Photo by Lance Cpl. David Getz | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 03.24.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Justin Hadden, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 (MWSS-171), Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and a California native, performs a render safe procedure on a simulated improvised explosive device during a joint technical exchange at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March. 24, 2025. U.S. Marines from......
Photo by Lance Cpl. David Getz | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 03.24.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Justin Hadden, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 (MWSS-171), Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and a native of California performs a render safe procedure on a simulated improvised explosive device during a joint technical exchange at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March. 24, 2025. U.S. Marines......
Photo by Lance Cpl. David Getz | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 03.24.2025
A multiRAE gas monitor is used to monitor CS gas levels as part of a test during a joint technical exchange at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March. 24, 2025. U.S. Marines from MCAS Iwakuni and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members with the 13th Brigade, Middle Army conducted a joint technical exchange to enhance their capabilities as a combined force in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S.......
Photo by Lance Cpl. David Getz | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 03.24.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Brandon Lawson, left, a North Carolina native, and Lance Cpl. Cody McAlpine, an Alabama native, both chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense specialists with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 (MWSS-171), Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, walk to a decontamination station during a joint technical exchange at Marine Corps Air Station......
Photo by Lance Cpl. David Getz | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 03.24.2025
A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member with the 13th Brigade, Middle Army, helps U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Brandon Lawson, a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 (MWSS-171), Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and a Texas native, fill a spray container during a joint technical exchange at Marine Corps Air......
Photo by Lance Cpl. David Getz | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 03.24.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cesar Baroza, left, a Georgia native, and Lance Cpl. Leon Liu, a native of California, both chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense specialists with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 (MWSS-171), Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, don protective gear during a joint technical exchange at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March. 24,......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Apollo Wilson | III MEF Information Group | 02.29.2024
Japan Ground Self Defense Force Sgt. First Class, Taiki Higashi, Master Sgt. Tomoya Tasaki, a joint traffic air control instructor and Master Sgt. Takayuki Shimzu, all with Fire Leading Company, Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, track targets through a spotter scope, in the supporting arms virtual trainer during exercise Iron Fist on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 29, 2024. The SAVT......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Apollo Wilson | III MEF Information Group | 02.29.2024
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Master Sgt. Tomoya Tasaki, a joint traffic air control instructor with Fire Leading Company, Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, left, U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Eric Pak, a forward air control officer with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, center, and JGSDF Sgt. First Class, Taiki Higashi, with Fire Leading Company, Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade,......