U.S. Navy Capt. Patrick Brown, Defense Logistics Agency Indo-Pacific commander, left, passes the guidon to U.S. Air Force Maj. Dominic Baker, DLA Energy Okinawa incoming commander, right, during a change of command ceremony.
U.S. Navy Lt. Charles Hall, the deputy group chaplain of Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 36, prays for the success of Sgt. Maj. Enrique De Anda, the incoming sergeant major for Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 36.
For many Okinawan residents, the war stories of their island live in memory, passed down through generations. A group of local residents had the opportunity to walk through that history themselves, inside Kadena Air Base on August 13, 2025.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Malachi Hailstalk, 18th Medical Support Squadron pharmacy technician, pours medication into a prescription bottle, on Kadena Air Base, Aug. 13, 2025.
Lt. Col. Elizabeth Johnson, commander of U.S. Army Garrison Okinawa, delivers remarks and thanks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly reopened Torii Beach cabins Aug. 14, 2025 at Torii Beach on Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan.
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Marco A. Cordero, sergeant major of 3rd Marine Logistics Group, speaks to Marines after completing a motivational run at Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, April 15, 2025.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ernesto Parra, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron test cell craftsman, inspects a F-15E Eagle engine, the F100-PW-220, during a routine afterburner test at Kadena Air Base.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jordan Florio, 33rd Rescue Squadron special missions aviator, loads ammunition to a GAU-21 machine gun on a HH-60W Jolly Green II assigned to the 33rd RQS before a gunnery training sortie at Kadena Air Base, Japan.
Information Specialist Technitian 1st Class Ritha Monterrosso, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, smiles while in formation in Okinawa, Japan, on August 07, 2025.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Andre Jimenez-Guzman refuels a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 27 (VFA-27), during a joint training exercise over the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 7, 2025.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Reina Morales, 18th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron public health technician, fills out the quality control sheet during a routine facility inspection at the Wakaba Child Daycare Center on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 4, 2025.
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Logan Hernandez, 718th Civil Engineer HVAC journeyman, seals an air conditioning component panel at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 29, 2025.
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. James Lomsdale, commanding officer of the Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, talks to his Marines during a formation at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 1, 2025
USMC Sgt. Dylan Hairfield uses a CEESCOPE during a small boat sustainment training event on a combat rubber raiding craft at Naval Base White Beach, Okinawa, Japan, July 28, 2025.
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