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S43-608-045 - STS-043 - STS-43 earth observations

S43-608-045 - STS-043 - STS-43 earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-43 earth observations. View of Okinawa and Kadena, Japan. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-43... More

A right side view of an E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft landing during Exercise Team Spirit

A right side view of an E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning and Control Syste...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David Richardson Release ... More

Crewmen monitor control panels aboard an E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft during Exercise Team Spirit

Crewmen monitor control panels aboard an E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David Richardson Release ... More

Front view of an E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft taxiing into parking position during Exercise Team Spirit

Front view of an E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWAC...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. David Richardson Re... More

Interior view of the new base commissary

Interior view of the new base commissary

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Olan A. Owens Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

COL Leland E. Maines, vice commander, Air Force Commissary Service, speaks at the grand opening of the Kadena Commissary

COL Leland E. Maines, vice commander, Air Force Commissary Service, sp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Olan A. Owens Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

Private First Class Jim Bates of the 1ST Forward Area Defense Platoon, Marine Corps Air Support Squadron 2, aims a tracking-head trainer during exercise Coral Aces. The trainer simulates the Redeye lightweight surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile launcher

Private First Class Jim Bates of the 1ST Forward Area Defense Platoon,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL B Taylor Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Corporal Phil Bishop of the 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines constructs a scale-model replica of the largest battleship ever built, Japan's Yamato

Corporal Phil Bishop of the 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines constructs a s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL B Taylor Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A typical organizational sign used by many Marine Corps units in Japan and Okinawa. Many of the signs only have the English spelling of the American names. Many other signs are like this one, that is, with the English and Japanese spelling of the names on the sign

A typical organizational sign used by many Marine Corps units in Japan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

During his field training, PFC Ernest Sanchez carefully sights in on his target with the XM-76 heat seeking training weapon

During his field training, PFC Ernest Sanchez carefully sights in on h...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Northern Training Area (NTA) State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Reyna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Lance Corporal Johnny Jones, an AN/PRC-25 radio operator for D Battery, 12th Marines, relays the message for artillery coordinates

Lance Corporal Johnny Jones, an AN/PRC-25 radio operator for D Battery...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Northern Training Area (NTA) State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT M. A. Rosas Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Brigadier General Edwin J. Godfrey, Commanding General of the 3rd Fleet Services Support Group (FFSG), and Mrs. Godfrey greet General Robert H. Barrow, Commandant of the Marine Corps, during a welcome aboard ceremony at Marines Corps Air Station (H) Futenma. This is General Barrow`s last visit to Okinawa as Commandant of the Marine Corps

Brigadier General Edwin J. Godfrey, Commanding General of the 3rd Flee...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Futema State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT R. Roeder Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Corporal James strings communication wire, using a tree for a telephone pole, at the Central Training Area

Corporal James strings communication wire, using a tree for a telephon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Hansen State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL C. Reed Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

An air-to-air right side view of a KC-135A Extender aircraft refueling an F-15 Eagle aircraft accompanied by five additional F-15 aircraft from the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing. The aircraft are traveling from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, to Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, to participate in Exercise WILLIAM TELL `84 at

An air-to-air right side view of a KC-135A Extender aircraft refueling...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL '84 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Donald S. Mcmichael Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Robert Pike inspects 20 mm ammunition for corrosion and loose projectiles in the ammunition belts at the 400th Munitions Maintenance Squadron

AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Robert Pike inspects 20 mm ammunition for corro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Sergeant Daniel Prince checks the infrared system from an F-4 Phantom II aircraft

Sergeant Daniel Prince checks the infrared system from an F-4 Phantom ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Commandant of the Marine Corps, General (GEN) Paul X. Kelly (center), surveys a miscellaneous collection of aircraft engine parts being used by to Marine Air Group 36

Commandant of the Marine Corps, General (GEN) Paul X. Kelly (center), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Futema State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Carl E. Reed Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Commandant of the Marine Corps, General (GEN) Paul X. Kelly (left), inspects an aircraft engine undergoing maintenance in the Marine Air Group 36 hangar

Commandant of the Marine Corps, General (GEN) Paul X. Kelly (left), in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Futema State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Carl E. Reed Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Lance Corporal (LCPL) S.D. White of Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines, arms a 155 mm round during a live fire exercise at Camp Hansen

Lance Corporal (LCPL) S.D. White of Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL A.L. Ziegler Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

A view of the base plate fasteners, used to provide added security to its arms during movement from one firing point to another, of a 155 mm Howitzer. The Marine Corps is using the Howitzer at Camp Hansen a live fire exercise

A view of the base plate fasteners, used to provide added security to ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL A.L. Ziegler Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

An exterior view of one of the base chapels

An exterior view of one of the base chapels

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Walker Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

18th Tactical Fighter Wing F-15 Eagle aircraft line up on the flight line for a mass takeoff during Exercise COPE MAX 85

18th Tactical Fighter Wing F-15 Eagle aircraft line up on the flight l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE MAX 85 Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mcmichael Release Status:... More

General (GEN) P.X. Kelley, commandant of the Marine Corps, inspects Lance Corporal (LCPL) Thomes of Motor Transport Battalion of Marine Wing Service Squadron 172 (MWSS-172) during the general's visit to the base

General (GEN) P.X. Kelley, commandant of the Marine Corps, inspects La...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station Futenma State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT E. Alicea, Usmc Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Two Marines of the 9th Engineer Battalion climb onto a section of an M-4T6 floating bridge that was delivered by a helicopter during a training exercise

Two Marines of the 9th Engineer Battalion climb onto a section of an M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Northern Training Area (NTA) State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT C.R. Stout Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

Taiwanese Lieutenant General (LGEN) Somchita, left, and Taiwanese Rear Admiral (RADM) Kraiwal pose for a photo with Colonel (COL) Donlon, US Army, during the Taiwanese visit to the station

Taiwanese Lieutenant General (LGEN) Somchita, left, and Taiwanese Rear...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Station, Futenma State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT M.J. Burgess Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Colonel (COL) McDonald, commander of the air station, gives Taiwanese Lieutenant General (LGEN) Somchita, a going-away momento at the conclusion of his visit to the station

Colonel (COL) McDonald, commander of the air station, gives Taiwanese ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Station, Futenma State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT M.J. Burgess Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Marines on KL-250D3 motorcycles negotiate a cross-country course during a ten-day motorcycle driver training package

Marines on KL-250D3 motorcycles negotiate a cross-country course durin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Hurtsfield Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

GEN Alfred M. Gray Jr., Commandant of the Marine Corps, checks trenches to be used by members of Co. G, 2nd Bn., 5th Marines, as they attack a hill as part of an exercise at the Central Training Area. Gray is observing the exercise during his visit to Marine Corps Air Station, Futenma, Okinawa

GEN Alfred M. Gray Jr., Commandant of the Marine Corps, checks trenche...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Michael T. Jordan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

RF-4C Phantom II aircraft of the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (15th TRS) are silhouetted by the setting sun as they return home to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, following a mission

RF-4C Phantom II aircraft of the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant Charles Reger Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Ph... More

Three HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopters of the 33rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron fly in formation

Three HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopters of the 33rd Aerospace Rescue...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Donald S. Mcmichael Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

TWo Marines from 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, install the antennas on a communications shelter carried by an M1037 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) after coming ashore at Blue Beach during Exercise Valiant Usher 5-88

TWo Marines from 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, install the antennas on a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT USHER 5-88 State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Carter Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Vice President Dan Quayle, center left, meets with the governor of Okinawa, center right, during his visit to the island

Vice President Dan Quayle, center left, meets with the governor of Oki...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Will Henson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

Marine Corps Base, Camp Smedley D. Butler. Members of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Brigade, load an M-60E3 lightweight machine gun during a training exercise at the Central Training Area (CTA). Both Marines are wearing M-17 field protective masks

Marine Corps Base, Camp Smedley D. Butler. Members of the 2nd Battalio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL. Schawalder Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More

Members of the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB), 3rd Marine Division, crouch around an M-15 anti-tank mine during a demolitions training exercise. The Marine on the left is holding a 1-pound TNT block demolition charge wrapped with a length of detonation cord

Members of the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB), 3rd Marine Divisio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. P.D. Bishop Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Members of the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB), 3rd Marine Division, advance through a trench after capturing a simulated machine gun bunker during a combat training exercise at the Central Training Area (CTA)

Members of the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB), 3rd Marine Divisio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPT J.B. Carroll Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Dr. William Putney, a World War II war dog veterinarian, gives an emotional speech about the war dogs. This is the 50th Anniversary Ceremony of the Liberation of Guam

Dr. William Putney, a World War II war dog veterinarian, gives an emot...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT W.C. Prados Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

Veterans of the 9th Marine Regiment, assist in the Rededication of the Regimental Battle Streamers, during the 50TH Anniversary Ceremony for the Liberation of Guam in WWII

Veterans of the 9th Marine Regiment, assist in the Rededication of the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. W. C. Prados Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

Lance Corporal (LCPL) P.D. Rosqueta, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, crouches behind a tree during a forward envelopment exercise at the Northern Training Area

Lance Corporal (LCPL) P.D. Rosqueta, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 9th Mar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL A.L. Ziegler Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

This monument is adjacent to the Topside parade deck that honors the ROCK FORCE, the 503rd Parachute-Regimental Combat team that made a daring airborne assault to liberate Corregidor during World War II

This monument is adjacent to the Topside parade deck that honors the R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT W.C. Prados Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, Robert E. Bush, was presented a plaque during the Rededication of the Bush Medical Clinic

Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, Robert E. Bush, was presented ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Garland Holt Release Status: Released to Public ... More

The Sixth Marines Division Plaque at Camp S. D. Butler commemorating the World War II Battle of Okinawa at Sugar Loaf Hill was dedicated yesterday. It was the costliest single battle in Marine Corps history and the last land battle of the war

The Sixth Marines Division Plaque at Camp S. D. Butler commemorating t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jamie Marshall Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

Medal of Honor recipient, Robert E. Bush, shakes hands with the staff of the Bush Medical Clinic

Medal of Honor recipient, Robert E. Bush, shakes hands with the staff ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp S. D. Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Garland Holt Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

An E-3 taking off after a touch and go

An E-3 taking off after a touch and go

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. James G. Bryan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

Two members of the 18th Medical Group, Kadena AB, Japan, assist an "injured" pilot as he lays on the runway near his fighter aircraft during an 18th Wing Quick Response exercise

Two members of the 18th Medical Group, Kadena AB, Japan, assist an "in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

A UH-1 helicopter prepares to lift-off on a flight to Camp Kinser. General Charles C. Krulak, Commandant of the Marine Corps, straps himself in for an enjoyable flight

A UH-1 helicopter prepares to lift-off on a flight to Camp Kinser. Gen...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Sean T. Hays Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

Lance Corporal (LCPL) Smith, US Marine Corps (USMC), 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment fires a paintball version of the MP5 Heckler and Koch sub-machine gun, while participating in training at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Okinawa, Japan

Lance Corporal (LCPL) Smith, US Marine Corps (USMC), 2nd Battalion, 7t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Jungle Warfare Training Center State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL C. E. Houtz, Usmc Release Status: Released to Pub... More

At the Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC), Northern Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Team 4 of the Marine Corps First Stinger Battery prepare their ropes as safety harnesses before going across the cable bridge during the endurance course

At the Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC), Northern Training Area, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Jwtc State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Landegent, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

Medium close-up shot of US Marine Artillery rounds used for the M198 155mm Howitzer from Lima Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines from Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, waiting to be fired during the Artillery Relocation Shoot at Ojojihara, Japan

Medium close-up shot of US Marine Artillery rounds used for the M198 1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OJOJIHARA ARTILLERY RELOCATION SHOOT Base: Ojojihara Base Camp Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Bryant Cox, U... More

Straight on medium shot as US Marines from the 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, place three Mark V Zodiac rafts into the water that the reconnaissance unit will be using to perform their cold water training exercises at Iwakuni, Japan

Straight on medium shot as US Marines from the 5th Force Reconnaissanc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: 5TH FORCE RECON COLD WATER TRAINING Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL R... More

Straight on medium shot of US Marines from the 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as they carry a Mark V Zodiac raft toward the camera to a nearby dock (Not shown). These rafts will be used to transport the reconnaissance unit to the water for their cold water training exercise in Iwakuni, Japan

Straight on medium shot of US Marines from the 5th Force Reconnaissanc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: 5TH FORCE RECON COLD WATER TRAINING Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL R... More

Straight on medium close-up of a US Marine from the 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as he swims to the destination point in his cold water dry suit during the Battalion's cold water training exercises at Iwakuni, Japan

Straight on medium close-up of a US Marine from the 5th Force Reconnai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: 5TH FORCE RECON COLD WATER TRAINING Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL R... More

Straight on medium shot of a line of Mark V Zodiac rafts carrying US Marines from the 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, to their starting point, where they will swim out to a small island (Not shown) off the coast of Iwakuni, Japan, during their cold water training exercises

Straight on medium shot of a line of Mark V Zodiac rafts carrying US M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: 5TH FORCE RECON COLD WATER TRAINING Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL R... More

Rear view medium shot of US Marines from the 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as they walk on the shore of a small island near Iwakuni, Japan. The Marines, dressed in dry suits, are attending cold water training exercises

Rear view medium shot of US Marines from the 5th Force Reconnaissance ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: 5TH FORCE RECON COLD WATER TRAINING Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL R... More

Lance Corporal Jeremy Jones with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 (MWSS-172), 1ST Marine Air Wing, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, is firing a Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) during combat simulated patrolling excersises called Operation Cloud Warrior 2000 at Camp Fuji, Japan, on 08 September 2000. MWSS-172 participated in the annual operation, a field training exercise in which Marines carried out missions that encompasses land navigation, patrolling, force on force combat simulation exercises, and weapons handling

Lance Corporal Jeremy Jones with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 (MWS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CLOUD WARRIOR 2000 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Liz Her... More

Lance Corporal Joshua L. Dewees, a military policeman attached to Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 (MWSS-172), 1ST Marine Air Wing, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, is ready to fire a 50 caliber machinegun during the weapons firing excersise held at Camp Fuji, Japan, during Operation Cloud Warrior 2000 on 11 September 2000. MWSS-172 participated in the annual operation, a field training exercise in which Marines carried out missions that encompassed land navigation, patrolling, force on force combat simulation exercises, and weapons handling

Lance Corporal Joshua L. Dewees, a military policeman attached to Mari...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CLOUD WARRIOR 2000 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Liz Her... More

Commandant of the Marine Corps, General James L. Jones (right), takes time to meet and thank the members of the Non-Commissioned Officers' symposium during his visit to Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan, on 18 September 2000

Commandant of the Marine Corps, General James L. Jones (right), takes ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Joseph R. Price Release Status: Released to Publi... More

US Marine Corps Sergeant (SGT) Jason Kasper and Corporal (CPL) Paul A. Walters, with 3D Marine Division Communication Company, discuss the most tactical way to move a platoon through the jungle to get to the land navigation box, at the Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC), Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan. The JWTC is a training area where Marines are expected to perform land navigation skills, patrolling tactics, force on force reconnaissance, and jungle survival skills

US Marine Corps Sergeant (SGT) Jason Kasper and Corporal (CPL) Paul A....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Camp Courtney State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Liz Herrera Release Sta... More

US Marine Corps Corporal (CPL), Michael L. Ford, a radio operator with 3D Marine Division Communication Company, tries to locate his six digit grid on his map during land navigation training at the Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC), Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan. The JWTC is a training area where Marines are expected to perform land navigation skills, patrolling tactics, force on force reconnaissance, and jungle survival skills

US Marine Corps Corporal (CPL), Michael L. Ford, a radio operator with...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Camp Courtney State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Liz Herrera Release Sta... More

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal (CPL), Greg S. Evans with 3D Marine Division Communication Company, carries an AN/PRC 119, VHF Transceiver, as he rushes through the waist deep mud during the endurance course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, (JWTC) Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan. The JWTC is a training area where Marines perform land navigation skills, patrolling tactics, force on force reconnaissance, and jungle survival skills

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal (CPL), Greg S. Evans with 3D Marine Div...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Camp Courtney State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Liz Herrera Release Sta... More

Corporal Daric J. Zeckzer from MACG-36, jacks up an M913 5-ton truck during a tire change competition at the 1ST Marine Air Wing (MAW) Truck Rodeo on Camp Foster. The purpose of the Truck Rodeo is to find the Marines most efficient at thier respective job so they can represent the 1ST MAW at the III Marine Expeditionary Force Truck Rodeo.Official USMC PHOTO by LCpl Eugene E. Clarke (released)

Corporal Daric J. Zeckzer from MACG-36, jacks up an M913 5-ton truck d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Eugene E. Clarke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Colonal Charles L. Dockery, Assistant Wing Commander, congratulates all the Marines of the 1ST Marine Air Wing for their teamwork duing the Truck Rodeo. The purpose of the Truck Rodeo is to find the Marines in 1ST Marine Air Wing who are the quickest and most efficient at thier respective jobs so they may represent the 1ST MAW in the III Marine Expeditionary Force Truck Rodeo

Colonal Charles L. Dockery, Assistant Wing Commander, congratulates al...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Eugene E. Clarke Release Status: Released to Publ... More

To complete the trauma course the 3D Medical and 3D Dental students had to battle through the jungle at the Jungle Warfare Training Course (JWTC), Okinawa, Japan. Young Medical Students from 3D Medical Battalion and 3D Dental Battalion took various classes at the JWTC to improve confidence, moral, and to learn to rely on themselves and their equipment. These classes, which are designed to give the students hands on training in combat medicine, include mass casualty drills and exercises in how to perform the proper medical techniques in an unfamiliar and stressful setting

To complete the trauma course the 3D Medical and 3D Dental students ha...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Jwtc State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Jennifer A. Arndt Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

(LtoR) Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL) McGee, Mrs. Patricia McGee (wife), Lance Corporal Kevin McGee (son), and Major General Cartwright bow their heads in prayer before the new commander assumes his post. The official changing of command is a tradition held by the United States Marine Corps in order to pass on responsabilities from one commanding officer to the next. LTCOL Lyle M. Cross is relieved by LTCOL Daniel J. McGee as commander of MWCS-18

(LtoR) Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL) McGee, Mrs. Patricia McGee (wife), L...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: MWCS-18 Scene Camera Operator: PFC Tiffany S. Mans... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) members from A Company, Combat Assault Battalion (CAB), 7th Marines, practice Military Operations and Urban Terrain (MOUT) warfare at the Camp Hansen, Central Training Area, aboard an Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV7A1)

US Marine Corps (USMC) members from A Company, Combat Assault Battalio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Hansen State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega,... More

Employing an Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV7A1), US Marine Corps (USMC) members from A Company, Combat Assault Battalion, 7th Marines, practice Military Operations and Urban Terrain (MOUT), at the Central Training Area, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan

Employing an Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV7A1), US Marine Corps (USM...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Hansen State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega,... More

Mr. Jack Strahan, Project Manager, 17th Area Support Group (ASG), Camp Zama, Japan, prepares jumper cable for the land mobile radio system transmitter and receiver

Mr. Jack Strahan, Project Manager, 17th Area Support Group (ASG), Camp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Zama State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: Pacific Scene Camera Operator: Yuichi Imada, CIV Release Status: Relea... More

The Color Guard posted at the United States Army Japan (USARJ) and 9th Theater Support Command (9th TSC), Change of Command ceremony at Kastner Army Airfield, Camp Zama, Japan

The Color Guard posted at the United States Army Japan (USARJ) and 9th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Zama State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: USAPAC Scene Camera Operator: Yuichi Imada, CIV, USA Release Status: R... More

Using CH-53E Sea Stallions on a small island off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, US Marine Corps (USMC) pilots of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron-367 (HMLA-367) and Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron-466 (HMH-466), conduct a joint training exercise in order to enhance day and night proficiency in the tactic of inserting and extracting fire teams from a hostile and aggressive landing zone

Using CH-53E Sea Stallions on a small island off the coast of Okinawa,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: HMLA-367 Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jose Anthony Rubio, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Hofferk, carries a fellow Marine using the firemans carry technique, while participating in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan. The MCMAP program is designed to help build self-confidence as well as endurance

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Hofferk, carries a fellow...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Schwab Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jose Anthony Rubio, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More

Using a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter on a small island off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, US Marine Corps (USMC) pilots of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron-367 (HMLA-367) and Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron-466 (HMH-466), conduct a joint training exercise in order to enhance day and night proficiency in the tactic of inserting and extracting fire teams from a hostile and aggressive landing zone

Using a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter on a small island off the coast of O...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: HMLA-367 Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jose Anthony Rubio, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Singletary, with the Motor Transport Platoon, Sierra Battery, 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, eats evening chow after driving meals out to the Marines in the East Fuji Maneuver Area (FMA), Japan (JPN)

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Singletary, with the Motor Tra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Bn, 12th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL C... More

Lance Corporal (LCPL) Daniel Jenkins prepares his snow sled during a class in preparation for their sub-zero cold weather deployment to northern Japan for a 3week exercise

Lance Corporal (LCPL) Daniel Jenkins prepares his snow sled during a c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Hansen State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Robert W. Kunda, USMC Release Status: Released to ... More

Armed with an FNMI 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), Corporal (CPL) Chris Garza, a rifleman with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, sights in at a simulated enemy during a class in preparation for their sub-zero cold weather deployment to northern Japan for a 3week exercise

Armed with an FNMI 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), Corporal ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Hansen State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Robert W. Kunda, USMC Release Status: Released to ... More

Armed with a Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Rifle, US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Tim Runge provides security for his patrol squad during a practice ambush in simulated cold weather conditions

Armed with a Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Rifle, US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Cor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOREST LIGHT II 2003 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Hansen State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Rob... More

Former US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine C. J. Obrien speaks about the battle of Iwo Jima to USMC Corporal (CPL) Raul Villegas (left), and USMC CPL Carlos Lopez, 3rd Marine Division (MAR DIV), Combat Assault Battalion, Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan. Mr. Obrien took time to share his experiences with guests after the 58th Commemorative Anniversary Ceremony of the Battle of Iwo Jima on the island of Iwo Jima

Former US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine C. J. Obrien speaks about the bat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Iwo Jima Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Cory P. Griffith, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel with the 4th Marines present a cake to their Regimental Commander Colonel (COL) Drew A. Benett, in honor of the 89th Anniversary of the 4th Marines

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel with the 4th Marines present a cake t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 4th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amanda L.... More

General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, (right), Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC), and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (SMMC) Alford McMichael, are briefed by Colonel (COL) Philip Newman, Assistant CHIEF of STAFF (AC/S), on the adventures Marines have while conducting training in the Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement-Training System. The simulator trains Marines in a variety of situations encountered driving the Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) in the Okinawa area. GEN Hagee, with SGTMAJ McMichael, visited the III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) for the first time as the CMC, during his visit he will tour Marine bases located on Okinawa, Japan

General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, (right), Commandant of the Marine Corp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Courtney State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: HQMC Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, Usmc Release Sta... More

Mr. James Garringer, (center), General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, (left), Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) and Brigadier General (BGEN) Carsen during a visit to the Palms, the e-club, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. GEN Hagee visited III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) for the first time as the CMC, during his visit he will tour Marine bases located on Okinawa, Japan

Mr. James Garringer, (center), General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, (left),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Hansen State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: HQMC Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, ... More

General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC), lands in Okinawa, on board a C-37A, and is greeted by Lieutenant General (LGEN) Wallace C. "Chip" Gregson, Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF); Commander, Marine Corps Bases, Japan; Commander, Marine Forces, Japan. GEN Hagee visited the III MEF for the first time as the CMC, and will visit Marine bases located on Okinawa, Japan

General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Futema State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: HQMC Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega... More

US Marines Corps (USMC) personnel with the 4th Marines, 3rd Division from Okinawa, Japan, salute as both the American and Japanese National Anthem is played, during the 89th Anniversary of the 4th Marines existence

US Marines Corps (USMC) personnel with the 4th Marines, 3rd Division f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 4th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amanda L.... More

The oldest US Marine Corpsmen (USMC) present, Sergeant Major (SGM) Orlando Guerra, left, with the 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Division, Okinawa, Japan, shakes hands with the youngest Marine present, Private First Class (PFC) Steve Reyes, at the end of the ceremonial cake cutting for the 89th Anniversary of the 4th Marines

The oldest US Marine Corpsmen (USMC) present, Sergeant Major (SGM) Orl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 4th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amanda L.... More

General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, (left), Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) thanks Captain (CAPT) Jeffrey Decker, USMC, for his briefing on communications equipment used by Marines in the field. The General is visiting the 9th Material Readiness Battalion as part of his first tour as CMC of Marine bases located on Okinawa, Japan

General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, (left), Commandant of the Marine Corps...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Hansen State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: HQMC Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, ... More

General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) speaks to members of the 3D Marine Expeditionary Force Band, Okinawa, Japan. GEN Hagee visited III MEF for the first time as the CMC, during his visit he will tour Marine bases located on Okinawa, Japan

General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: HQMC Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, ... More

General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, (right), Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) stops to speak with Private First Class (PFC) Joshua Taylor, USMC, mechanic, during his visit to the 9th Material Readiness Battalion, Okinawa, Japan. PFC Taylor is outfitted with a high voltage probe and protective gloves. GEN Hagee visited III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) for the first time as the CMC, during his visit he will tour Marine bases located on Okinawa, Japan

General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, (right), Commandant of the Marine Corp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Hansen State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: HQMC Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, ... More

General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, (left), Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) tests out one of the communications devises during his visit to the 9th Material Readiness Battalion. Captain (CAPT) Jeffrey Decker, USMC, briefed the CMC on the system used for communicating with other Marines out in the field. The General is visiting the 9th Material Readiness Battalion as part of his first tour as CMC of Marine bases located on Okinawa, Japan

General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, (left), Commandant of the Marine Corps...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Hansen State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: HQMC Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, ... More

General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, (right), Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC), and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (SMMC) Alford McMichael, (left), stop for a photo of Lance Corporal (LCPL) Missy Hopkins, USMC, and Private First Class (PFC) Tara Thatcher, (right), USMC. Both were just promoted and had their chevrons pinned on by the visiting General and Sergeant Major. The General, with the Sergeant Major, is visiting the 9th Material Readiness Battalion as part of his first tour as CMC of Marine bases located on Okinawa, Japan

General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, (right), Commandant of the Marine Corp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Hansen State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: HQMC Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, ... More

General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, (right), Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC), and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (SMMC) Alford McMichael, (center), give impromptu speeches at their going away breakfast at Chesty's SENIOR Non-Commissioned Officers (SNCO) club. GEN Hagee visited III MEF for the first time as the CMC, during his visit he toured the bases located on Okinawa, Japan

General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, (right), Commandant of the Marine Corp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: HQMC Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, ... More

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (at the lectern), U.S. Secretary of Defense, answers questions from U.S. military service personnel, based on Okinawa, Japan, after a Sunday brunch on Nov. 16, 2003. Secretary Rumsfeld is in Okinawa to talk with the Honorable Keiichi Inamine, the Governor of Okinawa, about the further presence of U.S. Armed forces on the island. (DoD photo) (Released)

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (at the lectern), U.S. Secretary of D...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (right), U.S. Secretary of Defense, signs a group photograph of himself with senior officers and enlisted members that was taken soon after his arrival at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, on Nov. 16, 2003, prior to his talks with the Honorable Keiichi Inamine, the Governor of Okinawa, about the further presence of U.S. Armed forces on the island. (DoD photo by PETTY Officer 3rd Class Kaitlyn Rae Vargo) (Released)

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (right), U.S. Secretary of Defense, s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 (Nac) Kaitlyn Vargo, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 1ST Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), secure the tail rotor section on a USMC AH-1 Cobra helicopter, before offloading it from the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Theater Support Vessel (TSV) WESTPAC EXPRESS, on the pier at the Naha Port, in Okinawa, Japan. The Marines are preparing for a deployment in support of the Korea Field Training Exercise 2004 (FTX 04) and the Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, and Integration (RSO&I), to demonstrate 1ST MAW's rapid deployment of command and control to the Korean peninsula. Their goal is to exercise all functions of Marine Aviation in a theater-level field training exercise

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 1ST Marine Aircraft Win...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Port Of Naha Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Adaecus G. Brooks, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Ken Blankenship, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, assigned to Headquarters Company (HQ Co), 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), readies the EOD Bomb Squad Robot to dispose of a suspected simulated (dummy) letter bomb found inside a building during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the EOD team members could test and improve their response time in preparation for a real event

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Ken Blankenship, Explosive Ordna...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Daniel Klein, USMC Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JCSDF) Colonel (COL) Yokuni (center), Deputy Commander, listens as a female translator (back to camera) speaks to US Marine Corps (USMC) Lieutenant (LT) Corte-Real (right), Security Detail, Camp Foster, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan. These JGSDF officials are at Gate 6 at the start of their observation tour of Camp Foster during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX), which is a base wide exercise designed to test and improve base security throughout MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler between March 29 and April 1, 2004

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JCSDF) Colonel (COL) Yokuni (cente...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Hugh S. Holder, USMC Release Status: Released to P... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) member covers USMC Sergeant (SGT) Mark Thompson and USMC Lance Corporal (LCPL) William Papple (not in image), both playing the role of perpetrators who had taken a hostage, during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the Camp Foster USMC SRT could test and improve their base security procedures and emergency situation response time in preparation for a real event

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) member covers USM...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah M. Harman, USMC Release Status: Released to... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) sentry (front) watches over a group of Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces (JGSDF) officers at Gate 6, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan (JPN), at the start of their official tour of Camp Foster during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the base security elements could test and improve their response time in preparation for a real event

A US Marine Corps (USMC) sentry (front) watches over a group of Japane...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Hugh S. Holder, USMC Release Status: Released to P... More

Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces (JGDSF) Colonel (COL) Yokuni (center), Deputy Commander, JGDSF, speaks with a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, Security Forces, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan (JPN), about the shotgun that he and other Security Marines are issued when they stand guard, while COL Yokuni is on an official tour of Camp Foster during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the base security elements could test and improve their response time in preparation for a real event

Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces (JGDSF) Colonel (COL) Yokuni (cent...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Hugh S. Holder, USMC Release Status: Released to P... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) William Papple (right) role-plays a perpetrator who has taken Lance Corporal (LCPL) Chavis Deboever and Private First Class (PFC) Bryan Fox (seated left) hostage and holds them inside an abandoned building at Camp Kinser, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan, during a simulated hostage rescue situation conducted as part of a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX). The FPEX is a base wide exercise designed to test and improve base security throughout MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler between March 29 and April 1, 2004

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) William Papple (right) ro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Kinser State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah M. Harman, USMC Release Status: Released to... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Chavis Deboever (left) and Private First Class (PFC) Bryan Fox role-play being hostages inside an abandoned building at Camp Kinser, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan, in order to add realism to a simulated hostage rescue situation conducted as part of a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX). The FPEX is a base wide exercise designed to test and improve base security throughout MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler between March 29 and April 1, 2004

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Chavis Deboever (left) an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Kinser State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah M. Harman, USMC Release Status: Released to... More

Tammy Carsten (standing center back) and her daughters, Emily (crying) and Amanda (right), are all wounded by the moulage process to play simulated victims to participate in a mass casualty exercise on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Kinser (onboard MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler), Okinawa, Japan (JPN), during a simulated medical and decontamination drill conducted as part of a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX). This FPEX is a base wide exercise designed to test and improve base security and response time throughout MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler between March 29 and April 1, 2004

Tammy Carsten (standing center back) and her daughters, Emily (crying)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah M. Harman, USMC Release Status: Released to... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) Marines remove a captured simulated terrorist from inside a parked van while participating in a simulated terrorists holding hostages situation during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) conducted on MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler / Camp Foster. The FPEX was held to test and improve base security at MCB Camp Butler from March 29 to April 1, 2004

US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) Marines remove a ca...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Hugh S. Holder, USMC Release Status: Released to P... More

Members of the Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Kinser Fire Department check for any remnants from a simulated dirty bomb during the decontamination process, which is part of a simulated mass casualty exercise on MCB Camp Kinser (onboard MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler), Okinawa, Japan (JPN), during a simulated medical and decontamination drill conducted as part of a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX). This FPEX is a base wide exercise designed to test and improve base security and response time throughout MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler between March 29 and April 1, 2004

Members of the Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Kinser Fire Department che...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Kinser State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah M. Harman, USMC Release Status: Released to... More

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