Marines TV

Performers re-enact historical ceremonies for New Year celebrations at Shuri Castle, Naha, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 1-3, 2019. The performers wore traditional clothing and participated in royal processions and dancing. (U.S. Marine Corps motion imagery by Sgt. Scott Smolinski, Cpl. Andre Peterson, and Lance Cpl. Angelo Garavito)

A short documentary giving an inside look into life at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, describes the facilities, services, amenities and programs available at the air station. MCAS Iwakuni provides continuous base operation support for training and support to tenant organizations, follow-on U.S. and allied forces across the spectrum of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Donato Maffin, Cpl. Waiyan Tin, Cpl. Marcus Campbell and Cpl. Carlos Jimenez)

Japanese locals invited their American neighbors from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni to a community cultural exchange event in Iwakuni City, Japan, March 3, 2018. MCAS Iwakuni’s Cultural Adaptation Program took station residents to Tsuzu Elementary School where they took part in a tea ceremony and cooking class. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Marcus Campbell and Carlos Jimenez)

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni residents perform the Bon-Odori alongside Japanese locals during the Bon-Odori festival at Kinjuen nursing home in Iwakuni, Japan, August 14, 2017, as part of a Cultural Adaptation trip. Station residents dressed up in summertime kimonos, called Yukatas, and performed the Bon-Odori, or Bon dance, with Japanese locals. The Obon holiday is a Japanese Buddhist custom where people honor the spirits of their ancestors and the dance is performed all over Japan in order to receive spirits and send them off again while remembering and giving respect to their sacrifices.(U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Donato Maffin and Cpl. Waiyan Tin)