Story by Cpl. Samantha Villarreal | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 04.30.2016
The first earthquake struck the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu, April 15. For nine more days, aftershocks rumbled on. The largest, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake April 17, prompted Japan to ask the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit for help....
Story by Capt. Jennifer Giles | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 04.18.2016
Four MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived in Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni today at the request of the Government of Japan to support the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force with relief efforts after a series of earthquakes struck the island of Kyushu earlier this week....
Story by Capt. Jennifer Giles | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 04.18.2016
Two MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit delivered relief supplies to Hakusui Sport Park on the island of Kyushu, Japan today in support of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force relief efforts after a series of earthquakes struck the island of Kyushu earlier this week....
Story by Lance Cpl. Kenneth Trotter Jr. | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 05.24.2011
The passengers on the bus are silent as they ride through the city. Their faces have no expression. No words can describe the scene around them. Houses leveled by boats several hundred yards from the port; cars overturned; a thick, grimy sludge covering everything in the vicinity. An entire city laid to waste by nature’s wrath. This was the scene before Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12......
