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.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Seth Aguon, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance technician, positions an engine on a line trailer at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 30, 2025.
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Christian Wortman, right, outgoing commanding general of 3d Marine Division, passes the division colors to Maj. Gen. Kyle Ellison, incoming commanding general of 3DMARDIV, during a change of command ceremony.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Zachary Gilman, a transmissions system operator with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts a radio check during unit level training.
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Gage Chinel, 18th Logistic Readiness Squadron laboratory technician, gathers raw fuel samples from a Defense Logistic Agency pipeline at Kadena Air Base.
U.S. Army Pfc. Da’Mario Deal-Maddox, 1-1 Air Defense Artillery vehicle driver, tightens a fuel cap on top of an M1097A2 electric power plant on Kadena Air Base, Japan.
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Connor J. Giardina, a native of Florida and intelligence surveillance reconnaissance engineer with 3d Intelligence Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group receives an award at Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan, July 18, 2025.
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. John Gallemore, left, 18th Wing commander, passes the guidon to U.S. Air Force Col. Gerard Carisio, 18th Maintenance Group incoming commander.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Matthew Burkey, 18th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, guides U.S. Air Force military working dog Rubi, assigned to 18th SFS, over an obstacle on Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 21, 2025.
Students and teachers from the Kadena Language Institute visited Kadena Air Base on July 18, 2025, for a hands-on tour of key operational facilities, including the engine test cell and the KC-135 Stratotanker flight simulator.
Darryl hails from Charleston, South Carolina, and has served 21 years in the United States Air Force as a member of Security Forces.
Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Airman Briana Cook, from Miami, assigned to the “Golden Eagles” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 9, participates.
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