Service members and residents of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni participated in a 1.32-mile Suicide Prevention and Awareness Walk on the seawall on MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, on Sept. 27, 2024. Jointly hosted by the Naval Family Branch Clinic Iwakuni Health Promotions and Wellness Team, MCAS Iwakuni Family Advocacy Program and Substance Assessment and Counseling Program, and the Suicide Prevention Program Team with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, the event raised awareness of programs offering support to those affected by, or considering suicide. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Madison Sharpe)
Most Marines remember the three months spent in recruit training. For many, drill instructors are the reason it's so memorable. As if they were cartoon characters, drill instructors would scream in weird voices with veins popping out of their necks.
Pilots with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Fleet Air Wing 31 took to the sky in celebration of a new year over Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Jan. 7.
Some people anxiously sat down at the recruiting office in their local strip mall where there were large amounts of bodies walking in out of that place to listen to the person across the desk from them with a very peculiar haircut and starch ironed shirt trying to recruit them into the military.
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In today’s society, technology plays a bigger role than human interaction. People can do simple day-to-day tasks in the palm of their hand, but how many of those are really a necessity?
