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, Okinawa, Japan. The Distance Dare Relay Race is a team race hosted for Status of Forces Agreement personnel to boost morale and promote physical fitness during off-duty hours. During the race, teams of four swimmers took turns swimming 400 meters throughout the event. The race was one of the many fitness programs hosted by MCCS in the areas of aquatics, martial arts classes and teams sports. Boughton is an air support control officer with Marine Aviation Support Squadron 2, Marine Aircraft Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and a Pax River, Maryland, native. Kirkland is an aviation communications systems tehnician with MASS-2, MACG-18, 1st MAW, III MEF and a Vidor, Texas, native.