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
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
Col. Chris Coke, chief of staff for 3rd Marine Expeditionary
Col. Chris Coke, chief of staff for 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Joint Support Forces Japan, opens the bilateral symposium on mental health here March 31 by discussing the importance of interoperability an... 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
Brendan (left) and Tyler Dallies, from East Liverpool,
Brendan (left) and Tyler Dallies, from East Liverpool, Ohio, sort through toys donated to Japan by listeners of the "Ron and Don" radio show. The program organized and shipped more than 96,000 pounds of donated... More
Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri says goodbye to children
Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri says goodbye to children as he exits Oshima Elementary during a visit Jan. 12. During the visit, nearly 30 members of the III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations... 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
Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2d Battalion,
Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, remove debris from among severely damaged homes here during Operation Field Day, a clearing and cleanup project de... More
Residents of Oshima Island make a streamer of ribbons
Residents of Oshima Island make a streamer of ribbons for Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, as a way of thanking them for cleaning up debris, April 6. The Marines and Sailors spent abou... 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
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
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
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
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
A joint-service American survey team flies over the
A joint-service American survey team flies over the wreckage at Sendai Airport, March 13, two days after the massive earthquake and tsunami ravaged the eastern coast of Japan's main island of Honshu.
Operation Tomodachi, US Navy Photogrpah
A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter assigned to the Flying Tigers of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, lifts off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier... More
Oldham County native, III MEF Marine continues service
On Sept. 2, Craig Q. Timberlake, a graduate of Oldham County High School class of 1977, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the United States Marine Corps. This past February, Timberlake was select... More
Marines board a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter aboard
Marines board a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex, the amphibious dock landing ships USS Harpers Ferry and USS Germantown, with the embarked 31st ... More
Reserve Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff for U.S.
Reserve Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff for U.S. Pacific Fleet, Rear Adm. Russell S. Penniman addressed Navy Reserve sailors at Naval Operational Support Center Pearl Harbor thanking them for their service ... More
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
Marines and sailors from III Marine Expeditionary Force,
Marines and sailors from III Marine Expeditionary Force, load equipment into a KC-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft at the newly repaired airport here March 24. III MEF Marines and sailors are en route to Yoko... More
Capt. Masanori Ide, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force
Capt. Masanori Ide, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force liaison officer to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (left), discusses the extensive damage to the port here, Mar. 27, 2011.
Sailors and Marines load food and emergency relief
Sailors and Marines load food and emergency relief supplies onto An SH-60F Seahawk belonging to the Black Knights of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4. Ronald Reagan is operating off the coastline of Japan t... More
Local fisherman and Marines with Battalion Landing
Local fisherman and Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, remove debris from among severely damaged homes here during Operation Field Day, a clearing an... More
A Marine with Company G, Battalion Landing Team 2nd
A Marine with Company G, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, cuts up a tree on top of a pile of rubble, April 4. As part of Operation Tomodachi, the 31st MEU is re... More
Lance Cpl. Jamaal Smith, a Bakersfield, Calif. native
Lance Cpl. Jamaal Smith, a Bakersfield, Calif. native and freight clerk for Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, directs a KC-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft to the runwa... More
Sailors aboard the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force
Sailors aboard the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JDS Hyuga (DDH 181) wave the American and Japanese flags as a sign of friendship during a pass and review with the aircraft carrier U... More
Chief Naval Air Crewman (Romeo) Brad Carlton from Hickman,
Chief Naval Air Crewman (Romeo) Brad Carlton from Hickman, Ky., surveys the Japanese tsunami-ravaged landscape, from an SH-60F helicopter, while looking for a place to land and deliver humanitarian supplies. He... More
U.S. Navy Lt. Boyce Gire, a medical planner with the
U.S. Navy Lt. Boyce Gire, a medical planner with the humanitarian assistance survey team, III Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd) hands candy to Japanese children during a survey of the Tagajo City Cultural Center... More
A KC-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft taxis on the
A KC-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft taxis on the runway here March 18 en route to mainland Japan. III MEF Marines and sailors are supporting Government of Japan-led humanitarian assistance/disaster relief o... 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.
An orphaned shoe lies in the open trunk of a car displaced
An orphaned shoe lies in the open trunk of a car displaced by the March 11 tsunami. The massive tsunami created by the 9.0 earthquake earlier that day spared little and made no differentiations on who or what it claimed.
U.S. soldiers and Marines camp out in the passenger
U.S. soldiers and Marines camp out in the passenger terminal at Sendai Airport, March 28. The terminal provided protection from the elements at Sendai where the temperature often dropped below freezing, and the... More
A Japanese Flag waves proudly outside the main passenger
A Japanese Flag waves proudly outside the main passenger terminal at Sendai, exemplifying the hardy Japanese spirit shown in the Sendai Airport recovery effort. Once thought lost, the airport is now progressing... More
A command post is set up by the Japanese Search and
A command post is set up by the Japanese Search and Rescue team and its job is to coordinate all the teams searching through the debris by grid on March 17, 2011, in Unosumai, Japan. A 9.0 earthquake hit Japan... More
A Sailor signals the Marine pilots of a CH-53E Super
A Sailor signals the Marine pilots of a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, as it takes off during flight operations March 17. The 31st... More
Operation Tomodachi continues III MEF, MCBJ supporting relief efforts
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members and III Marine Expeditionary Force Marines team up to offload about 25,000 bottles of water from a the back of a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter during Operation Tom... More
Citizens leave notes and messages for missing family
Citizens leave notes and messages for missing family member on a bulletin board at Shiogama City Gymnasium here March 21. Service members with U.S. Forces Japan (Fwd) and Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces sur... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Keehne, legalman, from
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Keehne, legalman, from Charlevoix, Mich., and Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeneice Martinez, legalman, from Glenn Heights, Texas, review legal papers in the legal office aboard the ai... More
An RQ-4 Global Hawk from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam
An RQ-4 Global Hawk from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam is towed down the taxiway at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 24, 2014. The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system with an... More
Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft
Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, wait in the passenger terminal here before departing to Naval Air Facility Atsugi in mainland Japan in support of... More
A crew member of the Military Sealift Command dry cargo
A crew member of the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Matthew Perry attaches cargo to a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter assigned to the Flying Tigers of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron... More
Sailors with USS Essex (LHD 2) Amphibious Ready Group,
Sailors with USS Essex (LHD 2) Amphibious Ready Group, remove wheel chalks from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter before it takes off, April 2. The helicopter, with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (Reinforce... More
Staff Sgt. Kenneth D. Hacker, an instructor with the
Staff Sgt. Kenneth D. Hacker, an instructor with the Staff Non-Commissioned Officer Academy, shakes hands with a high school student from Tōhoku, Japan during a float judging for the Rose Parade 2015 in Pasaden... More
U.S. aid workers from the Los Angeles County Fire Department
U.S. aid workers from the Los Angeles County Fire Department receive a briefing after arriving at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 13, 2011. The team arrived in support of Operation Tomodachi after an 8.9 magnitud... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Khanh Ngo, aviation machinist’s
Petty Officer 2nd Class Khanh Ngo, aviation machinist’s mate of San Jose, Calif., uses an interactive electronic technical manual to read the required maintenance needed on the tail rotor of an SH-60B/F from He... More
Air Force Master Sgt. Marc Maschhoff, attached to the
Air Force Master Sgt. Marc Maschhoff, attached to the 35th Fighter Wing and a native of Anchorage, Alaska, clears debris in the tsunami-ravaged city of Noda, Japan. More than 80 sailors, Marines, airmen and civ... More
Stacks of shoe boxes await sorting as Misawa Air Base
Stacks of shoe boxes await sorting as Misawa Air Base personnel organize materials donated to Japan by listeners of the "Ron and Don" radio show. The program organized and shipped more than 96,000 pounds of don... More
A pararescueman with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron
A pararescueman with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron looks through rubble to find survivors at Sendai Airport, March 16. The dirt along the ground-level exterior walls shows just how high the water level ros... More
Key Spouse Tina Farless, wife of 35th Medical Group's
Key Spouse Tina Farless, wife of 35th Medical Group's 1st Sgt. Randy Farless, assists Misawa families with paperwork required to take advantage of the Department of State approved voluntary departure of family ... More
A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter carrying humanitarian
A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter carrying humanitarian assistance supplies takes off from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex, with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operat... More
Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan is briefed about the
Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan is briefed about the state of Ishanomaki High School by Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Lt. Gen. Yuji Kuno, the comander of the 6th Division, JGSDF, at Ishanomaki City's high... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Yerrick, builder, from
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Yerrick, builder, from Bothell, Wash., assigned to Underwater Construction Team 2, clears out snow from a small boat as he and members of his team prepare to scan the bottom of a ... More
A woman combs through the debris here March 21. Marines
A woman combs through the debris here March 21. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) deployed a humanitarian assistance survey team to assess the damage to the Ofunato port and bridge after an ... More
A Japanese front-end loader begins clearing debris
A Japanese front-end loader begins clearing debris at Sendai Airport to make the apron ready for aircraft.
Burned buildings and debris surrounds the port here,
Burned buildings and debris surrounds the port here, March 27, 2011, the result of the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Capt. Caleb Eames/Released)
Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa addresses
Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa addresses sailors and Marines during an all hands call in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Senior U.S. and Japan leaders visited Rona... More
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) sailors wave to Japan Maritime
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) sailors wave to Japan Maritime Defense Force Ship helicopter destroyer JDS Hyuga (DDH 181) during a pass and review ceremony. Ronald Reagan is off the coast of Japan to provide disast... More
Members of the Fairfax County, Va., Task Force 1 Urban
Members of the Fairfax County, Va., Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue leave in buses from Kamaishi, Japan, to their base camp after searching structures and debris on March 16, 2011. A 9.0 earthquake hit Jap... More
Gen. James F. Amos, 35th commandant of the Marine Corps,
Gen. James F. Amos, 35th commandant of the Marine Corps, talks to Marines and sailors at Camp Schwab’s theater, June 13. The general and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Micheal P. Barrett, the 17th sergeant ... More
Jasmine Segura member of CA-TF2 and her working dog,
Jasmine Segura member of CA-TF2 and her working dog, Cadillac get thanked by a Japanese citizen for their aid during a ride to their search and recovery site on March 15, 2011. Members of the Los Angeles, Calif... More
Gabe Larios a firefighter with CA-TF2 watches as citizens
Gabe Larios a firefighter with CA-TF2 watches as citizens work on clearing debris during a search in Ofunato, Japan on March 15, 2011. Members of the Los Angeles, Calif. Search and Rescue Team, Task Force 2 are... More
Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 14 sailors load
Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 14 sailors load humanitarian assistance supplies onboard an SH-60F helicopter. HS 14 repositioned to Naval Air Facility Misawa and is conducting humanitarian assistance and sea... More
Lt. Col. Dave Kincaid, 374th Operations Group deputy
Lt. Col. Dave Kincaid, 374th Operations Group deputy commander, conducts a pre-flight meeting for Operation Water Buoy at the 36th Airlift Squadron building, Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 29. The C-130 Hercules... More
Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George
Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington and Carrier Air Wing 5 stand in formation before manning the rails as the ship departs Fleet Activities Yokosuka.
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
Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team, III Marine
Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team, III Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd) boards a KC-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft bound for northern Japan here March 19. The HAST will be moving into the areas affected ... More
Sgt. Alex Lay, a supply non-commissioned officer, carries
Sgt. Alex Lay, a supply non-commissioned officer, carries piping for field shower units in Matsushima, Japan, March 26. Lay and other service members with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Wing Support G... More
A Cub Scout with Pack 34 and a Girl Scout with the
A Cub Scout with Pack 34 and a Girl Scout with the Girl Scouts of Japan listen to directions concerning the packing of supplies for displaced Japanese children on Camp Zama, Japan, April 9. The Boy Scouts, Girl... More
Service members from the Japan Ground Self Defense
Service members from the Japan Ground Self Defense Force, III Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), United States Army Japan, and the Army's 1st Corps (Forward) load military vehicles with 25,000 bottles of wat... More
Sailors and Marines aboard the aircraft carrier USS
Sailors and Marines aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan load humanitarian assistance supplies onto an HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Black Knights of Anti-Submarine Squadron 4. Ronald Rea... More
Ten-year-old Samantha Browning, safety patrol, stops
Ten-year-old Samantha Browning, safety patrol, stops traffic to allow students to safely cross the street March 21. Safety patrol is a volunteer program for fourth, fifth and sixth graders to raise and lower th... More
Service members unload Meals, Ready-to-Eat at the U.S.
Service members unload Meals, Ready-to-Eat at the U.S. Forces Japan Headquarters building to provide base personnel working in support of Operation Tomodachi. Since the massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake that roc... More
Miki Kikuta looks for a photo of herself in a Big Circle
Miki Kikuta looks for a photo of herself in a Big Circle article about the homestay program on Oshima Island Jan. 12. The homestay program was designed to provide temporary relaxation for children affected by t... More
Japan U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron
Japan U.S. 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... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Vanmatre, naval air crewman
Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Vanmatre, naval air crewman (romeo) from Delphi, Ind., delivers food and humanitarian supplies to residents of a tsunami-ravaged town on Japan's eastern coast. Helicopter Antisubma... More
Sailors scrub the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier
Sailors scrub the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan following a countermeasure wash down to decontaminate the flight deck while the ship is operating off the coast of Japan. Sailors scru... More
The Westpac Express High Speed Vessel, pulls away from
The Westpac Express High Speed Vessel, pulls away from the pier at Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan, as it departs at 9 a.m. March 14 to deliver a Forward Arming and Refueling Point for use in the assistance ... More
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.
The 60th APS personel load the last pallet on to a
The 60th APS personel load the last pallet on to a C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft destined for the Japanese theater in support of Operation Tomodachi. Each pallet weighs between 3,000 and 5,000 pounds. Travis AFB,... More
Dr. Robert D. Eldridge speaks with an airport official
Dr. Robert D. Eldridge speaks with an airport official during a visit to Sendai International Airport here Jan. 12. Eldridge and other senior leaders from III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Install... More
A bulldozer driven by a Marine with the Battalion Landing
A bulldozer driven by a Marine with the Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, breaks a destroyed house into smaller pieces and moves it off a road, April 4. As part... More
Cpl. Robert Clay, a Kansas City, Mo. native and crewmaster
Cpl. Robert Clay, a Kansas City, Mo. native and crewmaster with Marine Aerial Refueler Squadron 152, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, tightens the chains of a ... More
Debris and wreckage is piled up on March 16, 2011,
Debris and wreckage is piled up on March 16, 2011, in Kamaishi, Japan. A 9.0 earthquake hit Japan on March 11 that caused a tsunami that destroyed anything in its path.
Staff Sgt. Alicia Tucker, 374th Medical Operations
Staff Sgt. Alicia Tucker, 374th Medical Operations Squadron, explains how and when to take potassium iodide tablets here, March 22. U.S. Pacific Command directed distribution of potassium iodide tablets as a pr... More
A local Japanese man walks past the police department
A local Japanese man walks past the police department littered with debris and wreckage on March 16, 2011, in Kamaishi, Japan. A 9.0 earthquake hit Japan on March 11, 2011, that caused a tsunami that destroyed ... More
Members with the Japanese Search and Rescue team walk
Members with the Japanese Search and Rescue team walk through the damage and debris on March 17, 2011 in Unosumai, Japan. A 9.0 earthquake hit Japan on March 11, 2011 that caused a tsunami that destroyed anythi... More
A member with the Japanese Search and Rescue team searches
A member with the Japanese Search and Rescue team searches through the damage and debris on March 17, 2011, in Unosumai, Japan. A 9.0 earthquake hit Japan on March 11 that caused a tsunami that destroyed anyth... 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