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The Japanese Ground Self Defense Force observed U.S Navy Corpsmen July 20, 2016 as they demonstrated lifesaving skills at Marine Corps Base Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan.

Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing currently deployed with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing as part of the unit deployment program, worked alongside the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and Okinawa emergency services in Exercise Chura-Shima Rescue 2016 July 21, aboard Camp Naha, Okinawa Japan.

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion 2nd Marines of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, U.S. Airmen with the 353rd Special Operations Group stationed at Kadena Air Base, Japan, and MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, landed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni July 19, 2016.

Col. William L. DePue, bottom right, speaks with Masaharu Noguni, bottom left, July 22 in Chatan, Okinawa, Japan. The meeting was part of a courtesy visit to Noguni, the mayor of Chatan town, which is adjacent to Camp Foster and Camp Lester.

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt. Gen. John Dolan, U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force commander, visited here June 27 and 28.

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- They all had two-and-a-half minutes to tell their story. Hearts pounded and nerves raced as they stood up on a stage in front of a large audience and recited a story in a language foreign to them. In spite of their fear, they plunged ahead.