An aerial view of damage to Wakuya, Japan, after a
An aerial view of damage to Wakuya, Japan, after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the area in northern Japan. Ships and aircraft from the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group are condu... More
III MEF Marines prepare to provide assistance following tsunami in Jap...
Marines with 7th Communications Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF (Forward) load a KC-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft here March 14, during humanitarian assistance operati... More
Col. Andrew MacMannis, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Col. Andrew MacMannis, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit commanding officer and Capt. Bradley Lee, commander, Amphibious Squadron 11, board a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter aboard the flight deck of the forward-depl... More
Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward),
Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), assist the Japan Air Self-Defense Force in clearing debris on the flightline from the tsunami, March 22. The flightlines through Japan are crucial to the t... More
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force service members
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force service members from Fleet Air Wing II load donated items onboard an MH-53E helicopter at JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base. JMSDF Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 111 transpor... More
Members of the Japan Self-Defense Force collect debris
Members of the Japan Self-Defense Force collect debris at the Minato Elementary School here April 2. U.S. service members and members of the JSDF visited the school to help clear reminisce of debris caused by t... More
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck, III Marine
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck, III Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general and Task Force 505, shakes the hand of Japan Ground Self Defense Force Lt. Gen. Eiji Kimizuka, commanding general ... More
Lance Cpl. Jared M. Sackett, a Poyner, Texas native,
Lance Cpl. Jared M. Sackett, a Poyner, Texas native, was recently awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. Sackett earned the medal while performing his duties as a night watch clerk in the Joint Oper... More
Capt. Greg Cozad, Commander, Task Force 72 deputy commander,
Capt. Greg Cozad, Commander, Task Force 72 deputy commander, briefs Cmdr. Kevin Long, Patrol Squadron 4 executive officer, upon the squadron's arrival to Naval Air Facility Misawa. The squadron has temporarily ... More
Sailors and civilian shipyard workers conduct a foreign
Sailors and civilian shipyard workers conduct a foreign object damage walk down after a vertical replenishment at sea aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. George Washington departed from her forwa... More
Members of a 621st Contingency Response Wing airfield
Members of a 621st Contingency Response Wing airfield assessment team load mobility bags at the Global Reach Deployment Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., before leaving for Japan on March 22. CR... More
Sailors with Amphibious Squadron 11 direct Japanese
Sailors with Amphibious Squadron 11 direct Japanese utility repair vehicles into a U.S. Navy landing craft at the dock in Kesennuma, March 27. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and PHIBRON-11 transported the v... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Jensen, an aviation
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Jensen, an aviation structural mechanic attached to Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment Misawa and a native of Payette, Idaho, performs a spot weld on an engine part for... More
Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265,
Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, observe as a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter here prepares for take-off to tr... More
A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter takes off from the flight
A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter takes off from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex, the amphibious dock landing ships USS Harpers Ferry and USS Germantown, with the e... More
Airmen 1st Class Dakota Parker of Brownsboro, Texas,
Airmen 1st Class Dakota Parker of Brownsboro, Texas, assigned to Misawa Air Base, Bioenvironmental Engineering Department, applies an applicator to a water sample during a water contamination test. The departme... More
Navy Adm. Robert F. Willard, commander of U.S. Pacific
Navy Adm. Robert F. Willard, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, gives a toy to a child while touring a shelter facility in Ishinomaki city, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, March 23. Willard and John V. Roos, U.S. amb... More
The March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastated the
The March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastated the port city of Onahama in Fukushima Prefecture as this March 29, photo depicts. This fish was carried hundreds of yards inland and stranded on a railroad track w... More
Sgt. Johnathan Prokopchak sweeps the floors during
Sgt. Johnathan Prokopchak sweeps the floors during the cleanup of Ishinomaki Technical High School, March 30, in Sendai Japan. Service members in conjunction with the Japanese Ground Defense Force cleaned the s... More
Members of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department,
Members of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, Virginia Task Force 1 await their departure at Misawa Air Base, March 14, 2011. The task force arrived in Misawa following an 8.9-magnitude earthquake t... More
Members of the French army assist a Japanese woman
Members of the French army assist a Japanese woman with disposal of sediment during relief efforts in this tsunami-battered city. More than 130 volunteers from Misawa Air Base and members of the French army and... More
Gunnery Sgt. Josh Wallace, a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter
Gunnery Sgt. Josh Wallace, a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter crew chief with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, provides fron... More
Two SH-60 Helicopters from Helicopter Antisubmarine
Two SH-60 Helicopters from Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 14 taxi down the runway after arriving here at Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan. HS-14 repositioned its assets from Naval Air Facility Atsugi to NAF ... More
Through all the commotion going on in the Enlisted
Through all the commotion going on in the Enlisted club ballroom due to the voluntary evacuation of Misawa Air Base family members, young seven-month old Regal Flores decides to take a nap in the safe arms of h... More
A Misawa Air Base civilian employes recovers usable
A Misawa Air Base civilian employes recovers usable pots from the debris left in the wake of Japan's massive tsunami, while Misawa-based chief petty officers and first class petty officers assist with recovery ... More
Many areas surrounding the Minato Elementary School
Many areas surrounding the Minato Elementary School still show signs of the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami that struck the area March 11. U.S. service members and members of the Japan Self-Def... More
Prime Minister Naoto Kan visited the Joint Task Force
Prime Minister Naoto Kan visited the Joint Task Force - Tohoku at Camp Sendai, Japan. Present, as well, are Adm. Patrick Walsh, commander of the Joint Support Forces - Japan; Lt. Gen. Burton Field, commanding f... More
Residents of Naval Air Facility Atsugi collect food,
Residents of Naval Air Facility Atsugi collect food, water, and relief supplies to support earthquake and tsunami relief operations in Japan.
Operation Tomodachi, US Navy Photogrpah
Petty Officer 2nd Class Zack DelCorte, a Naval air crewman assigned to the Black Knights of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 4, currently embarked with the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), ha... More
Senior Airman Andrew Ammerman, an air terminal operations
Senior Airman Andrew Ammerman, an air terminal operations center controller with the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron, guides a 15 Brigade, Japan Ground Self Defense Force truck onto a Royal Australian Air Force C-1... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jesse Moses, operations specialist,
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jesse Moses, operations specialist, attached to Travis Air Force Base, entertains children while their families wait to process through customs and immigration at Travis Air Force Base d... More
Members from the 730th Air Mobility Squadron load pallets
Members from the 730th Air Mobility Squadron load pallets of bottled water to a C-130 Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan. After two consecutive days of flying, Yokota C-130s have transported 230 thousand pounds... More
A C-5 Galaxy carrying members of the Initial Response
A C-5 Galaxy carrying members of the Initial Response Force arrives here April 3, 2011. The Initial Response Force is a 155-person team comprised of Marines from Naval Support Facility, Indian Head, Md. As a sm... More
A U.S. Air Force C-17 III Globemaster sits on the flight
A U.S. Air Force C-17 III Globemaster sits on the flight line ready to off load earthquake relief supplies on March 13, 2011, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, for Operation Tomodachi.
A member of the Japan Self-Defense Force collects debris
A member of the Japan Self-Defense Force collects debris at the Minato Elementary School here April 2. U.S. service members and members of the JSDF visited the school to help clear reminisce of debris caused by... More
Bloomington, Minn., native, Marine Corps Sgt. Nicholas
Bloomington, Minn., native, Marine Corps Sgt. Nicholas Janey, a technical rescueman with the Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force, dons his Mission Oriented Protective Posture suit with help from anothe... More
A KC-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft loaded with
A KC-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft loaded with chairs, tables, desks and generators, takes off from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma bound for Naval Air Station Atsugi March 14, in support of Operation Tom... More
Airmen and sailors work together with Japanese residents
Airmen and sailors work together with Japanese residents to pull a vehicle out of the tree line at the Misawa City fishing port March 19. A tsunami washed vehicles, trash and debris into the tree line after an ... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Andre Sparman, aviation structural
Petty Officer 2nd Class Andre Sparman, aviation structural mechanic, left, from Los Angeles, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Matt Robinson, Naval air crewman, from Baltimore, load humanitarian supplies onto an SH-6... More
Volunteers from Naval Air Facility Misawa and Misawa
Volunteers from Naval Air Facility Misawa and Misawa Air Base served a home-cooked meal to the children and staff members at the Biko-en Children's Care House during a community service project. Volunteers from... More
Naval Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Tautkus, air crewman,
Naval Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Tautkus, air crewman, right, assigned to the Black Knights of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4 embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, gestures to a Japan... More
Betzabeth Sierra and her children arrive at Travis
Betzabeth Sierra and her children arrive at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., March 25 from Misawa Air Base, Japan. Following the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan, March 11, hundreds of family members from mi... More
U.S. Navy Barge YON-287, filled with 851,000 litres
U.S. Navy Barge YON-287, filled with 851,000 litres (225,000 gallons) of fresh water, departs Fleet Activities Yokosuka March 26 to support cooling efforts at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. YON-287 ... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Sherman Buquid, aviation boatswain's
Petty Officer 3rd Class Sherman Buquid, aviation boatswain's mate (handling), directs a Boeing 737 carrying Department of Defense dependents and Navy civilians during an authorized voluntary departure from the ... More
Members of the United Kingdom Search and Rescue search
Members of the United Kingdom Search and Rescue search structures and debris on March 16, 2011 in Ofunato, Japan. A 9.0 earthquake hit Japan on March 11 that caused a Tsunami that destroyed anything in its path.
Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team, III Marine
Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team, III Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd) stands ready inside a school gymnasium that is serving as temporary billeting for U.S. service members working on the flight line here ... More
CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters take off from the
CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters take off from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex with humanitarian assistance supplies in support of Operation Tomodachi. Essex and ships in the U.S. 7th Fleet ... More
Lt. Commander Chad Tidwell, United States Navy Reserve,
Lt. Commander Chad Tidwell, United States Navy Reserve, gives Ethan Schinder a piggy back ride March 25, 2011. Denver International Airport has been receiving military dependent evacuees from Japan during Opera... More
United States Agency for International Development
United States Agency for International Development workers from the Los Angeles County Fire Department receive a briefing after arriving March 13. The team arrived in support of Operation Tomodachi after an 8.... More
An Air Force MC-17 Globemaster delivered water and
An Air Force MC-17 Globemaster delivered water and field showers to Sendai Airport, Sendai, Japan, for local Japanese families at the Ooshima Community Center in Matsushima, Japan, on March 26 during Operation ... More
A Marine uses a tram to fill a dump truck with debris
A Marine uses a tram to fill a dump truck with debris April 2. Marines and sailors with Combat Logistics Regiment 35, Joint Task Force Fuji and soldiers from the 35th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, worke... More
United States Agency for International Development
United States Agency for International Development search and rescue dogs along with their handlers arrived March 13. Teams arrived to help with civil relief and rescue operations after a 9.1 magnitude earthqua... More
A line forms outside a local automatic teller machine
A line forms outside a local automatic teller machine March 14. As power is restored to the base, more services become available to base residents.
An MC-130P Combat Shadow from the 17th Special Operations
An MC-130P Combat Shadow from the 17th Special Operations Squadron refuels a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue Squadron March 18. The refueling missions are in support of humanitarian relief opera... More
A military family member of the four-legged type receives
A military family member of the four-legged type receives a much-appreciated scratch on the head from Technical Sgt. Mike Orr, of the 60th Communication Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. The dog and hi... More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Travis Lausier, right, and Spc.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Travis Lausier, right, and Spc. Jason Hayes, both from the Japan District Veterinary Command, Misawa Branch, draw blood from Lago, while his handler, Tim Dinges, comforts his partner. Dinge... More
Misawa Service Members Lead the Way in Recovery Efforts
A convoy of supply trucks and buses wind their way south from Misawa Air Base to deliver search-and-rescue crews and their equipment to tsunami-ravaged Ofunato, Japan, March 14. The 35th Fighter Wing service me... More
Airman 1st Class Neal Phillips with the 733rd Air Mobility
Airman 1st Class Neal Phillips with the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron prepares cargo full of supplies including clothes, blankets and toiletries to send with members of the 15 Brigade, Japan Ground Self Defense F... More
Members of the Fairfax County, Va., Task Force 1 Urban
Members of the Fairfax County, Va., Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue search structures and debris on March 16, 2011 in Ofunato, Japan. A 9.0 earthquake hit Japan on March 11 that caused a tsunami that destr... More
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit load humanitarian assistance supplies onto a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Ess... More
Edina Toyoki, a volunteer with the Misawa Pet Kennel,
Edina Toyoki, a volunteer with the Misawa Pet Kennel, walks a pair of Jack Russell terriers belonging to family members who voluntarily departed Naval Air Facility Misawa. The kennel, along with volunteers, is ... More
Marines load humanitarian assistance supplies onto
Marines load humanitarian assistance supplies onto a CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. USS Essex is off the coast of Japan providing humanitarian assi... More
Lt. j.g. Jaden Risner, assigned to the Black Knights
Lt. j.g. Jaden Risner, assigned to the Black Knights of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4 embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, speaks with a Japanese citizen during a humanitarian assistan... More
Students at Sollars Elementary School walk to their
Students at Sollars Elementary School walk to their respective classrooms March 21. Base schools are back in session with all bus routes running and classes starting at the normal times. The schools were closed... More
Anthony Adoranto, an air frame mechanic with Marine
Anthony Adoranto, an air frame mechanic with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, watches his ball slide down the la... More
Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Carter, JFLICC FWD, battle
Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Carter, JFLICC FWD, battle non-commissioned officer in charge, Schenectady, N.Y., native, removes glass from a broken door frame in the Nobiru Rail Station, Tohoku region, Japan, April 2... More
The piers at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam remain
The piers at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam remain unharmed after a tsunami warning was in effect for the state of Hawaii. On March 11, a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck off the coast of northern Japan causing ... More
Sailors aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS
Sailors aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge prepare humanitarian assistance supplies as the ship pulls out of Singapore. Blue Ridge loaded humanitarian assistance supplies in Singapore to ensu... More
Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265,
Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on Okinawa, Japan, and Matsu... More
Lt. Col. Carrie Acree, Emergency Preparedness Liaison
Lt. Col. Carrie Acree, Emergency Preparedness Liaison officer, holds five-week old Adrian Morant while his mother gets situated at the Denver International Airport aerial port of debarkation, March 24. More tha... More
Two children suspend from a metal rod held by Ron “Big
Two children suspend from a metal rod held by Ron “Big Ron” Waterman , a member of Team Impact, at the Keystone Theater here, March 11. The kids were asked to hold on to test the strength of the rod before bend... More
The guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilber is underway
The guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilber is underway off the coast of Japan providing humanitarian assistance to Japan as directed in support of Operation Tomodachi. (Photo by: Seaman Apprentice Michael Feddersen)
Members of the Japan Self Defense Force Northeastern
Members of the Japan Self Defense Force Northeastern Army Band and the U.S. Army Japan Band play a concert for Japanese locals at a displacement camp, Toho Middle School, Tagajo City, Japan, March 30. The U.S. ... More
A building sits in ruin near the Sendai Airport here
A building sits in ruin near the Sendai Airport here March 25 following the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck northern Japan March 11. U.S. service members have been assisting the Japa... More
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Robert Mercer, United States Forces
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Robert Mercer, United States Forces Japan, feeds a "tsunami dog" at Onahama port, Fukushima Prefecture March 28, 2011.
CoCoa Beach, Fla., native, Spc. Bobbie Walker, an mechanic
CoCoa Beach, Fla., native, Spc. Bobbie Walker, an mechanic with U.S. Army Japan and a Japanese Air Self Defense Force member remove a mattress from the outside of a school building in north eastern Japan, April... More
U.S. Air Force aerial porters from Misawa Air Base,
U.S. Air Force aerial porters from Misawa Air Base, Japan, off load pallets of earthquake relief supplies from a C-17 III Globemaster on March 13, 2011, during Operation Tomodachi.
A Japanese man walks past debris caused by the tsunami
A Japanese man walks past debris caused by the tsunami that struck the area in early March. U.S. service members were in the area to help clear debris at the Minato Elementary School as part of Operation Tomodachi.
An aerial view of damage to Sukuiso, Japan, a week
An aerial view of damage to Sukuiso, Japan, a week after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the area.
Helicopters and airplanes line the tarmac at Naval
Helicopters and airplanes line the tarmac at Naval Air facility Misawa as aviation units from around the world converge on the northern-Japanese base in support of Operation Tomodachi. Operation Tomodachi (Japa... More
Tomantono Wakana, 5, blows bubbles outside Toho Middle
Tomantono Wakana, 5, blows bubbles outside Toho Middle School here March 21. Service members with U.S. Forces Japan (Fwd) and Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces surveyed the school and made plans to establish pow... More
MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft performs aerial refueling
MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft performs aerial refueling mission to an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter March 18. MC-130P from the 17th Special Operation Squadron continues refueling missions to support the relief ef... More
Members of the 730th Air Mobility Squadron wait to
Members of the 730th Air Mobility Squadron wait to unload supplies on a K-loader here March 19. An international charter aircraft delivered 95 tons of blankets, plastic sheeting, hygiene supplies, soap and jerr... More
Firefighters of CA-TF2 search a house for a tsunami
Firefighters of CA-TF2 search a house for a tsunami victim after a tip from a local in Ofunato, Japan, during March 15, 2011. Members of the Los Angeles Search and Rescue Team, Task Force 2 are responding to th... More
735th Air Mobility Squadron ramp service specialists
735th Air Mobility Squadron ramp service specialists and 535th Airlift Squadron loadmasters load generators onto a C-17 in preparation for its departure on a humanitarian mission to Japan, March 12, at Joint B... More
Sgt. John Smith, an embarkation chief with Combat Logistics
Sgt. John Smith, an embarkation chief with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, tightens a strap to hold down bottled water and Chemical Biological Radiologi... More
Cmdr. Doug Huggins, air operations deputy officer for
Cmdr. Doug Huggins, air operations deputy officer for Atsugi Air Station answers questions to military families about plans for a voluntary authorized departure here March 18. The commander held two town hall b... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Martin, engineman,
Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Martin, engineman, left, uses an IM-271/PD Radiacmeter to detect possible surface contaminates on Airman Eddie Sanchez, aviation boatswain's mate (fuel), aboard the aircraft carr... More
Mobility Airman profile: AMC aerial porter at Yokota supports Operatio...
Airman 1st Class Hayden Boeglin, 730th Air Mobility Squadron, strips off a chain from supplies to be loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III on March 20, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The supplies were delivered to Sen... More
USS Blue Ridge, US Navy Photogrpah
Sailors arrange pallets on the main deck aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) during a vertical replenishment. Blue Ridge transferred pallets of humanitarian assistance supplies to the... More
Lt. Col. Miyake Takashi, chief of logistics for a bilateral
Lt. Col. Miyake Takashi, chief of logistics for a bilateral crisis action team, discusses relief efforts with Capt. Ryan Weisheyer, a logistics officer for the Joint Forces Land Component Command. The JFLCC was... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Maurice Snipes, a Naval air
Petty Officer 2nd Class Maurice Snipes, a Naval air crewman and a sensor operator from Orlando, Fla., attached to Patrol Squadron (VP) 4, guides a fuel truck into position prior to refueling a P-3C Orion aircra... More
A Japanese Ground Self-Defense soldier greets a local
A Japanese Ground Self-Defense soldier greets a local pizzeria owner, who has donated twelve pizzas to U.S. and Japanese soldiers at Ishinomaki Sports Complex, Japan, April 25. The pizzas were given as a token ... More
Leaders discuss mutual interests
Okinawa area coordinator Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr., III Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general and Marine Corps Bases Japan commander, shakes hands with Takeaki Matsumoto, Japan Foreign Minister. Ma... More
Sailors aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS
Sailors aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge move pallets of humanitarian relief supplies across the ship's flight deck during an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fleet ... More
Pfc. Kevin Gray, a loadmaster with Marine Aerial Refueler
Pfc. Kevin Gray, a loadmaster with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, directs a forklift driver to position a pale... More
Members of the 15th Brigade, Japan Ground Self Defense
Members of the 15th Brigade, Japan Ground Self Defense Force board a Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson C-17 Globemaster III on Kadena’s flight line, March 17. Kadena airmen worked with the JBER crew to transport ... More
Tech Sgt. Laura Andrews and Airman First Class Dakota
Tech Sgt. Laura Andrews and Airman First Class Dakota Parker, 35th Medical Group Bio-Environmental Engineers, obtain readings off a high-volume air sampler March 18. The reading is used to determine if the air ... More
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex prepare to launch helicopters loaded with humanitarian assistance supplies. USS Essex is off the coast of Japan providing humanitarian ... More
A U.S. Army Japan UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter hovers
A U.S. Army Japan UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter hovers at Sendai Airport as soldiers from USARJ’s, Logistics Task Force 35 secure 3800 lbs. of water onto the hook of the aircraft bound for Okushima, Japan. USARJ ... More