town for the International Powerlifting Federation World Equipped Championships, he focused on spending time with old friends and fellow weightlifting patrons, instead of focusing on the task at hand.
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Lane Wilson, an infantry Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, issues an order with a hand signal during a mechanized raid exercise at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 16, 2024.