Misawa Sailors take part in Onagawa, Japan’s Mikoshi Festival [Image 1 of 10]

ONAGAWA, MIYAGI, JAPAN

05.03.2015

Photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Ryan Delcore 

Naval Air Facility Misawa

150503-N-EC644-103 ONAGAWA, Japan (May 3, 2015) Sailors from Misawa Air Base, Japan, help the citizens of Onagawa, Japan, carry a portable Shinto shrine, called a mikoshi, during the city's annual mikoshi festival. Local Shinto priests pray for the city's safety as the mikoshi is carried to surrounding neighborhoods. The city of Onagawa is located in Japan's Miyagi prefecture and was devastated by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck the area March 11, 2011. The citizens of Onagawa began inviting the U.S. Navy to their annual festival as a sign of friendship after the positive impact the U.S. Navy made on their lives during Operation Tomodachi. The members of the team consisted of Builder 2nd Class James Delacruz, assigned to Public Works Department, Misawa, from Popanga, Philippines; Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuels) Thomas Johnson, assigned to Naval Air Facility, Misawa, from Wilsonville, Ala.; Aviation Support Equipment Technician 3rd Class Kester Baird, assigned to Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment, Misawa, from Brooklyn; Information Systems Technician 3rd Class Liam Fazio, assigned to Commander, Task Force 72, from Fort Wayne, Ind., Yeoman 2nd Class Robert Barker, assigned to Navy Munitions Command East Asia Division Unit Misawa, from Colorado Springs, Colo.; Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Joenel Gloria, assigned to Aviation Support Detachment, Misawa, from Ewa Beach, Hawaii; Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Lonnie Shepard, assigned to Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Far East Detachment, Misawa, from Rockwall, Texas; Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Alejandro Henriquez, assigned to the Screaming Eagles of Patrol Squadron 1, from Chicago; and Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class David Malievsky, assigned to the Black Ravens of Electronic Attack Squadron 135, from Hotchkiss, Colo. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Ryan C. Delcore)

• Date Taken: 05.03.2015
• Date Posted: 05.06.2015 02:03
• Photo ID: 1915559
• VIRIN: 150503-N-EC644-103
• Resolution: 2784x1848
• Size: 1.96 MB
• Location: ONAGAWA, MIYAGI, JP
• Hometown: MISAWA AIR BASE, AOMORI, JP
• Hometown: ONAGAWA, MIYAGI, JP
• Hometown: BROOKLYN, NY, US
• Hometown: CHICAGO, IL, US
• Hometown: COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, US
• Hometown: EWA BEACH, HI, US
• Hometown: FORT WAYNE, IN, US
• Hometown: HOTCHKISS, CO, US
• Hometown: ROCKWALL, TX, US
• Hometown: WILSONVILLE, AL, US