Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Cledera | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 12.06.2025
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Lt. Gen. Hideo Izumi, left, commanding general of 15th Brigade, JGSDF, awards a coin to U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Anthony Ortiz, a trumpet instrumentalist, with the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band, during the Japan-U.S. Joint Concert at the Ishigaki Civic Center, Ishigaki, Japan, Dec. 7, 2025. The Japan-U.S. Joint Concert promotes the long-standing......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Cledera | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 12.06.2025
U.S. Marines with the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band and members of the 15th Brigade Band, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, stand to receive applause after performing during the Japan-U.S. Joint Concert at the Ishigaki Civic Center, Ishigaki, Japan, Dec. 7, 2025. The Japan-U.S. Joint Concert promotes the long-standing interoperability and camaraderie between the III MEF Band and the 15th......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Cledera | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 12.06.2025
Yu Ishigaki, a guest singer for the Japan-U.S. Joint Concert performs a song alongside the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band and the 15th Brigade Band, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force at the Ishigaki Civic Center, Ishigaki, Japan, Dec. 7, 2025. The Japan-U.S. Joint Concert promotes the long-standing interoperability and camaraderie between the III MEF Band and the 15th Brigade Band. (U.S.......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Cledera | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 12.06.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Randel Metzinger, right, director of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band, and Yu Ishigaki, a guest singer for the Japan-U.S. Joint Concert, perform a song at the Ishigaki Civic Center, Ishigaki, Japan, Dec. 7, 2025. The Japan-U.S. Joint Concert promotes the long-standing interoperability and camaraderie between the III MEF Band and the 15th Brigade Band. (U.S.......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Cledera | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 07.27.2024
Members of the Southwestern Defense Force Band, Japan Air Self-Defense Force perform during the US- Japan Joint Concert at the Naha Cultural Arts Theater NAHArt, Naha, Okinawa, Japan, July 27, 2024. The joint concert celebrated the long-enduring friendship and spirit of camaraderie between the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band and Southwestern Air Defense Force Band. (U.S. Marine Corps photo......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Cledera | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 07.27.2024
U.S. Marines with the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band and members of the Southwestern Defense Force Band, Japan Air Self-Defense Force perform together during the US-Japan Joint Concert at the Naha Cultural Arts Theater NAHArt, Naha, Okinawa, Japan, July 27, 2024. The joint concert celebrated the long-enduring friendship and spirit of camaraderie between the III Marine Expeditionary Force......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Cledera | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 07.27.2024
U.S. Marines with the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band and members of the Southwestern Defense Force Band, Japan Air Self-Defense Force perform together during the US-Japan Joint Concert at the Naha Cultural Arts Theater NAHArt, Naha, Okinawa, Japan, July 27, 2024. The joint concert celebrated the long-enduring friendship and spirit of camaraderie between the III Marine Expeditionary Force......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Cledera | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 07.27.2024
U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force Band and members of the Southwestern Defense Force Band, Japan Air Self-Defense Force perform together during the US-Japan Joint Concert at the Naha Cultural Arts Theater NAHArt, Naha, Okinawa, Japan, July 27, 2024. The joint concert celebrated the long-enduring friendship and spirit of camaraderie between the III Marine Expeditionary Force......
