Atsushi Matsuda, Defense Logistics Agency Energy Okinawa physical science technician, extracts JP-8 fuel under a fume hood during testing near Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 2, 2025.
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Mastin M. Robeson Jr, oncoming commanding officer of Headquarters Battalion, 3d Marine Division, gives remarks during a change of command ceremony on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan.
Rapid Improvement Event category in the 2025 Naval Medical Forces Pacific Continuous Process Improvement Project Competition with their project “Improve Central Booking Effectiveness.”
Jon comes from a multicultural background, with family roots in Eastbourne, England, and Dallas, Texas.
U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Robert Johnson, 12th Littoral Anti-Air Battalion electrician, inspects a generator at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 27, 2025.
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jordyn Heard, 355th Expeditionary Fighter Generation Squadron load crew member, transports and attaches inert munitions during 18th Wing Load Crew of the Quarter Competition at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 27, 2025.
U.S. Air Force Maj. Kevin Knutson, Defense Logistics Agency Energy Okinawa outgoing commander, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Dominic Baker, DLA Energy Okinawa incoming commander, participated in a change of command ceremony.
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ronan Zhou, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management personnel, sets up a hazardous material decontamination tent. during a joint hazardous materials recertification course at Kadena Air Base, Japan.
U.S. Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Sterling Morgan, 134th Logistics Readiness Squadron, pulls a fuel hose during a joint Forward Arming and Refueling Point training event at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 18, 2025.
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Emmaly Southworth, 18th Munitions Squadron armament maintenance member, turns a wrench while working on the BRU-61 munitions carriage system, at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 13, 2025
U.S. Army Garrison Okinawa held a Change of Command ceremony to bid farewell to Lt. Col. Rachel Bowers and welcome Lt. Col. Elizabeth Johnson at Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan, on June 18, 2025.
The change of command ceremony formally transferred command of the 353rd Special Operations Wing from Col. Shawn Young to Col. Stewart Parker.
U.S. Air Force Airmen and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Terrell Ford, Noncommissioned Officer Academy Okinawa director of staff, pose for a photo during the first annual Pacific Air Forces Strategic Development event at Kadena Air Base.
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Nicholas B. Evans, left, 18th Wing Commander, shakes hands with U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Allen F. Dismuke Jr., 18th Comptroller Squadron incoming commander, during the 18th CPTS change of command ceremony at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 16, 2025.
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