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Welcome to the Jungle Warfare Training Center

Lance Cpl. Diego Martinez practices a hasty rappel at the Jungle Warfare Training Center in Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, August 7, 2018. Marines practice different types of rappelling to get over the different obstacles in the jungle terrain. Martinez is a team leader with Bravo Company, Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.

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More than 38,000 Guests Visit Fleet Activities Yokosuka for Friendship Day

Japanese guests wait in line to board the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during the 42nd annual Yokosuka Friendship Day celebration. The open base event highlights the friendship between the U.S. Navy and Japan. FLEACT Yokosuka provides, maintains, and operates base facilities and services in support of 7th Fleet’s forward-deployed naval forces, 71 tenant commands, and 27,000 military and civilian personnel.

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CNSP Visits Sasebo, Discusses Command Philosophy

Vice Adm. Rich Brown, commander of Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CNSP), speaks with Sailors and Marines in Sasebo, Japan, in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Brown's first visit to Sasebo as CNSP provided him the opportunity to engage the waterfront and discuss the future of the surface warfare community, the importance of command, and achieving success in the Surface Force by focusing on the following guiding principles of good stewardship, professional development and safety.

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U.S. Navy Fire and Emergency Services personnel from Yokosuka Naval Base respond to a warehouse fire in Yokosuka City in support of the Mutual Cooperation Agreement between the City of Yokosuka and Command Fleet Activities Yokosuka on July 22.

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35 FW guidon passed to new commander

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Todd A. Doizer, Fifth Air Force vice commander, left, and Col. Kristopher W. Struve, 35th Fighter Wing commander, right, pause for a photo during the passing of the guidon at Misawa Air Base, Japan, July 16, 2018. The guidon symbolizes the relinquishment of command from the outgoing commander to the incoming commander.

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USS Chief Pulls into Hakodate

USS Chief (MCM 14) pulls into Hakodate for a goodwill mission. Chief’s crew will be meeting the citizens, sightseeing, shopping, enjoying the local cuisine and cultural attractions, and learning more about the scenic and historic area of Hakodate.

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Secretary of the Navy, US Forces Japan, III MEF Leadership Visit Iwakuni

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Richard Fuerst, commanding officer Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, and Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer, tour MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, July 12, 2018. MCAS Iwakuni is home to approximately half of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing that is headquartered on Okinawa, elements of the 3rd Marine Logistics Group, Fleet Air Wing 31 of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force, and other units of JMSDF. At present the station has about 15,000 personnel, including Japanese national employees.

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Senator McCain joins USS John S. McCain Namesake

Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer speaks during a ceremony aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) to induct U.S. Sen. John S. McCain III into the ship's official namesake, July 12, 2018. Expanding the namesake to include Senator McCain honors his family's three generations of dedicated service to the U.S. Navy.

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Learning to fly

Airmen from the 17th Special Operations Squadron prepare an MC-130J Commando II for flight July 12, 2018 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 17th SOS is one of multiple Air Force Special Operations Command units utilizing the "Green Flight" program for new Airmen, helping them get up to speed and efficient in their new roles before putting them on live flights.

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PACAF Demo Team fuels Alaskan community during Arctic Thunder 2018

The Pacific Air Forces’ F-16 Demonstration Team plants native vegetation by a riverbank with the Youth Employment in Parks program members in Anchorage, Alaska, June 29, 2018. The YEP program provides a 10-week summer program, hiring Anchorage teens to complete park improvement projects. Participants learn natural resource management job skills by building trails and restoring stream banks.

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STEP ONE, CHECK – 31ST MEU COMPLETES MEUEX

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, riding Assault Amphibious Vehicles, head toward the shore during a mechanized assault as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s MEU Exercise, near Ginoza Village, Okinawa, Japan, June 28, 2018. Marines and Sailors with Echo Company performed the final training event of MEUEX, an assault launched from Camp Schwab and targeting Combat Town, part of Okinawa’s Central Training Area. Marines with Echo Company, the mechanized assault element with BLT 2/5, partner with AAV crews to perform raids and assaults launched from the sea. MEUEX is the first in a series of three pre-deployment training events that prepare the 31st MEU to deploy at a moment’s notice. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations.

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Hard to Raptor head around

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Taylor Bryant, 525th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, goes through pre-flight procedures June 28, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Rotational forces are integral to increasing our military combat capabilities, which are essential to U.S. power projection and security obligations.

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PACAF Demo Team, Eielson AFB jets support Artic Thunder 2018

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the Pacific Air Forces’ F-16 Demonstration Team and Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, watch an aerobatic practice prior to Arctic Thunder 2018, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 26, 2018. The PACAF Demo Team worked hand-in-hand with Eielson AFB to perform at the air show while saving thousands of taxpayer dollars.

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PACAF Demo Team, Eielson AFB jets support Artic Thunder 2018

U.S. Air Force Pacific Air Forces’ F-16 Demonstration Team and contractors perpare two F-16 Fighting Falcons from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, for an aerobatic practice at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 26, 2018. Eielson AFB supported the demo team by providing aircraft to fly as well as contractors to maintain the jets for the 2018 Arctic Thunder biennial air show .

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U.S., Japanese Tradition Honors the Fallen

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Savary, 730 Air Mobility Squadron communications administrator, salutes during the playing of the National Anthem, June 23, 2018, in Shizuoka City, Japan. Savary was one of many Yokota Airmen who volunteered to participate in the 46th annual B-29 Memorial Ceremony, which commemorated lives lost during a bomb raid over Shizuoka City during World War II.

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Weapons System Evaluation Program Tests 13th Fighter Squadron Weapons Capabilities

Misawa Air Base Airmen with the 13th Fighter Squadron pose for a photo at joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 18, 2018. The 13th Fighter Squadron and AMXS participated in Combat Hammer, which is a part of the Air Force's weapons system evaluation program. Combat Hammer gave pilots and maintainers an oppertunity to train with live munitions, they don't usually get to handle.

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Weapons System Evaluation Program Tests 13th Fighter Squadron Weapons Capabilities

A 13th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, taxis in a F-16 Fighting Falcon at joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 18, 2018. The 13th Fighter Squadron and AMXS participated in Combat Hammer, which is a part of the Air Force's weapons system evaluation program. Combat Hammer gave pilots and maintainers an oppertunity to train with live munitions, they don't usually get to handle

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Pacific Partnership 2018 Concludes

Sailors assigned to Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) for Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18) and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) transfer a mock patient from an SH-60K Sea Hawk helicopter attached to the JMSDF during a bilateral medical training team drill between Mercy and JMSDF personnel. USNS Mercy is making port visits to Yokosuka and Tokyo to promote relationships between U.S. Navy Sailors and Japanese citizens through cultural exchange and bilateral training.

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Skilled in Combat

The 374th Security Forces Squadron 2018 Security Forces Advanced Combat Skills Assessment team pose for a photo on the flightline they protect daily, June 15, 2018, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The 374 SFS team placed first during the 2018 ACSA competition held at Andersen Air Force base, Guam.

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Marines, Sailors volunteer at Okinawan senior citizen home

Marines and Sailors wash a car at Ai-no-Mura Senior Citizens Home, Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa, Japan, June 9, 2018. Marines and Sailors volunteer to upkeep the senior citizen home to improve the quality of life. Volunteering helps build camaraderie within the unit along with building relationships with the local community.

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