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KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Kadena's mission focused exercise kicked off in the early morning of Dec. 1 with deafening sounds from a gunshot simulator at the 18th Wing security forces building.

WASHINGTON -- The Office of the Secretary of Defense submitted a sexual assault prevention and response progress report to President Barack Obama, Dec. 2, 2014. The report’s intent is to demonstrate progress across five primary lines of effort: prevention, investigation, accountability, victim advocacy/assistance and assessment.

YAMATO, KUMAMOTO PREFECTURE, Japan -- Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members and U.S. Marines came together in a ceremony Dec. 1 to open up exercise Forest Light 15-1 at the Oyanohara Training Area in Yamato, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan.

YAMATO, KUMAMOTO PREFECTURE, Japan -- U.S. Marine Corps scout snipers collaborated with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force snipers during a lesson in stalking Dec. 2 in the Oyanohara Training Area in Yamato, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan.

CAMP KINSER, OKINAWA, Japan -- As volunteers prepared food for a Thanksgiving feast, an aroma of turkey and pumpkin pie filled the air. One by one, children stepped off a bus and were guided into the chapel by service members and spouses for a home cooked meal.

KIN BLUE, OKINAWA, Japan -- In the summer of 1945, near the end of World War II, Marines stormed the beaches of Okinawa, which later became known as the bloodiest battle of the Pacific. Marines were ready to survive by all means necessary, which included hand-to-hand combat on the shores of Okinawa.