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Pot with Spout - Public domain museum image. A brown vase sitting on top of a table

Pot with Spout - Public domain museum image. A brown vase sitting on t...

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Capt. Dave Wright, left, deputy commander, Task Force

Capt. Dave Wright, left, deputy commander, Task Force

Capt. Dave Wright, left, deputy commander, Task Force 72, and originally from Lilburn, Ga., takes part in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's mochi pounding ceremony on board Misawa Air Base, Dec. 18, 2013. JASD... More

Photograph of Allied Prisoners of War at Aomori Camp Near Yokohama, Cheering Rescuers from the U.S. Navy

Photograph of Allied Prisoners of War at Aomori Camp Near Yokohama, Ch...

Original caption: Gaunt Allied Prisoners of War at Aomori Camp Near Yokohama Cheer Rescuers from U.S. Navy. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

A replica of Miss Veedol taxis away from the Misawa

A replica of Miss Veedol taxis away from the Misawa

A replica of Miss Veedol taxis away from the Misawa Air Museum as it prepares for a demonstration flight in celebration of the 80th anniversary of the first non-stop trans-Pacific flight. Miss Veedol, a 1931 B... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Trimble, the 35th

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Trimble, the 35th

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Trimble, the 35th Maintenance Squadron stockpile management production supervisor, ensures all tasks are finished at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 18. 2018. It’s the responsib... More

U.S. Air Force Airman Austin T. Clay, a 35th Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Airman Austin T. Clay, a 35th Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Airman Austin T. Clay, a 35th Maintenance Squadron weapons journeyman, poses for a photo at Sabishiro Beach in Misawa, Japan, July 16, 2019. One of the significant landmarks of Sabishiro Beach is... More

Members of the Navy Misawa Chief Petty Officer Association

Members of the Navy Misawa Chief Petty Officer Association

Members of the Navy Misawa Chief Petty Officer Association participate in a pride run in honor of the 119th birthday of the CPO. There are more than 70 chief petty officers stationed at Naval Air Facility Misa... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Carter, a 35th

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Carter, a 35th

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Carter, a 35th Maintenance Group weapons lead crew member, talks with a group of delegates from Wenatchee Valley, Washington, during their base familiarization tour at Misawa... More

U.S. Air Force then-Senior Airman Douglas Smits, the

U.S. Air Force then-Senior Airman Douglas Smits, the

U.S. Air Force then-Senior Airman Douglas Smits, the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal operations section chief, pauses for a photo outside in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2007. Smits suffered ... More

USS Vandegrift Sailors dance while partaking in the

USS Vandegrift Sailors dance while partaking in the

USS Vandegrift Sailors dance while partaking in the Nebuta Festival. The ship is currently in Aomori, Japan as part of a scheduled port call to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. - Japan Mutual Securi... More

Navy Misawa sailors stand in ranks prior to a base-wide

Navy Misawa sailors stand in ranks prior to a base-wide

Navy Misawa sailors stand in ranks prior to a base-wide Readiness Run. Each month Misawa service members from the Navy, Air Force, Army, and Japanese Air Self-Defense Force join together for a run that helps bu... More

Sailors Prepare, US Navy Photogrpah

Sailors Prepare, US Navy Photogrpah

Sailors from Naval Air Facility Misawa prepare to assemble what was touted as "Misawa's Longest Submarine Sandwich" at the base Commissary. The sandwich was more than 52 feet long, made of 37 loaves of bread an... More

Aid and Reconstruction Projects

Aid and Reconstruction Projects

A Soldier assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) meets with Qurna village sheiks. Soldiers conducted a site survey of the area to assess the ability to perform future aid and reconstruction project... More

A young Japanese child performs a traditional dance

A young Japanese child performs a traditional dance

A young Japanese child performs a traditional dance during a Bon Dance Festival hosted by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Fleet Air Wing 2 at Hachinohe Naval Base. The air wing invited a delegation o... More

Naval Air Facility Misawa. Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan

Naval Air Facility Misawa. Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan

Petty Officer 1st Class Nathan Hart, an aviation boatswain's mate (handling), assists a Japanese child with bowling at the Wamlsey Bowling Center. Students from the after school English class at Shichinohe Comm... More

Summer Driving Safety Campaign

Summer Driving Safety Campaign

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. LaTasha Compton, from the 35th Medical Group, represents the service members from Misawa Air Base by reading a safe driving pledge. The City of Misawa kicked off its annual Summer Driv... More

USS Vandegrift Arrives in Aomori Japan

USS Vandegrift Arrives in Aomori Japan

Aomori residents and members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force greet the crew of USS Vandegrift as the guided-missile frigate pulls pier side for a scheduled port call here. The visit is in commemoratio... More

Aomori residents and members of the Japanese Ground

Aomori residents and members of the Japanese Ground

Aomori residents and members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force greet the crew of USS Vandegrift as the guided-missile frigate pulls pier side for a scheduled port call here. The visit is in commemoratio... More

Emily Reams, an 11-year-old, Misawa-based dependant,

Emily Reams, an 11-year-old, Misawa-based dependant,

Emily Reams, an 11-year-old, Misawa-based dependant, performs a traditional Japanese dance at the annual joint Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Detachment Misawa and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force 2nd Maint... More

Annual joint Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Detachment Misawa

Annual joint Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Detachment Misawa

Petty Offficer 1st Class Guylande Jeudy, aviation machinist's mate, left, performs a traditional Japanese dance at the annual joint Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Detachment Misawa and Japan Maritime Self-De... More

Plebe summer training, Aircraft Carrier

Plebe summer training, Aircraft Carrier

U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen participate in a formal parade on the school's campus. Incoming freshmen are currently participating in plebe summer training. Plebe summer is a physically and mentally demanding s... More

USS Barry. Warship photograph collection

USS Barry. Warship photograph collection

Kevin Prouty, chief fire controlman, greets his niece during a homecoming celebration for the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry. Barry returned to Naval Station Norfolk after completing a five-month deployment... More

Habitat for Humanity, US Navy Photogrpah

Habitat for Humanity, US Navy Photogrpah

Petty Officer 2nd Class Dustin Lewis, boatswain's mate, and Petty Officer 1st Class Ronnie McMillan, personnel specialist, both assigned to Operational Support Unit 1305 from Naval Operational Support Center Ch... More

Chicago Navy Week, US Navy Photogrpah

Chicago Navy Week, US Navy Photogrpah

Vice Adm. Peter H. Daly, deputy commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, throws the ceremonial first pitch to start the Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds baseball game. The event was part of Navy Week Chicago, on... More

34th Friendship Day celebration

34th Friendship Day celebration

Visitors at Fleet Activities Yokosuka watch the fireworks finale during the 34th Friendship Day celebration.

National Naval Medical Center, Aircraft Carrier

National Naval Medical Center, Aircraft Carrier

Players from the Chicago White Sox visit with Lance Cpl. Gregory P. Lewis at National Naval Medical Center. Lewis was recently wounded in Afghanistan. The players met with patients and their families at the hos... More

USS Enterprise, US Navy Photogrpah

USS Enterprise, US Navy Photogrpah

Members of the repair locker 1F firefighting team aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise attack a simulated fire during a general quarters exercise. Enterprise is on a scheduled underway for a tailored ship... More

Misawa CPO selectees lead morning PT

Misawa CPO selectees lead morning PT

Misawa Air Base chief petty officer selectees lead a march downhill during morning physical training here. The Misawa Chief Petty Officer Association is currently putting six selectees through CPO induction in ... More

NAF Misawa's CMC on AFN. Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan

NAF Misawa's CMC on AFN. Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan

Naval Air Facility Misawa's Command Master Chief Michael Napier fields questions on American Forces Network Misawa radio. Napier was the guest on "Chief's Corner," a weekly radio program hosted by the 35th Figh... More

Misawa Air Base chief petty officer induction PT

Misawa Air Base chief petty officer induction PT

Misawa Air Base chief petty officer selectees lead a march downhill during morning physical training. The Misawa Chief Petty Officer Association is currently putting six selectees through the CPO induction in p... More

Navy Misawa Chief Petty Officer Selectees Conduct Morning PT

Navy Misawa Chief Petty Officer Selectees Conduct Morning PT

Misawa Air Base chief petty officer (CPO) selectees lead a march downhill during morning physical training here. The Misawa Chief Petty Officer Association is currently putting six selectees through the CPO In... More

Chief Petty Officer Todd Wean (select), Navy counselor,

Chief Petty Officer Todd Wean (select), Navy counselor,

Chief Petty Officer Todd Wean (select), Navy counselor, transports furniture at Cummings Elementary School here as part of a community relations project. The Misawa Air Base Chief Petty Officer Association and... More

Members of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force retire

Members of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force retire

Members of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force retire the Japanese national flag during a retreat ceremony here at Misawa Air Base's Risner Circle.

the Misawa Summer Festival. Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan

the Misawa Summer Festival. Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan

Lt. Byron Johnson, a chaplain at Naval Air Facility Misawa, carries a Mikoshi, a portable shrine, at the Misawa Summer Festival. The annual festival, hosted by Misawa City, features several parades and celebrat... More

MCPON Visits Misawa Sailors. Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan

MCPON Visits Misawa Sailors. Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West answers questions from Seaman Karla Kaminski on American Forces Network Misawa radio. West in on board Misawa Air Base to visit with the approximately 600 Misawa... More

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West answers

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West answers

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West answers questions on American Forces Network during a radio interview here. West in on board Misawa Air Base to visit with the approximately 600 Misawa-based Sai... More

Misawa Air Base. Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan

Misawa Air Base. Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West (in green) poses with American Forces Network Misawa Sailors (from left) Seaman Karla Kaminski, Petty Officer 2nd Class Juan King, and Petty Officer 1st Class Da... More

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West (in

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West (in

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West (in green) poses with Sailors from Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Detachment Misawa. West is on board Misawa Air Base visiting with the approximately 600 Sail... More

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West answers

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West answers

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West answers questions on American Forces Network during a radio interview in Misawa, Japan. West is at Misawa Air Base visiting with approximately 600 Sailors assign... More

From left, Petty Officer 2nd Class Charles Beckerman,

From left, Petty Officer 2nd Class Charles Beckerman,

From left, Petty Officer 2nd Class Charles Beckerman, an aviation structural mechanic (equipment), Commander, Navy Installations Command, Vice Adm. Michael Vitale, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Japan, Rear Adm. ... More

Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment Misawa

Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment Misawa

Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment Misawa Officer in Charge Lt. Cmdr. Shawn Reams presents a token of appreciation to AIMD Misawa Command Ombudsman Heather Mathe. Naval Air Facility Misawa and its ten... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Pape, left, and Seaman

Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Pape, left, and Seaman

Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Pape, left, and Seaman Andrew Perrillo, right, place Seaman Apprentice Daron Quimby in a submission hold during Auxiliary Security Force training. The Auxiliary Security Force help... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Ferose Pagarigan, a culinary

Petty Officer 3rd Class Ferose Pagarigan, a culinary

Petty Officer 3rd Class Ferose Pagarigan, a culinary specialist, swings a simulated baton during Auxiliary Security Force training here. This ASF Academy Class focused on baton striking techniques used for defe... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Stein, a logistics

Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Stein, a logistics

Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Stein, a logistics specialist, performs a takedown on a simulated attacker after being sprayed in the face with oleoresin capsicum, commonly known as pepper spray, during Naval A... More

From left, Douglas Vasalech, Misawa Base Exchange general

From left, Douglas Vasalech, Misawa Base Exchange general

From left, Douglas Vasalech, Misawa Base Exchange general manager, Air Force Master Sgt. Alexander Arias, Personnel Specialist 1st Class Syed Sami, Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Rick Hastings, 35th Fighter Wing c... More

Misawa Sailor Earns Award for Volunteerism

Misawa Sailor Earns Award for Volunteerism

Petty Officer 2nd Class Deric Ayala, information systems technician, center, is surrounded by the flag football team he coaches during his off time. Ayala was recently awarded as one of USO Japan's Service Memb... More

Airman Vincent Turo, an aviation electrician's mate,

Airman Vincent Turo, an aviation electrician's mate,

Airman Vincent Turo, an aviation electrician's mate, right, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Williams, an aviation boatswain's mate (equipment), crank out some push-ups while Airman Christopher Bollwahn, an av... More

Christina Perez offers her husband and dance partner,

Christina Perez offers her husband and dance partner,

Christina Perez offers her husband and dance partner, Lt. David Perez, a sultry glance, while they perform a Sevillana dance during the Hispanic Heritage Banquet here, Oct. 15. The Sevillana is a flamenco-style... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Lydia Ye performs final flight preps

U.S. Marine Sgt. Lydia Ye performs final flight preps

U.S. Marine Sgt. Lydia Ye performs final flight preps before an F/A-18D Hornet, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (All Weather) 225, gets clearance to move to the Misawa Air Base runway. U.S. Marines a... More

U.S chief petty officers from Misawa Air Base and their

U.S chief petty officers from Misawa Air Base and their

U.S chief petty officers from Misawa Air Base and their Japanese counterparts, from Hachinohe Air Base and Ominato Naval Base, gather for a group cheer on the pitcher's mound following the completion of a round... More

NIOC Misawa Sailors Bike Ride for Charity

NIOC Misawa Sailors Bike Ride for Charity

From left, Petty Officer 2nd Class Reuben Cuenca, a cryptologic technician (collection), Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Remley, a cryptologic technician (collection), and Petty Officer 3rd Class Marshall Pierce, ... More

Petty Officer 1st Class Ome Firpi, builder, a native

Petty Officer 1st Class Ome Firpi, builder, a native

Petty Officer 1st Class Ome Firpi, builder, a native of New York City, smooths out freshly-laid gravel at Hachinohe Pump Station No. 2, located in northern Japan. Firpi, assigned to Naval Facilities Engineering... More

Lt. Sean O'Neill ensures the buoys are seated properly

Lt. Sean O'Neill ensures the buoys are seated properly

Lt. Sean O'Neill ensures the buoys are seated properly while conducting a preflight inspection of a P-3 Orion prior to takeoff. The aircraft belongs to Patrol Squadron 9 and O'Neill serves as tactical coordinat... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Roberto Hernandez, assigned

Petty Officer 2nd Class Roberto Hernandez, assigned

Petty Officer 2nd Class Roberto Hernandez, assigned to Patrol Squadron 9, analyzes sonobuoy information during a preflight check aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft at Misawa Air Base. VP-9 is on a deployment in the U.... More

Yeoman 1st Class La'Mar Golden pals around with a resident

Yeoman 1st Class La'Mar Golden pals around with a resident

Yeoman 1st Class La'Mar Golden pals around with a resident of the Bikou-en Children's Care House. Golden, along with other sailors from Misawa Air Base, organized a Halloween party for the home's residents and ... More

Commander Task Force 72's Chief of Staff, Capt. Gregory

Commander Task Force 72's Chief of Staff, Capt. Gregory

Commander Task Force 72's Chief of Staff, Capt. Gregory Cozad, presents a briefing to members of the Yamato City Consultation on U.S. Military Bases during a study tour of Naval Air Facility Misawa and its tena... More

NCTS Far East Detachment Misawa Hosts Change of Charge

NCTS Far East Detachment Misawa Hosts Change of Charge

Warrant Office Patrick Jones, left, turns over command of Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Far East Detachment, Misawa to Warrant Officer Garcia Gaither, center, during a change of charge ceremony... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Chamunorwa Chimhau, hospital

Petty Officer 2nd Class Chamunorwa Chimhau, hospital

Petty Officer 2nd Class Chamunorwa Chimhau, hospital corpsman, helps move a patient from stretcher to bed at the new Misawa City Hospital. Misawa City opened its new hospital last week and requested military as... More

Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27 Commanding Officer,

Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27 Commanding Officer,

Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27 Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Fitzhugh Lee awards Shelle Napier with the Association of Naval Aviation's 2009 Dorothy M. Flatley Naval Aviation Spouse of the Year Award here, Nov. 9... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class George Marhelko, interior

Petty Officer 2nd Class George Marhelko, interior

Petty Officer 2nd Class George Marhelko, interior communications technician, originally from Nuremberg, Pa., stands overwatch during a force protection exercise at Naval Air Facility Misawa here. NAF Misawa's S... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Deenihan, cryptologic

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Deenihan, cryptologic

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Deenihan, cryptologic technician (collection), from Lake Zurich, Ill., communicates with dispatch during a force protection exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Dani... More

NAF Misawa Gives a Holiday Shout Out

NAF Misawa Gives a Holiday Shout Out

Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Spratt, a mass communication specialist, records Naval Air Facility Misawa personnel as they record a holiday message for the American Forces Network Misawa. NAF Misawa is located i... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Scarborough, a personnel

Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Scarborough, a personnel

Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Scarborough, a personnel specialist, administers cardiopulmonary resuscitation to a dummy during CPR qualification class here. CPR is a combination of rescue breathing and chest co... More

Col. Van A. Wimmer, 35th Fighter
Wing vice commander,

Col. Van A. Wimmer, 35th Fighter Wing vice commander,

Col. Van A. Wimmer, 35th Fighter Wing vice commander, prepares a cookie tray at the annual Misawa Air Base Cookie Caper. More than 100 volunteers packaged home backed cookies and sweets for single and unaccompa... More

Master Chief Petty Officer Matthew Bouchard, a cryptologic

Master Chief Petty Officer Matthew Bouchard, a cryptologic

Master Chief Petty Officer Matthew Bouchard, a cryptologic technician collection, pins the Enlisted Information Dominance Warfare Specialist badge onto Petty Officer 1st Class Bailey White, a cryptologic techni... More

NAF Misawa's Duty in Japan Program

NAF Misawa's Duty in Japan Program

Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Bradley, a mass communication specialist assigned to Naval Air Facility Misawa's Public Affairs Office, films the exterior of Sollars Elementary School here for an upcoming "Duty... More

Misawa Navy quarterback Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher

Misawa Navy quarterback Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher

Misawa Navy quarterback Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Williams, a cryptologic technician (collection), attempts a pass under heavy pressure from the Misawa Army defense. Misawa Air Base sailors and soldi... More

Capt. James Haugen, commanding officer of Naval Air

Capt. James Haugen, commanding officer of Naval Air

Capt. James Haugen, commanding officer of Naval Air Facility Misawa, center, gives a briefing to Japan Self-Defense Force Gen. Nobuaki Miyama, the South Kanto Defense Bureau director, and his tour group. Miyam... More

Capt. James Haugen, Naval Air Facility Misawa commanding

Capt. James Haugen, Naval Air Facility Misawa commanding

Capt. James Haugen, Naval Air Facility Misawa commanding officer, presents a plaque to Petty Officer 1st Class Clifford Martin, equipment operator, for being named the 2010 Naval Facilities Engineering Command ... More

Chief Builder Christopher Knox drives through downtown

Chief Builder Christopher Knox drives through downtown

Chief Builder Christopher Knox drives through downtown Aomori as he takes his snow sculpting team to the Aomori ferry landing, Jan. 30, 2011. Knox and five other sailors stationed or deployed at Misawa Air Base... More

Electronics Technician 2nd Class James Johnston and

Electronics Technician 2nd Class James Johnston and

Electronics Technician 2nd Class James Johnston and Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Trevor Teschel, both members of the Navy Misawa Snow Sculpture Team, measure graph lines on a compressed block of snow.... More

Misawa NMCRS Helps to Budget for Babies

Misawa NMCRS Helps to Budget for Babies

Navy Marine Corps Relief Society volunteer Kate Carlsward, presents a Sailor with information about the costs associated with having a baby. NMCRS's Budget for Babies class provides sailors and Marines with fi... More

NAF Misawa Participates in Exercise Reliant Gale/Citadel Shield

NAF Misawa Participates in Exercise Reliant Gale/Citadel Shield

An airman with the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight clears the way for a robot to enter Naval Air Facility Misawa's Flight Terminal during an exercise. Sailors and airman at Misaw... More

Navy Misawa sailors prepare their answer sheets for

Navy Misawa sailors prepare their answer sheets for

Navy Misawa sailors prepare their answer sheets for the March Navy-wide first class petty officer advancement cycle 211 exam. The 122 Misawa 2nd class petty officers participated in this exam here.

Navy Information Operations Command Misawa sailors

Navy Information Operations Command Misawa sailors

Navy Information Operations Command Misawa sailors play a game of green light red light with students at the Oka Misawa Jidokan. The Oka Misawa Jidokan is a youth center for children to study and learn after sc... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Travis Lausier, right, and Spc.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Travis Lausier, right, and Spc.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Travis Lausier, right, and Spc. Jason Hayes, both from the Japan District Veterinary Command, Misawa Branch, draw blood from Lago, while his handler, Tim Dinges, comforts his partner. Dinge... More

Airman 1st Class Jimmy Moreland, a broadcaster at American

Airman 1st Class Jimmy Moreland, a broadcaster at American

Airman 1st Class Jimmy Moreland, a broadcaster at American Forces Network Misawa, updates base personnel on the latest information following the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that impacted the base and triggered a t... More

From left, Naval Air Facility Misawa Commanding Officer,

From left, Naval Air Facility Misawa Commanding Officer,

From left, Naval Air Facility Misawa Commanding Officer, Capt. James Haugen, Lt. Cmdr. Craig Exum, Lt. Haji Shareef, Lt. James Bowen, and Lt. Cmdr. Frank Lee read a message from the regional emergency response ... More

A U.S. Air Force C-17 III Globemaster sits on the flight

A U.S. Air Force C-17 III Globemaster sits on the flight

A U.S. Air Force C-17 III Globemaster sits on the flight line ready to off load earthquake relief supplies on March 13, 2011, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, for Operation Tomodachi.

Operation Tomodachi - A view of a cruise ship from the top deck

Operation Tomodachi - A view of a cruise ship from the top deck

A U.S. Air Force C-17 III Globemaster sits on the flight line ready to off load earthquake relief supplies on March 13, 2011 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, for Operation Tomodachi.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Taurean Hunt, master-at-arms,

Petty Officer 2nd Class Taurean Hunt, master-at-arms,

Petty Officer 2nd Class Taurean Hunt, master-at-arms, directs traffic on board Misawa Air Base following an 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan that caused a power outage on the U.S. military installation located... More

Airman 1st Class Ryan Lloyd, left, offloads gear with

Airman 1st Class Ryan Lloyd, left, offloads gear with

Airman 1st Class Ryan Lloyd, left, offloads gear with the help of Rodney Vaughan, a member of Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, Virginia Task Force 1, at Misawa Air Base, March 14, 2011. The task force... More

Assigned to Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan, Seaman

Assigned to Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan, Seaman

Assigned to Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan, Seaman Ricardo Longoria, personnel specialist, of Edinburg, Texas, removes debris from the Misawa Fishing Port during a cleanup effort. Approximately 92 sailors fro... More

Crewmen on a C-40 aircraft unload a generator unit

Crewmen on a C-40 aircraft unload a generator unit

Crewmen on a C-40 aircraft unload a generator unit at the Naval Air Facility Misawa ramp area. Misawa Seabees and civilians will use the generators to help repair damages to the U.S. FISC Yokosuka Defense Fuel ... More

Senior Airman Paul Shaffer from the 35th secures a

Senior Airman Paul Shaffer from the 35th secures a

Senior Airman Paul Shaffer from the 35th secures a pallet to a truck at Misawa Air Base, March 14, 2011. The task force arrived in Misawa following an 8.9-magnitude earthquake that triggered a tsunami off Japan... More

Despite Quake, 35th MDG, Maternity Ward Delivers

Despite Quake, 35th MDG, Maternity Ward Delivers

Airman 1st Class Melissa Scott, from Midland, Texas, checks the vital signs on a newborn baby, Brook Regan, at the 35th Medical Group Maternity Ward. Regan was born at the ward, March 15, despite the clinic ope... More

In the wake of a massive tsunami that ripped through

In the wake of a massive tsunami that ripped through

In the wake of a massive tsunami that ripped through the Hachinohe port area, two vehicles remained awkwardly entwined. An 8.9-magnitude earthquake triggered the massive tsunami that devastated Japan's eastern ... More

Chief Petty Officer Bradley Dickey, a master-at-arms

Chief Petty Officer Bradley Dickey, a master-at-arms

Chief Petty Officer Bradley Dickey, a master-at-arms assigned to Naval Air Facility Misawa, briefs sailors before they begin their second day of relief work at the Misawa Fishing Port. More than 120 service mem... More

Crew members from Patrol Squadron 4 unload gear upon

Crew members from Patrol Squadron 4 unload gear upon

Crew members from Patrol Squadron 4 unload gear upon their arrival at Naval Air Facility Misawa. The squadron has temporarily repositioned in Misawa so it can better expedite relief efforts in Japan, following ... More

Navy Misawa sailors clean up debris at a damaged building.

Navy Misawa sailors clean up debris at a damaged building.

Navy Misawa sailors clean up debris at a damaged building. The relief efforts come following a 9.0-magnitude earthquake that triggered a massive tsunami off the eastern coast of Japan. (Photo by: Petty Officer ... More

A C-130 aircraft from Fleet Logistics Support Squadron

A C-130 aircraft from Fleet Logistics Support Squadron

A C-130 aircraft from Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 62 arrives at Naval Air Facility Misawa from Atsugi Air base with cargo to support relief efforts by Patrol Squadron 4. The relief comes following a 9.0 ma... More

Billy Knox, chief builder, tightens a chain on a plastic

Billy Knox, chief builder, tightens a chain on a plastic

Billy Knox, chief builder, tightens a chain on a plastic barricade while making repairs to the FISC Yokosuka Defense Fuel Support Point Hachinohe. The facility was damaged after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake trigg... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alexis Cintron from Mayaguev,

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alexis Cintron from Mayaguev,

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alexis Cintron from Mayaguev, Puerto Rico, assigned to 373rd Support Squadron at Misawa Air Base, shovels debris from inside a Hachinohe warehouse. More than 50 volunteers from Misawa ... More

Lt. Cmdr. Derek Peterson, left, 7th Fleet Salvage officer

Lt. Cmdr. Derek Peterson, left, 7th Fleet Salvage officer

Lt. Cmdr. Derek Peterson, left, 7th Fleet Salvage officer from Cocoa, Fla., views photos of the tsunami-damaged Hachinohe Port. Peterson is visiting with city officials to offer naval salvage support and harbor... More

An MH-53E helicopter from Helicopter Countermeasures

An MH-53E helicopter from Helicopter Countermeasures

An MH-53E helicopter from Helicopter Countermeasures Squadron 14 is loaded with food and water for people affected by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake that triggered a devastating tsunami along Japan's eastern coastl... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class James Medley, aviation boatswain's

Petty Officer 2nd Class James Medley, aviation boatswain's

Petty Officer 2nd Class James Medley, aviation boatswain's mate equipment from McMinnville, Tenn., and assigned to Naval Air Facility Misawa, directs a C-2A Greyhound as it taxis in from a landing. Fleet Logist... More

Scott Kopelwitz, chief mineman, from New Philadelphia,

Scott Kopelwitz, chief mineman, from New Philadelphia,

Scott Kopelwitz, chief mineman, from New Philadelphia, Ohio, pushes a barrel out of the tree line at Misawa Fishing Port. Service members, civilian employees, and family members from Misawa Air Base joined with... More

Jeff Wilson, Naval Air Facility Misawa safety officer,

Jeff Wilson, Naval Air Facility Misawa safety officer,

Jeff Wilson, Naval Air Facility Misawa safety officer, dishes out plates of homemade coconut curry to residents of the Bikou-en orphanage here. NAF Misawa has a 20-year relationship with the orphanage, and its... More

7th Fleet Salvage Officer Site Survey

7th Fleet Salvage Officer Site Survey

Lt. Cmdr. Derek Peterson, center, 7th Fleet salvage officer from Cocoa, Fla., spots an overturned fishing boat as he surveys the waters of the tsunami-damaged Hachinohe Port. Peterson was accompanied by members... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Landers, aviation boatswain's

Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Landers, aviation boatswain's

Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Landers, aviation boatswain's mate (handling) of El Paso, Texas, assigned to Naval Air Facility Misawa, directs a CH-46E Sea Knight Helicopter, from Marine Medium Helicopter Squad... More

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