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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ricardo Fleuridor, a motor vehicle operator with Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, raises his right hand during a naturalization ceremony hosted at the Camp Foster Community Center on Okinawa, Japan, April 25, 2022. A total of 24 U.S. service members from 14 countries swore the Oath of Allegiance and received their Certificates of Naturalization, becoming U.S. citizens. Naturalization is the process by which U.S. citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen after he or she fulfills the requirements to become a citizen established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Beauchamp)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ricardo Fleuridor, a motor vehicle operator with Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, raises his right hand during a naturalization ceremony hosted at the Camp Foster Community Center on Okinawa, Japan, April 25, 2022. A total of 24 U.S. service members from 14 countries swore the Oath of Allegiance and received their Certificates of Naturalization, becoming U.S. citizens. Naturalization is the process by which U.S. citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen after he or she fulfills the requirements to become a citizen established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Beauchamp)

Photo by Lance Cpl.Jonathan Beauchamp

From left, U.S. Marine Corps Col. Lester R. Gerber, commanding officer of III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, Maj. Gen. William J. Bowers, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations Pacific, Isao Ono, director general of Okinawa Defense Bureau, and Mayor Hajime Nakama, mayor of Kin Town, Okinawa Prefecture, cut the ribbon during a ribbon-cutting for the Cook-Chill facility at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, on April 6, 2022. The ceremony recognized the movement from Camp Kinser to Camp Hansen and those who participated in the planning, execution, and construction process. It also showcased the importance of future developments of projects under the Defense Policy Review Initiative as part of the land redevelopment, including returns to the Government of Japan from the U.S. forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kayla V. Staten)

From left, U.S. Marine Corps Col. Lester R. Gerber, commanding officer of III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, Maj. Gen. William J. Bowers, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations Pacific, Isao Ono, director general of Okinawa Defense Bureau, and Mayor Hajime Nakama, mayor of Kin Town, Okinawa Prefecture, cut the ribbon during a ribbon-cutting for the Cook-Chill facility at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, on April 6, 2022. The ceremony recognized the movement from Camp Kinser to Camp Hansen and those who participated in the planning, execution, and construction process. It also showcased the importance of future developments of projects under the Defense Policy Review Initiative as part of the land redevelopment, including returns to the Government of Japan from the U.S. forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kayla V. Staten)

Photo by Sgt. Kayla Staten

海兵隊消防士が、沖縄県金武町にある海兵隊消防訓練施設での実動訓練で火災に対応。この訓練は、日米が実際に火を使った訓練で、同じ任務を達成するために使用するさまざまな消火技術と方法を比較するための消火訓練です。

海兵隊消防士が、沖縄県金武町にある海兵隊消防訓練施設での実動訓練で火災に対応。この訓練は、日米が実際に火を使った訓練で、同じ任務を達成するために使用するさまざまな消火技術と方法を比較するための消火訓練です。

Photo by Cpl. Alex Fairchild

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Madeline Prine, right, an automotive maintenance technician with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, reviews scuba diving techniques with Sgt. Dennis Ruiz, left, an infantry assault Marine with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, March 24, 2022. Prine is a certified scuba instructor through the Professional Association of Diving Instructors. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alex Fairchild)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Madeline Prine, right, an automotive maintenance technician with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, reviews scuba diving techniques with Sgt. Dennis Ruiz, left, an infantry assault Marine with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, March 24, 2022. Prine is a certified scuba instructor through the Professional Association of Diving Instructors. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alex Fairchild)

Photo by Cpl. Alex Fairchild

Service members, civilians, and other Status of Forces Agreement personnel need to pay the annual road tax for their personal vehicles.

Service members, civilians, and other Status of Forces Agreement personnel need to pay the annual road tax for their personal vehicles.

Photo by MCIPAC

U.S. Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, attend a memorial ceremony commemorating the life of Lance Cpl. Kenan Napoleon, an engineer equipment operator with 9th ESB, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 17, 2022. Napoleon enlisted into the Marine Corps out of Fairbanks, Alaska and reported to Okinawa, Japan in late 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sydni Jessee)

U.S. Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, attend a memorial ceremony commemorating the life of Lance Cpl. Kenan Napoleon, an engineer equipment operator with 9th ESB, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 17, 2022. Napoleon enlisted into the Marine Corps out of Fairbanks, Alaska and reported to Okinawa, Japan in late 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sydni Jessee)

Photo by Pfc. Sydni McAllister

U.S. Marine Corps 1st. Lt. Trevor Compton, the tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel (TRAP) force commander with Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), awaits the arrival of an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced) during a TRAP exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 9, 2022. Along with personnel and aircraft recovery, TRAP teams are also tasked with destroying sensitive material when deemed necessary, in order to deny the enemy access. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of America Expeditionary Strike Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cesar Ronaldo Alarcon)

U.S. Marine Corps 1st. Lt. Trevor Compton, the tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel (TRAP) force commander with Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), awaits the arrival of an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced) during a TRAP exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 9, 2022. Along with personnel and aircraft recovery, TRAP teams are also tasked with destroying sensitive material when deemed necessary, in order to deny the enemy access. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of America Expeditionary Strike Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cesar Ronaldo Alarcon)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Cesar Alarcon

A U.S. Marine with 3d Marine Division assaults an objective during the squad attack phase of the 3d Marine Division Squad Competition at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 6, 2022. The week-long competition tests jungle survival skills, basic infantry tactics, and excellence in weapons handling. The competition participants are forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division, as a part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox)

A U.S. Marine with 3d Marine Division assaults an objective during the squad attack phase of the 3d Marine Division Squad Competition at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 6, 2022. The week-long competition tests jungle survival skills, basic infantry tactics, and excellence in weapons handling. The competition participants are forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division, as a part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox

Green Berets with 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) alongside their Marine counterpart move through a swamp during the 4th Marine Regiment Jungle Warfare Exercise at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, May 23, 2021. The exercise includes forward reconnaissance, terrain analysis, practice using a variety of communication platforms, small unit tactics and patient extraction procedures.

Green Berets with 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) alongside their Marine counterpart move through a swamp during the 4th Marine Regiment Jungle Warfare Exercise at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, May 23, 2021. The exercise includes forward reconnaissance, terrain analysis, practice using a variety of communication platforms, small unit tactics and patient extraction procedures.

Photo by Courtesy Photo

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cameron Morgan, a field artillery fire control Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and native of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, rappels down a cliff during jungle warfare training at Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, April 5, 2021. Jungle warfare training prepares students to operate in jungle environments through the teaching of rappelling, patrolling, and land navigation. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colton Nicks)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cameron Morgan, a field artillery fire control Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and native of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, rappels down a cliff during jungle warfare training at Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, April 5, 2021. Jungle warfare training prepares students to operate in jungle environments through the teaching of rappelling, patrolling, and land navigation. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colton Nicks)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Colton Nicks

Cpl. Marcos Valencia maneuvers through a mud pit during the endurance course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center in Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 15, 2018. JWTC prepares Marines for operations in a jungle environment. Valencia, a Live oak, California native, is a team leader with India Company. 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. The mission of 3/3 Marines is to train and conduct theater security cooperation across the Pacific command area of responsibility in order to ensure access, deter threats, and build capacity with allies in the region, as well as being prepared to conduct crisis response and combat operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ricky Gomez)

Cpl. Marcos Valencia maneuvers through a mud pit during the endurance course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center in Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 15, 2018. JWTC prepares Marines for operations in a jungle environment. Valencia, a Live oak, California native, is a team leader with India Company. 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. The mission of 3/3 Marines is to train and conduct theater security cooperation across the Pacific command area of responsibility in order to ensure access, deter threats, and build capacity with allies in the region, as well as being prepared to conduct crisis response and combat operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ricky Gomez)

Photo by Sgt. Ricky Gomez

U.S. Marines disembark a CH-53 Super Stallion from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 during Jungle Leaders Course (JLC) 2-22 at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 1, 2022. JLC sustains tactics, techniques, and procedures unique to jungle warfare operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Natalie Greenwood)

U.S. Marines disembark a CH-53 Super Stallion from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 during Jungle Leaders Course (JLC) 2-22 at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 1, 2022. JLC sustains tactics, techniques, and procedures unique to jungle warfare operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Natalie Greenwood)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Natalie Greenwood

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared Jones, right, a radio operator with 3d Landing Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, assists Cpl. Kelsy Marquez, a supply administration and operations specialist with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3D Marine Logistics Group, in her tax returns at the Camp Foster Tax Center on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 10, 2022. The Camp Foster Tax Center assists eligible taxpayers with the preparation of e-filing both federal income tax returns and state income tax returns, as applicable. The team at the Tax Center not only assists service members of any branch, but also any eligible taxpayer that has base access, including but not limited to retired service members aboard Okinawa, dependents, and status of forces agreement personnel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared Jones, right, a radio operator with 3d Landing Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, assists Cpl. Kelsy Marquez, a supply administration and operations specialist with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3D Marine Logistics Group, in her tax returns at the Camp Foster Tax Center on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 10, 2022. The Camp Foster Tax Center assists eligible taxpayers with the preparation of e-filing both federal income tax returns and state income tax returns, as applicable. The team at the Tax Center not only assists service members of any branch, but also any eligible taxpayer that has base access, including but not limited to retired service members aboard Okinawa, dependents, and status of forces agreement personnel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild

Updated prices of GOJ Inspection Process.

Updated prices of GOJ Inspection Process.

Photo by Daniel Koerner

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Benjamin Crayton, a motor vehicle operator with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, poses for a photo on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 10, 2022. Crayton was born in Monrovia, Liberia during the First Liberian Civil War, and immigrated to Europe as a refugee. When he was 17 years old he moved to the U.S. and in 2021 he enlisted in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Beauchamp)

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Benjamin Crayton, a motor vehicle operator with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, poses for a photo on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 10, 2022. Crayton was born in Monrovia, Liberia during the First Liberian Civil War, and immigrated to Europe as a refugee. When he was 17 years old he moved to the U.S. and in 2021 he enlisted in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Beauchamp)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Beauchamp

Masami Goya, a fire captain with Marine Corps Installations Pacific Fire and Emergency Services (MCIPAC F&ES), poses for an environmental portrait with a Shishimai lion costume in Tsuha, Nakagusuku-village, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 12, 2022. Goya has been a firefighter for MCIPAC F&ES since 1990, is an avid marathon, triathlon, and Ironman competitor and has been performing Shishimai, a Japanese traditional lion dance, for 41 years. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild)

Masami Goya, a fire captain with Marine Corps Installations Pacific Fire and Emergency Services (MCIPAC F&ES), poses for an environmental portrait with a Shishimai lion costume in Tsuha, Nakagusuku-village, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 12, 2022. Goya has been a firefighter for MCIPAC F&ES since 1990, is an avid marathon, triathlon, and Ironman competitor and has been performing Shishimai, a Japanese traditional lion dance, for 41 years. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild

Major General Bowers bio photo

Major General Bowers bio photo

Photo by MCIPAC

Masaharu Noguni, the retiring mayor of Chatan, and U.S. Marine Corps Col. Jeffrey Hammond, the commanding officer of Camps Foster and Lester, and Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, pose for a photo on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 3, 2021. After serving 16 years as the mayor of Chatan, Noguni visited Camp Foster to discuss future collaborations and projects with the Marine Corps and to thank Hammond for his friendship and support with the local community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild)

Masaharu Noguni, the retiring mayor of Chatan, and U.S. Marine Corps Col. Jeffrey Hammond, the commanding officer of Camps Foster and Lester, and Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, pose for a photo on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 3, 2021. After serving 16 years as the mayor of Chatan, Noguni visited Camp Foster to discuss future collaborations and projects with the Marine Corps and to thank Hammond for his friendship and support with the local community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Jeffery L. Hammond, commanding officer of Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, members of the school education board, officials from the local community, and students of Edward C. Killin Elementary School participate in the cutting of the ribbon during an official ribbon cutting ceremony of EC Killin Elementary on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 10, 2021. This commemoration celebrates a new opening of a replacement building with a 21st century design to promote the demands of new education learning for the incoming students. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Faith Rose)

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Jeffery L. Hammond, commanding officer of Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, members of the school education board, officials from the local community, and students of Edward C. Killin Elementary School participate in the cutting of the ribbon during an official ribbon cutting ceremony of EC Killin Elementary on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 10, 2021. This commemoration celebrates a new opening of a replacement building with a 21st century design to promote the demands of new education learning for the incoming students. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Faith Rose)

Photo by Cpl. Faith Rose

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Jeffery L. Hammond, commanding officer of Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, members of the school education board, officials from the local community, and students of Edward C. Killin Elementary School participate in the cutting of the ribbon during an official ribbon cutting ceremony of EC Killin Elementary on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 10, 2021. This commemoration celebrates a new opening of a replacement building with a 21st century design to promote the demands of new education learning for the incoming students. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Faith Rose)

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Jeffery L. Hammond, commanding officer of Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, members of the school education board, officials from the local community, and students of Edward C. Killin Elementary School participate in the cutting of the ribbon during an official ribbon cutting ceremony of EC Killin Elementary on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 10, 2021. This commemoration celebrates a new opening of a replacement building with a 21st century design to promote the demands of new education learning for the incoming students. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Faith Rose)

Photo by Cpl. Faith Rose

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