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Lt. Cdr. Bryan Emory shows his daughters Abby, standing,

Lt. Cdr. Bryan Emory shows his daughters Abby, standing,

Lt. Cdr. Bryan Emory shows his daughters Abby, standing, and Alexis, the different components of an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet June 8 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. The F/A-18 was one of several aircraft o... More

An Okinawan resident participates in face Painting

An Okinawan resident participates in face Painting

An Okinawan resident participates in face Painting during the Nago City 50th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Nago Central Park, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 27, 2019. The City of Nago hosts the annual Cherry Blossom ... More

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel observe a performer at Shuri Castle’s New Years celebration on Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 2, 2019. The performers wore traditional clothing and participated... More

Okinawan residents walk down steps during the Nago

Okinawan residents walk down steps during the Nago

Okinawan residents walk down steps during the Nago City 50th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Nago Central Park, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 27, 2019. The City of Nago hosts the annual Cherry Blossom Festival which a... More

Marines sprint to the finish line during the Camp Hansen

Marines sprint to the finish line during the Camp Hansen

Marines sprint to the finish line during the Camp Hansen World Famous Mud Run, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 9, 2017. The annual mud run attracts a diverse group of competitors, including service member... More

A fire dancer performs Feb 4, during the opening ceremony

A fire dancer performs Feb 4, during the opening ceremony

A fire dancer performs Feb 4, during the opening ceremony of the new United Service Organization’s facility aboard Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan. The USO opening also featured entertainment such as Polynesian dan... More

Daniel Walker, a Status of Forces Agreement member,

Daniel Walker, a Status of Forces Agreement member,

Daniel Walker, a Status of Forces Agreement member, and children from Asunaro Nursery School sit together June 9 in the gym. SOFA members have been volunteering at the nursery school since 1997 as part of an in... More

U.S. Marines and sailors attend a suicide awareness

U.S. Marines and sailors attend a suicide awareness

U.S. Marines and sailors attend a suicide awareness training at the base theater on Camp Foster, August 21, 2019. Attendees gained the knowledge to identify the warning signs of someone who may be considering s... More

A child poses with a basket full of Easter eggs April

A child poses with a basket full of Easter eggs April

A child poses with a basket full of Easter eggs April 16 during a United Service Organizations Easter Egg Hunt aboard Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The event featured face paintings, cookie decorating and bouncy... More

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel observe a performer at Shuri Castle’s New Years celebration on Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 2, 2019. The performers wore traditional clothing and participated... More

Kid Ink performs during  The 2019 Camp Foster Festival,

Kid Ink performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival,

Kid Ink performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival, Japan, July 6-7, 2019. The annual festival allowed members of the community to enjoy food, games and music. More than 13,000 people attended the two-day f... More

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan - Reynaldo Toquero speaks

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan - Reynaldo Toquero speaks

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan - Reynaldo Toquero speaks with faculty and families at the opening of Zukeran Elementary School's new facility on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 29, 2018. The new facility was con... More

Midori Chinen, center, teaches vocabulary to students

Midori Chinen, center, teaches vocabulary to students

Midori Chinen, center, teaches vocabulary to students March 17 at the Camp Courtney Education Center during a Japanese language class. “I did (an) English class (on the installation) for six years and (was offe... More

Children cheer Okinawan citizens to the finish line

Children cheer Okinawan citizens to the finish line

Children cheer Okinawan citizens to the finish line during the Camp Hansen World Famous Mud Run, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 9, 2017. The annual mud run attracts a diverse group of competitors, includ... More

An Okinawa resident takes a photo of his child posing

An Okinawa resident takes a photo of his child posing

An Okinawa resident takes a photo of his child posing with the Easter Bunny April 16 during a United Service Organizations Easter Egg Hunt aboard Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The event featured Easter egg hunti... More

Leaders from Camp Kinser and the United Services

Leaders from Camp Kinser and the United Services

Leaders from Camp Kinser and the United Services Organization perform a ribbon cutting Feb 4, signifying the opening of the new USO facility,aboard Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan. The grand opening featured entert... More

Service members with the Single Marine Program pick

Service members with the Single Marine Program pick

Service members with the Single Marine Program pick up trash along the streets surrounding Camp Foster during a gate cleanup June 20, in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan. In an effort to maintain a clean image with the ... More

Senior Marine Corps leaders participated in a cultural

Senior Marine Corps leaders participated in a cultural

Senior Marine Corps leaders participated in a cultural awareness presentation on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Nov. 13, 2019. The presentation gave an opportunity for the leaders to have discussions with Ja... More

Members of the local and U.S. communities document

Members of the local and U.S. communities document

Members of the local and U.S. communities document Kid Ink as he performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival, at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, July 6-7, 2019. The annual festival allowed members of the communi... More

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Prince Covington, S-3

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Prince Covington, S-3

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Prince Covington, S-3 operations chief with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, instructs Camp Lester Middle School students during a Combat Fi... More

Jason Derulo performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival,

Jason Derulo performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival,

Jason Derulo performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival, at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, July 6-7, 2019. The annual festival allowed members of the community to enjoy food, games and music. More than 13,000 ... More

Okinawan residents perform cultural dances during the

Okinawan residents perform cultural dances during the

Okinawan residents perform cultural dances during the Nago City 50th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Nago Central Park, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 27, 2019. The City of Nago hosts the annual Cherry Blossom Festival... More

Jason Derulo performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival

Jason Derulo performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival

Jason Derulo performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival 2019, at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, July 6-7, 2019. The annual festival allowed members of the community to enjoy food, games and music. More than 13... More

As the Columbus Day weekend begins, U.S. Marine, Cpl.

As the Columbus Day weekend begins, U.S. Marine, Cpl.

As the Columbus Day weekend begins, U.S. Marine, Cpl. Ryan C. Bercaw gives a friendly reminder to drink responsibly as all the outgoing traffic leaves for the weekend on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, October 7, ... More

Senior Marine Corps leaders participated in a cultural

Senior Marine Corps leaders participated in a cultural

Senior Marine Corps leaders participated in a cultural awareness presentation on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Nov. 13, 2019. The presentation gave an opportunity for the leaders to have discussions with Ja... More

Dr. Tim Murphy, health care expert and author, and

Dr. Tim Murphy, health care expert and author, and

Dr. Tim Murphy, health care expert and author, and U.S. Marine Col. Vincent J. Ciuccoli, Camp Foster’s camp commander, give closing remarks to a suicide awareness training at the base theater on Camp Foster, Au... More

Service members with the Single Marine Program venture

Service members with the Single Marine Program venture

Service members with the Single Marine Program venture outside of the Camp Foster gate during a weekly gate cleanup June 20, in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan. In an effort to maintain a clean image with the surroundi... More

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel observe a performer at Shuri Castle’s New Years celebration on Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 2, 2019. The performers wore traditional clothing and participated... More

A child sits in the driver’s seat of a Humvee Sept.

A child sits in the driver’s seat of a Humvee Sept.

A child sits in the driver’s seat of a Humvee Sept. 24 during the annual Flight Line Fair at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. MCAS Futenma opened its flight line to Status of Forces Agreement P... More

Ensign Marven Ayson gets his blood pressure checked

Ensign Marven Ayson gets his blood pressure checked

Ensign Marven Ayson gets his blood pressure checked before donating blood June 23, at the Pacific Command Armed Services Blood Bank Center, U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa. The center collects the entire blood supp... More

A volunteer tracks laps for participants in the Marine

A volunteer tracks laps for participants in the Marine

A volunteer tracks laps for participants in the Marine Corps Community Services Aquatics Distance Dare Relay Race Aug. 20 at the 50-meter pool aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The Distance Dare Relay Race is... More

Chief Master Sgt. Terrence Greene, U.S. Forces Japan

Chief Master Sgt. Terrence Greene, U.S. Forces Japan

Chief Master Sgt. Terrence Greene, U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force command chief master sergeant, speaks with Airmen assigned to the 18th Wing June 28, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Greene visited Kadena... More

Tech. Sgt. Kyle Edwards poses for a photo April 29

Tech. Sgt. Kyle Edwards poses for a photo April 29

Tech. Sgt. Kyle Edwards poses for a photo April 29 at Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan. Riders completed the Circuit Riders Motorcycle course. The course provided novice and veteran riders the opportunity to ... More

Members of the local and U.S. communities documents

Members of the local and U.S. communities documents

Members of the local and U.S. communities documents Kid Ink as he performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival, at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, July 6-7, 2019. The annual festival allowed members of the commun... More

Kid Ink performs during  The 2019 Camp Foster Festival,

Kid Ink performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival,

Kid Ink performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival, Japan, July 6-7, 2019. The annual festival allowed members of the community to enjoy food, games and music. More than 13,000 people attended the two-day f... More

James P. VanEtten gives a speech Feb 4, before the

James P. VanEtten gives a speech Feb 4, before the

James P. VanEtten gives a speech Feb 4, before the grand opening of the new United Servies Organization facility aboard Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan. Over 200 Status of Forces Agreement personnel from all over O... More

U.S. Marines and sailors attend a suicide awareness

U.S. Marines and sailors attend a suicide awareness

U.S. Marines and sailors attend a suicide awareness training at the base theater on Camp Foster, August 21, 2019. Attendees gained the knowledge to identify the warning signs of someone who may be considering s... More

Twenty three service members and active duty spouses,

Twenty three service members and active duty spouses,

Twenty three service members and active duty spouses, from 16 different countries, gathered at Camp Foster, Feb. 27, 2020, for a naturalization ceremony to become an admitted citizen of the United States of Ame... More

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan - Brig. Gen. Paul Rock

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan - Brig. Gen. Paul Rock

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan - Brig. Gen. Paul Rock Jr. speaks to faculty and families at the opening for Zukeran Elementary School's new facility on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 29, 2018. The new facility ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maria Aldas, training noncommissioned

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maria Aldas, training noncommissioned

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maria Aldas, training noncommissioned officer with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, encourages Camp Lester Middle School students during a Combat Fi... More

Twenty three service members and active duty spouses,

Twenty three service members and active duty spouses,

Twenty three service members and active duty spouses, from 16 different countries, gathered at Camp Foster, Feb. 27, 2020, for a naturalization ceremony to become an admitted citizen of the United States of Ame... More

Members of the local and U.S. communities watch as

Members of the local and U.S. communities watch as

Members of the local and U.S. communities watch as Kid Ink performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival, at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, July 6-7, 2019. The annual festival allowed members of the community to ... More

Lt. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson announces a 30-day period

Lt. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson announces a 30-day period

Lt. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson announces a 30-day period of unity and mourning for all U.S. military and Status of Forces Agreement personnel on Okinawa, at a press conference on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Ma... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John Dolan, U.S. Forces Japan

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John Dolan, U.S. Forces Japan

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John Dolan, U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force commander, speaks with members of the 18th Wing during an event June 28, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Dolan discussed many topics incl... More

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel observe a performer at Shuri Castle’s New Years celebration on Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 2, 2019. The performers wore traditional clothing and participated... More

Dr. Tim Murphy, health care expert and author, leads

Dr. Tim Murphy, health care expert and author, leads

Dr. Tim Murphy, health care expert and author, leads a suicide awareness training at the base theater on Camp Foster, August 21, 2019. Attendees gained the knowledge to identify the warning signs of someone who... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maria Aldas, training noncommissioned

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maria Aldas, training noncommissioned

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maria Aldas, training noncommissioned officer with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, motivates Camp Lester Middle School Students during a Combat Fit... More

Okinawan residents slides down a carnival ride at the

Okinawan residents slides down a carnival ride at the

Okinawan residents slides down a carnival ride at the Nago City 50th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Nago Central Park, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 27, 2019. The City of Nago hosts the annual Cherry Blossom Festival... More

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel observe a performer at Shuri Castle’s New Years celebration on Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 2, 2019. The performers wore traditional clothing and participated... More

Twenty three service members and active duty spouses,

Twenty three service members and active duty spouses,

Twenty three service members and active duty spouses, from 16 different countries, gathered at Camp Foster, Feb. 27, 2020, for a naturalization ceremony to become an admitted citizen of the United States of Ame... More

Col. Christopher Feyedelem gives an introductory speech

Col. Christopher Feyedelem gives an introductory speech

Col. Christopher Feyedelem gives an introductory speech Feb. 4, before the grand opening of the United Service Organizations facility aboard Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan. The USO operates over 160 centers worldw... More

Midori Chinen, center, teaches vocabulary to students

Midori Chinen, center, teaches vocabulary to students

Midori Chinen, center, teaches vocabulary to students March 17 at the Camp Courtney Education Center during a Japanese language class. “I did (an) English class (on the installation) for six years and (was offe... More

Kid Ink performs during  The 2019 Camp Foster Festival,

Kid Ink performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival,

Kid Ink performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival, Japan, July 6-7, 2019. The annual festival allowed members of the community to enjoy food, games and music. More than 13,000 people attended the two-day f... More

Hatsue Shiroma, also known as Kogyoku, teaches a Japanese

Hatsue Shiroma, also known as Kogyoku, teaches a Japanese

Hatsue Shiroma, also known as Kogyoku, teaches a Japanese calligraphy class Jan. 14 aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. Kogyoku is a master teacher who has been practicing Japanese calligraphy for approximately... More

Marines slide down a muddy slope during the Camp Hansen

Marines slide down a muddy slope during the Camp Hansen

Marines slide down a muddy slope during the Camp Hansen World Famous Mud Run, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 9, 2017. The annual mud run attracts a diverse group of competitors, including service members... More

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan - Brig. Gen. Paul Rock

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan - Brig. Gen. Paul Rock

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan - Brig. Gen. Paul Rock Jr. strikes a gong at the opening of Zukeran Elementary School's new facility on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 29, 2018. The new facility was constructed t... More

Okinawan residents and Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawan residents and Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawan residents and Status of Forces Agreement personnel celebrate the Nago City 50th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Nago Central Park, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 27, 2019. The City of Nago hosts the annual Che... More

Jae Murphy performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival,

Jae Murphy performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival,

Jae Murphy performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival, at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, July 6-7, 2019. The annual festival allowed members of the community to enjoy food, games and music. More than 13,000 pe... More

Okinawan residents perform cultural dances during the

Okinawan residents perform cultural dances during the

Okinawan residents perform cultural dances during the Nago City 50th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Nago Central Park, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 27, 2019. The City of Nago hosts the annual Cherry Blossom Festival... More

Jason Derulo performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival,

Jason Derulo performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival,

Jason Derulo performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival, at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, July 6-7, 2019. The annual festival allowed members of the community to enjoy food, games and music. More than 13,000 ... More

Camp Lester Middle School students participate in a

Camp Lester Middle School students participate in a

Camp Lester Middle School students participate in a Combat Fitness Test (CFT) on Camp Lester, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 12, 2018. The students ran the CFT as part of their advanced physical education class requireme... More

A Marine plunges into a mud pit during the Camp Hansen

A Marine plunges into a mud pit during the Camp Hansen

A Marine plunges into a mud pit during the Camp Hansen World Famous Mud Run, April 9, 2017 at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The annual mud run attracts a diverse group of competitors, including service members, ... More

An Okinawan resident dances during the Nago City 50th

An Okinawan resident dances during the Nago City 50th

An Okinawan resident dances during the Nago City 50th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Nago Central Park, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 27, 2019. The City of Nago hosts the annual Cherry Blossom Festival which attracts... More

Okinawan residents and Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawan residents and Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawan residents and Status of Forces Agreement personnel celebrate the Nago City 50th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Nago Central Park, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 27, 2019. The City of Nago hosts the annual Che... More

Okinawan residents perform cultural dances during the

Okinawan residents perform cultural dances during the

Okinawan residents perform cultural dances during the Nago City 50th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Nago Central Park, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 27, 2019. The City of Nago hosts the annual Cherry Blossom Festival... More

Electronic toll collection open to SOFA personnel

Electronic toll collection open to SOFA personnel

Vehicles pass through a toll collection point. The electronic toll collection lanes (center) have recently been made available to status of forces agreement personnel stationed in Japan. The ETC program provide... More

Staff volunteers coordinate events during The 2019

Staff volunteers coordinate events during The 2019

Staff volunteers coordinate events during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival, at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, July 6-7, 2019. The annual festival allowed members of the community to enjoy food, games and music. More... More

Service members with the Single Marine Program pick

Service members with the Single Marine Program pick

Service members with the Single Marine Program pick up trash outside of Camp Foster during a weekly gate cleanup June 20, in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan. Every Saturday the Single Marine Program and Status of Force... More

A Status of Forces Agreement member finishes a lap

A Status of Forces Agreement member finishes a lap

A Status of Forces Agreement member finishes a lap during the Marine Corps Community Services Aquatics Distance Dare Relay Race Aug. 20 at the 50-meter pool aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The Distance Dare... More

U.S. service members and dependents recite the Oath

U.S. service members and dependents recite the Oath

U.S. service members and dependents recite the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at the Butler Officer’s Club on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 6, 2018. The naturalization ceremony was hel... More

Twenty three service members and active duty spouses,

Twenty three service members and active duty spouses,

Twenty three service members and active duty spouses, from 16 different countries, gathered at Camp Foster, Feb. 27, 2020, for a naturalization ceremony to become an admitted citizen of the United States of Ame... More

Marines, Status of Forces Agreement members and Okinawan

Marines, Status of Forces Agreement members and Okinawan

Marines, Status of Forces Agreement members and Okinawan residents trudge through a mud pit during the Camp Hansen World Famous Mud Run, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 9, 2017. The annual mud run attract... More

Jae Murphy performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival,

Jae Murphy performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival,

Jae Murphy performs during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival, at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, July 6-7, 2019. The annual festival allowed members of the community to enjoy food, games and music. More than 13,000 pe... More

Twenty three service members and active duty spouses,

Twenty three service members and active duty spouses,

Twenty three service members and active duty spouses, from 16 different countries, gathered at Camp Foster, Feb. 27, 2020, for a naturalization ceremony to become an admitted citizen of the United States of Ame... More

Status of Forces Agreement personnel ride in line April

Status of Forces Agreement personnel ride in line April

Status of Forces Agreement personnel ride in line April 29 at Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan. Riders completed the Circuit Riders Motorcycle course. The course provided novice and veteran riders the opportu... More

U.S. Marine Corps  Col. Vincent J. Ciuccoli, Commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Vincent J. Ciuccoli, Commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Vincent J. Ciuccoli, Commanding Officer of Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps installations Pacific, Marine Corps Base-Camp Smedley D. Butler, delivers his speech during Th... More

Dr. Tim Murphy, health care expert and author, leads

Dr. Tim Murphy, health care expert and author, leads

Dr. Tim Murphy, health care expert and author, leads a suicide awareness training at the base theater on Camp Foster, August 21, 2019. Attendees gained the knowledge to identify the warning signs of someone who... More

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel observe a performer at Shuri Castle’s New Years celebration on Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 2, 2019. The performers wore traditional clothing and participated... More

Kondo Ritoa receives a water balloon before participating

Kondo Ritoa receives a water balloon before participating

Kondo Ritoa receives a water balloon before participating in an obstacle course June 8 on Camp Kinser during a cultural interaction and day of fun hosted by the Stroller Warriors for the mothers of the Urawa Si... More

Grace Wilkins, right, tells her teacher about an experience

Grace Wilkins, right, tells her teacher about an experience

Grace Wilkins, right, tells her teacher about an experience eating Okinawa soba March 17 at the Camp Courtney Education Center during a Japanese language class. During the class, Wilkins and her peers learned h... More

Lance Cpl. Damien R. Kirkland, right, trades places

Lance Cpl. Damien R. Kirkland, right, trades places

Lance Cpl. Damien R. Kirkland, right, trades places with 2nd Lt. Melissa D. Boughton during a Marine Corps Community Services Aquatics Distance Dare Relay Race Aug. 20 at the 50-meter pool aboard Camp Foster, O... More

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan - Reynaldo Toquero speaks

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan - Reynaldo Toquero speaks

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan - Reynaldo Toquero speaks with faculty and families at the opening of Zukeran Elementary School's new facility on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 29, 2018. The new facility was con... More

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawa locals and U.S Status of Forces Agreement personnel observe a performer at Shuri Castle’s New Years celebration on Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 2, 2019. The performers wore traditional clothing and participated... More

Members of the local and U.S. communities pose for

Members of the local and U.S. communities pose for

Members of the local and U.S. communities pose for a photo during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival, at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, July 6-7, 2019. The annual festival allowed members of the community to enjoy foo... More

Senior Marine Corps leaders participated in a cultural

Senior Marine Corps leaders participated in a cultural

Senior Marine Corps leaders participated in a cultural awareness presentation on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 13, 2019. The presentation gave an opportunity for the leaders to have dis... More

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan - Students of Zukeran Elementary

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan - Students of Zukeran Elementary

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan - Students of Zukeran Elementary School preform a song on Taiko Drums at the opening of Zukeran Elementary School's new facility on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 29, 2018. The ne... More

Senior Marine Corps leaders participated in a cultural

Senior Marine Corps leaders participated in a cultural

Senior Marine Corps leaders participated in a cultural awareness presentation on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Nov. 13, 2019. The presentation gave an opportunity for the leaders to have discussions with Ja... More

A motorcycle basks in the sunlight April 29 at Naha

A motorcycle basks in the sunlight April 29 at Naha

A motorcycle basks in the sunlight April 29 at Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan. Status of Force Agreement personnel completed the Circuit Riders Motorcycle course. The course provided novice and veteran ride... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maria Aldas, training noncommissioned

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maria Aldas, training noncommissioned

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maria Aldas, training noncommissioned officer with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, encourages Camp Lester Middle School students during a Combat Fi... More

Brianna N. Garcia looks over a food vocabulary worksheet

Brianna N. Garcia looks over a food vocabulary worksheet

Brianna N. Garcia looks over a food vocabulary worksheet March 17 at the Camp Courtney Education Center during a Japanese language class. In addition to food vocabulary, students learned how to introduce themse... More

Status of Forces Agreement personnel and children from

Status of Forces Agreement personnel and children from

Status of Forces Agreement personnel and children from Asunaro Nursery School play the under-over game June 9 in the school gym. The object of the game was to pass the ball over your head to the next teammate u... More

A United Service Organizations volunteer paints a child’s

A United Service Organizations volunteer paints a child’s

A United Service Organizations volunteer paints a child’s face April 16 during a USO Easter Egg Hunt aboard Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The event featured an Easter egg hunt, cookie decorating and bouncy house... More

Camp Lester Middle School students participate in a

Camp Lester Middle School students participate in a

Camp Lester Middle School students participate in a Combat Fitness Test (CFT) on Camp Lester, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 12, 2018. The students ran the CFT as part of their advanced physical education class requireme... More

Jason Derulo and cast perform during The 2019 Camp

Jason Derulo and cast perform during The 2019 Camp

Jason Derulo and cast perform during The 2019 Camp Foster Festival, at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, July 6-7, 2019. The annual festival allowed members of the community to enjoy food, games and music. More than... More

Okinawa community members, status of forces agreement

Okinawa community members, status of forces agreement

Okinawa community members, status of forces agreement personnel and U.S. service members stand in line to enter a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft June 8 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma during the 35th ann... More

Midori Chinen reads Japanese vocabulary words to students

Midori Chinen reads Japanese vocabulary words to students

Midori Chinen reads Japanese vocabulary words to students March 17 at the Camp Courtney Education Center during a Japanese language class. Chinen hosts the class for service members and status of forces agreeme... More

Status of Forces Agreement personnel ride in line April

Status of Forces Agreement personnel ride in line April

Status of Forces Agreement personnel ride in line April 29 at Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan. Riders completed the Circuit Riders Motorcycle course. The course provided novice and veteran riders the opportu... More

Okinawan residents and Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawan residents and Status of Forces Agreement personnel

Okinawan residents and Status of Forces Agreement personnel celebrate the Nago City 50th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Nago Central Park, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 27, 2019. The City of Nago hosts the annual Che... More

Seaman Jared Clark ensures blood bags are ready to

Seaman Jared Clark ensures blood bags are ready to

Seaman Jared Clark ensures blood bags are ready to receive donations, June 23, at the Pacific Command Armed Services Blood Bank Center, U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa. Clark is a lab technician with the center. Ac... More

Status of Forces Agreement personnel and children from

Status of Forces Agreement personnel and children from

Status of Forces Agreement personnel and children from Asunaro Nursery School play the under-over game June 9 in the school gym. The object of the game was to pass the ball over your head to the next teammate u... More

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The objects in this collection are from The U.S. National Archives and Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) was established in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt. NARA keeps those Federal records that are judged to have continuing value—about 2 to 5 percent of those generated in any given year. There are approximately 10 billion pages of textual records; 12 million maps, charts, and architectural and engineering drawings; 25 million still photographs and graphics; 24 million aerial photographs; 300,000 reels of motion picture film; 400,000 video and sound recordings; and 133 terabytes of electronic data. The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service provides a connection between world media and the American military personnel serving at home and abroad. All of these materials are preserved because they are important to the workings of Government, have long-term research worth, or provide information of value to citizens.

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