ARFF Marines conduct early morning training [Image 18 of 35]

MCAS IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JAPAN

10.12.2018

Photo by Cpl. Andrew Jones 

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Donovan O’Rourke, an aircraft rescue and firefighting specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, operates a P19 firefighting vehicle during a fire containment drill at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 12, 2018. The training was conducted in order to maintain proficiency extinguishing aircraft fires in support of the air station’s mission of launching and recovering aircraft. Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting is a special category of firefighting that involves the response, hazard mitigation, evacuation and possible rescue of passengers and crew of an aircraft involved in a ground emergency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew Jones)

• Date Taken: 10.12.2018
• Date Posted: 10.15.2018 01:33
• Photo ID: 4817748
• VIRIN: 181012-M-HB452-1303
• Resolution: 6720x4480
• Size: 16.53 MB
• Location: MCAS IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JP