Yoshitoshi Nakamura, center left, follows along as U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Daniel W. Barron, far right, discusses a graphic firing table while U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Teruhisa Okuyama, center right, translates June 5 at the Ojojihara Maneuver Area, Japan. Nakamura visited the Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, during Artillery Relocation Training Program 14-1 to get a better understanding of how artillery units operate in a field environment. During his visit, Nakamura observed an artillery fire mission and how the unit deploys crew-served weapons to defend their position. Nakamura is the director general of the Tohoku Defense Bureau, Ministry of Defense. Barron is a field artillery operations man with Company C, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines, currently assigned to 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, under the unit deployment program. Okuyama is an intelligence specialist with Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III MEF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jose O. Nava/Released)