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Sgt. Jason Carriker Amarillo, Texas native and generator

Sgt. Jason Carriker Amarillo, Texas native and generator

Sgt. Jason Carriker Amarillo, Texas native and generator mechanic for Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 35, repairs a power cord here March 11. The battalion, originally from 3rd Marine Logistics... More

A joint-service American survey team flies over the

A joint-service American survey team flies over the

A joint-service American survey team flies over the wreckage at Sendai Airport, March 13, two days after the massive earthquake and tsunami ravaged the eastern coast of Japan's main island of Honshu.

KC-130J cargo aircraft from Marine Aerial Refueler

KC-130J cargo aircraft from Marine Aerial Refueler

KC-130J cargo aircraft from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force at Sendai Airport March 20. The aircraft are the fir... More

Mobility Airman profile: C-17 loadmaster in heart of support for Operation Tomodachi

Mobility Airman profile: C-17 loadmaster in heart of support for Opera...

Master Sgt. Stephen Mallory, C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster from the 517th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson, Alaska, directs the unloading of humanitarian supplies at Sendai Airport, Japan,... More

Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward),

Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward),

Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), assist the Japan Air Self-Defense Force in clearing debris on the flightline from the tsunami, March 22. The flightlines through Japan are crucial to the t... More

Tech. Sgt. Eugene Scott stands in the passenger terminal

Tech. Sgt. Eugene Scott stands in the passenger terminal

Tech. Sgt. Eugene Scott stands in the passenger terminal of Sendai Airport, Japan, March 28. Scott is an augmentee from Misawa Air Base, serving as a translator for American forces helping to rebuild Sendai. He... More

U.S. service members, members of the Japan Self-Defense

U.S. service members, members of the Japan Self-Defense

U.S. service members, members of the Japan Self-Defense Force and students of Ishinomaki High School work together to clean the school during Operation Field Day in Ishinomaki, March 30. U.S. service members a... More

A load consisting of 3800 lbs. of water bound for Okushima,

A load consisting of 3800 lbs. of water bound for Okushima,

A load consisting of 3800 lbs. of water bound for Okushima, Japan, awaits a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on the tarmac at Sendai Airport. U.S. Army Japan is supporting the Joint Force Land Component Command in a... More

The Sendai Airport was damaged by the 8.9 magnitude

The Sendai Airport was damaged by the 8.9 magnitude

The Sendai Airport was damaged by the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami that rocked northeastern Japan, March 11. On March 16, airmen and aircraft from the 353rd Special Operations Group began assi... More

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. poses for a photo with

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. poses for a photo with

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. poses for a photo with Naoki Kondo, administrator for the Sendai International Airport Office, after presenting him a plaque for their efforts and support during Operation Tomodac... More

Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri says goodbye to children

Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri says goodbye to children

Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri says goodbye to children as he exits Oshima Elementary during a visit Jan. 12. During the visit, nearly 30 members of the III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations... More

Raymond and Motoko Richards (left), homestay volunteers

Raymond and Motoko Richards (left), homestay volunteers

Raymond and Motoko Richards (left), homestay volunteers were greeted by Naoko Kikuta (right) on Oshima Island, Jan. 12. Kikuta's children participated in the homestay program last summer.

Service members marched onto the parade field. Dec.

Service members marched onto the parade field. Dec.

Service members marched onto the parade field. Dec. 6, for the opening ceremony of Yama Sakura 63. Yama Sakura is a bilateral training exercise held twice a year with members of the Japanese Ground Self Defense... More

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 3rd Wing, Joint Base

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 3rd Wing, Joint Base

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 3rd Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, takes off at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 22, 2014. The aircraft marked the first C-17 landing at the Sendai Airport after the... More

U.S. Army Pacific commander, Lieutenant General Wiercinski

U.S. Army Pacific commander, Lieutenant General Wiercinski

U.S. Army Pacific commander, Lieutenant General Wiercinski spoke to the service members who marched onto the parade field Dec. 6, for the opening ceremony of Yama Sakura 63. Yama Sakura is a bilateral training ... More

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron fly up

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron fly up

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron fly up to Matsushima Air Base on an MC-130P Combat Shadow, March 16, to later drive to Sendai Airport to help clear and reopen the airfield.

Marines, airmen, and members of the Japan Ground

Marines, airmen, and members of the Japan Ground

Marines, airmen, and members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force load boxes of humanitarian aid supplies on trucks for transport to tsunami-stricken areas near Sendai, Japan, March 20. These supplies arrived... More

Marines of III Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)

Marines of III Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)

Marines of III Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) help Japan Air Self-Defense Force members clear debris from the tsunami on the flightline here March 22. Flightlines throughout Japan are crucial to transport... More

An airmen unloads a bladder of diesel fuel from a KC-130J

An airmen unloads a bladder of diesel fuel from a KC-130J

An airmen unloads a bladder of diesel fuel from a KC-130J Hercules cargo aircraft here March 29. U.S. service members and their Japanese counterparts have been unloading and loading aircraft along with restorin... More

First Lt. Sean Mcmahon, convoy commander, Task Force

First Lt. Sean Mcmahon, convoy commander, Task Force

First Lt. Sean Mcmahon, convoy commander, Task Force Fuji, coordinates plans with a member of the Japan Self-Defense Force before U.S. service members begin cleaning the Ishinomaki High School at Operation Fiel... More

A U.S. Army Japan UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter hovers

A U.S. Army Japan UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter hovers

A U.S. Army Japan UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter hovers at Sendai Airport as soldiers from USARJ’s, Logistics Task Force 35 secure 3800 lbs. of water onto the hook of the aircraft bound for Okushima, Japan. USARJ ... More

The Sendai Airport was damaged by the 8.9 magnitude

The Sendai Airport was damaged by the 8.9 magnitude

The Sendai Airport was damaged by the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami that rocked northeastern Japan, March 11. On March 16, airmen and aircraft from the 353rd Special Operations Group began assi... More

Hironobu Sugawara, a member of Kesennuma City and head

Hironobu Sugawara, a member of Kesennuma City and head

Hironobu Sugawara, a member of Kesennuma City and head of the delegation for the homestay program, explains to Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr., how the March 11, 2011, disaster affected Oshima Island and what Ma... More

Col. Jonathan Elliott, views a display of photos in

Col. Jonathan Elliott, views a display of photos in

Col. Jonathan Elliott, views a display of photos in the Sendai International Airport taken by U.S. service members during Operation Tomodachi, Jan. 12. Elliot and other members of the III Marine Expeditionary F... More

Dr. Robert D. Eldridge talks with children during a

Dr. Robert D. Eldridge talks with children during a

Dr. Robert D. Eldridge talks with children during a dinner party designed to reunite homestay program participants. The homestay program was designed to provide temporary relaxation for children affected by the... More

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 3rd Wing, Joint Base

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 3rd Wing, Joint Base

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 3rd Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson takes off at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 22, 2014. The aircraft marked the first C-17 landing at the Sendai airport after the devastat... More

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron arrive

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron arrive

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron arrive at Sendai Airport, March 16, and begin to assess the damage and what they can do to help.

A forklift loaded with pallets of water from KC-130J

A forklift loaded with pallets of water from KC-130J

A forklift loaded with pallets of water from KC-130J cargo aircraft from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force at Send... More

Streets surrounding the Sendai airport begin to show

Streets surrounding the Sendai airport begin to show

Streets surrounding the Sendai airport begin to show improvement from the vast destruction caused by the earthquake and tsunami that struck the area March 11. U.S. service members and their Japanese counterpart... More

U.S. service members and members of the Japan Self-Defense

U.S. service members and members of the Japan Self-Defense

U.S. service members and members of the Japan Self-Defense Force stand in formation as the principal of Ishinomaki High School gives a speech at Operation Field Day in Ishinomaki, March 30. U.S. service members... More

A U.S. Army Japan UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter hovers

A U.S. Army Japan UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter hovers

A U.S. Army Japan UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter hovers at Sendai Airport as soldiers from USARJ’s, Logistics Task Force 35 secure 3800 lbs. of water onto the hook of the aircraft bound for Okushima, Japan. USARJ ... More

The Sendai Airport was damaged by the 8.9 magnitude

The Sendai Airport was damaged by the 8.9 magnitude

The Sendai Airport was damaged by the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami that rocked northeastern Japan, March 11. On March 16, airmen and aircraft from the 353rd Special Operations Group began assi... More

Miki Kikuta looks for a photo of herself in a Big Circle

Miki Kikuta looks for a photo of herself in a Big Circle

Miki Kikuta looks for a photo of herself in a Big Circle article about the homestay program on Oshima Island Jan. 12. The homestay program was designed to provide temporary relaxation for children affected by t... More

Maj. Greg Obar, a homestay program volunteer, plays

Maj. Greg Obar, a homestay program volunteer, plays

Maj. Greg Obar, a homestay program volunteer, plays soccer with local children at the Oshima Elementary School, Jan. 12. Obar was one of nearly 30 to visit to Oshima Island to review community recovery progress... More

U.S. airmen and Marines look over the disastrous after-math

U.S. airmen and Marines look over the disastrous after-math

U.S. airmen and Marines look over the disastrous after-math at Sendai Airport, Sendai, Japan, March 13, 2011. U.S. service members provided humanitarian assistance and relief in support of Operation Tomodachi a... More

Crushed lumber and houses fill a local waterway at

Crushed lumber and houses fill a local waterway at

Crushed lumber and houses fill a local waterway at Sendai Airport after a massive tsunami swept through the area, March 11.

A forklift operator unloads a pallet of humanitarian

A forklift operator unloads a pallet of humanitarian

A forklift operator unloads a pallet of humanitarian supplies from a KC-130J cargo aircraft from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Exp... More

Lance Cpl. Robert Branch, Philadelphia native and

Lance Cpl. Robert Branch, Philadelphia native and

Lance Cpl. Robert Branch, Philadelphia native and electrician for Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 35, repairs a generator-operated flood light here March 11. The battalion, originally from 3rd ... More

U.S. service members, members of the Japan Self-Defense

U.S. service members, members of the Japan Self-Defense

U.S. service members, members of the Japan Self-Defense Force and students of Ishinomaki High School work together to clean the school during Operation Field Day in Ishinomaki March 30. U.S. service members ar... More

Air Force Radiation Assessment Team members performed

Air Force Radiation Assessment Team members performed

Air Force Radiation Assessment Team members performed radiological assessments at Sendai Airport in support of Operation Tomodachi, April 5. The AFRAT provides commanders and other key decision-makers with risk... More

Hironobu Sugawara, a member of Kesennuma City and head

Hironobu Sugawara, a member of Kesennuma City and head

Hironobu Sugawara, a member of Kesennuma City and head of the delegation for the homestay program, explains to Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr., how the March 11, 2011 disaster affected Oshima Island and what Mar... More

Motoko Richards (left) receives a homemade keepsake

Motoko Richards (left) receives a homemade keepsake

Motoko Richards (left) receives a homemade keepsake from Chika Kikuta following a recent visit to Oshima Island Jan. 12 and 13. The purpose of the command-sponsored visit was to evaluate the impact of the homes... More

In grand pomp and circumstance, service members marched

In grand pomp and circumstance, service members marched

In grand pomp and circumstance, service members marched onto the parade field. Dec. 6, for the opening ceremony of Yama Sakura 63. Yama Sakura is a bilateral training exercise held twice a year with members of ... More

A pararescueman with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron

A pararescueman with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron

A pararescueman with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron looks through rubble to find survivors at Sendai Airport, March 16. The dirt along the ground-level exterior walls shows just how high the water level ros... More

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force helicopter surveys the

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force helicopter surveys the

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force helicopter surveys the damaged area around the Sendai Airport. The JASDF along with U.S. service members have been working around the clock to restore the area around the airport ... More

Staff Sgt. Kevin Rivera, Air Force Radiation Assessment

Staff Sgt. Kevin Rivera, Air Force Radiation Assessment

Staff Sgt. Kevin Rivera, Air Force Radiation Assessment Team, collects a vegetation sample at Sendai Airport, April 5. The AFRAT provides commanders and other key decision-makers with risk-based recommendations... More

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. and Mr. Shirahata, head

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. and Mr. Shirahata, head

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. and Mr. Shirahata, head of the Oshima community center, field questions during a visit to Oshima Island, Jan. 12 to discuss the role of the Oshima District Disaster Response Cente... More

A pararescueman with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron

A pararescueman with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron

A pararescueman with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron searches the rubble at Sendai Airport, looking for survivors, March 16.

Staff Sgt. Kevin Rivera (left) and Senior Master Sgt.

Staff Sgt. Kevin Rivera (left) and Senior Master Sgt.

Staff Sgt. Kevin Rivera (left) and Senior Master Sgt. Dean Kim, from the Air Force Radiation Assessment Team, use a sodium iodide detector to check for radiation at Sendai Airport, April 5. Rivera and Kim check... More

Senior leaders from III Marine Expeditionary Force

Senior leaders from III Marine Expeditionary Force

Senior leaders from III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific meet with Shigeru Sugawara, mayor of Kesennuma City, and Oshima Island community leaders during an official visit to Osh... More

Staff Sgt. Christopher Rector, 459th Airlift Squadron

Staff Sgt. Christopher Rector, 459th Airlift Squadron

Staff Sgt. Christopher Rector, 459th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, performs pre-flight inspection at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 20, 2014. Airmen from the 459 AS regularly practice their airlift capabiliti... More

A member of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron sets

A member of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron sets

A member of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron sets up a satellite link for communications at Sendai Airport, March 16.

Staff Sgt. Kevin Rivera (left) and Senior Master Sgt.

Staff Sgt. Kevin Rivera (left) and Senior Master Sgt.

Staff Sgt. Kevin Rivera (left) and Senior Master Sgt. Dean Kim, from the Air Force Radiation Assessment Team, use a sodium iodide detector to check for radiation at Sendai Airport, April 5. Rivera and Kim check... More

A KC-130J Hercules cargo aircraft lands at Sendai

A KC-130J Hercules cargo aircraft lands at Sendai

A KC-130J Hercules cargo aircraft lands at Sendai International Airport here, Jan. 12. The aircraft, assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Squadron 152, was transporting senior leaders from III Marine Expeditionar... More

1st Lt. Jonathan Palka, 459th Airlift Squadron UH-1N

1st Lt. Jonathan Palka, 459th Airlift Squadron UH-1N

1st Lt. Jonathan Palka, 459th Airlift Squadron UH-1N Huey pilot, logs a flight record after landing at Sendai Airport, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, Aug. 20, 2014. Airmen from the 459 AS regularly practice their ai... More

Flowers and a pair of boots stand in a stairwell landing

Flowers and a pair of boots stand in a stairwell landing

Flowers and a pair of boots stand in a stairwell landing against a backdrop of destruction at Sendai Airport, showing the stark contrast between the destruction at ground level left by the March 11 tsunami and ... More

Damaged in the March 11 earthquake and resulting tsunami,

Damaged in the March 11 earthquake and resulting tsunami,

Damaged in the March 11 earthquake and resulting tsunami, Sendai Airport reopened to military fixed-wing aircraft March 16 thanks to the efforts of Japanese civilians, Japan Self-Defense Force members and U.S. ... More

A KC-130J Hercules cargo aircraft taxis at Sendai

A KC-130J Hercules cargo aircraft taxis at Sendai

A KC-130J Hercules cargo aircraft taxis at Sendai International Airport here Jan. 12. The aircraft, assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Squadron 152, was transporting senior leaders from III Marine Expeditionary... More

Staff Sgt. Christopher Rector, 459th Airlift Squadron

Staff Sgt. Christopher Rector, 459th Airlift Squadron

Staff Sgt. Christopher Rector, 459th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, performs refill a fuel to a UH-1N Iroquois during a training mission at Sendai Airport, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, Aug. 20, 2014. Airmen fro... More

A Japanese front-end loader begins clearing debris

A Japanese front-end loader begins clearing debris

A Japanese front-end loader begins clearing debris at Sendai Airport to make the apron ready for aircraft.

Staff Sgt. Kevin Rivera, Air Force Radiation Assessment

Staff Sgt. Kevin Rivera, Air Force Radiation Assessment

Staff Sgt. Kevin Rivera, Air Force Radiation Assessment Team, checks soil at Sendai Airport for possible contamination April 5. The AFRAT provides commanders and other key decision-makers with risk-based recomm... More

Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri is escorted to the airport

Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri is escorted to the airport

Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri is escorted to the airport terminal here by Dr. Robert D. Eldridge during a visit to mainland Japan, Jan. 12. Talleri and Eldridge are part of a group of senior leaders from III Marin... More

(Left to right) 1st Lt. Jonathan Palka and Capt. Doug

(Left to right) 1st Lt. Jonathan Palka and Capt. Doug

(Left to right) 1st Lt. Jonathan Palka and Capt. Doug Lincoln, both from the459th Airlift Squadron UH-1N Huey pilot, reviews their flight during a training mission at Sendai Airport, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, A... More

The first fixed-wing aircraft, an MC-130H Combat Talon

The first fixed-wing aircraft, an MC-130H Combat Talon

The first fixed-wing aircraft, an MC-130H Combat Talon II, lands at Sendai Airport, March 16, thanks to a collaborative effort between Japanese workers and the 320th Special Tactics Squadron.

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. is escorted to the airport

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. is escorted to the airport

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. is escorted to the airport terminal here by Dr. Robert D. Eldridge during a visit to mainland Japan, Jan. 12. Glueck and Eldridge are part of a group of senior leaders from III Ma... More

Staff Sgt. Christopher Rector, 459th Airlift Squadron

Staff Sgt. Christopher Rector, 459th Airlift Squadron

Staff Sgt. Christopher Rector, 459th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, performs an inspection at Sendai Airport, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, Aug. 20, 2014, during a training mission. Airmen from the 459 AS regula... More

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron shovel

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron shovel

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron shovel mud and silt off the main apron at Sendai Airport, March 16. The airmen of the 320th STS did their part to help clear the flightline, even if it meant using ... More

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. speaks with an airport

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. speaks with an airport

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. speaks with an airport official during a visit to Sendai International Airport here Jan. 12. Glueck and other senior leaders from III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps I... More

A combat controller walks down the main runway at Sendai

A combat controller walks down the main runway at Sendai

A combat controller walks down the main runway at Sendai Airport, measuring the useable area to see if a C-130 can land there, March 16.

Senior leaders from III Marine Expeditionary Force

Senior leaders from III Marine Expeditionary Force

Senior leaders from III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific discuss the status of restoration of the Sendai International Airport with airport officials here Jan. 12. The group is ... More

A combat controller with the 320th Special Tactics

A combat controller with the 320th Special Tactics

A combat controller with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron uses an all-terrain vehicle as a "follow me" car to guide an MC-130 through the taxiways at Sendai Airport. With limited resources, the airmen of the ... More

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. speaks with an airport

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. speaks with an airport

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. speaks with an airport official during a visit to Sendai International Airport here Jan. 12. Glueck and other senior leaders from III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps I... More

Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group unload

Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group unload

Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group unload an MC-130 at Sendai Airport, bringing fuel and supplies to help rebuild Sendai.

Naoki Kondo, an administrator for the Sendai International

Naoki Kondo, an administrator for the Sendai International

Naoki Kondo, an administrator for the Sendai International Airport shows Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. areas of the airport that have been restored since the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami March 11, 2... More

The 320th Special Tactics Squadron airfield commander

The 320th Special Tactics Squadron airfield commander

The 320th Special Tactics Squadron airfield commander directs the offload of the first C-17 Globemaster III, also the first jet aircraft, to land at Sendai Airport following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami ... More

Naoki Kondo, an administrator for the Sendai International

Naoki Kondo, an administrator for the Sendai International

Naoki Kondo, an administrator for the Sendai International Airport shows Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. areas of the airport that have been restored since the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami March 11, 2... More

A joint, bi-lateral team works to clear additional

A joint, bi-lateral team works to clear additional

A joint, bi-lateral team works to clear additional parts of the runways and taxiways at Sendai Airport, making it possible to land more, and larger, aircraft there.

Senior leaders from III Marine Expeditionary Force

Senior leaders from III Marine Expeditionary Force

Senior leaders from III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific view a display of photos Jan. 12 in the Sendai International Airport. The photos highlight the effort U.S. service membe... More

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron unload

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron unload

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron unload ten pallets of humanitarian relief supplies here March 20. The supplies were delivered by the first C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to land at the airport.

Maj. Greg Obar views a display of photos in the Sendai

Maj. Greg Obar views a display of photos in the Sendai

Maj. Greg Obar views a display of photos in the Sendai International Airport, Jan. 12. The photos highlight the effort U.S. service members and their Japanese counterparts made during Operation Tomodachi. Obar ... More

A member from 517th Airlift Squadron prepares to take

A member from 517th Airlift Squadron prepares to take

A member from 517th Airlift Squadron prepares to take off at Sendai Airport March 20 after delivering pallets of humanitarian supplies from Yokota Air Base to Sendai Airport March 20. Members of the 320th Speci... More

Demolished cars sit in rows waiting to be carried off

Demolished cars sit in rows waiting to be carried off

Demolished cars sit in rows waiting to be carried off at Sendai Airport. The tsunami that hit, March 11, left a wake of crushed cars and other debris that needed to be cleared before the airport could resume no... More

Dr. Robert D. Eldridge speaks with an airport official

Dr. Robert D. Eldridge speaks with an airport official

Dr. Robert D. Eldridge speaks with an airport official during a visit to Sendai International Airport here Jan. 12. Eldridge and other senior leaders from III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Install... More

Capt. Allen Morris, 517th Airlift Squadron, flies to

Capt. Allen Morris, 517th Airlift Squadron, flies to

Capt. Allen Morris, 517th Airlift Squadron, flies to deliver pallets of humanitarian supplies from Yokota Air Base to Sendai Airport March 20. Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron reopened the runway t... More

An orphaned shoe lies in the open trunk of a car displaced

An orphaned shoe lies in the open trunk of a car displaced

An orphaned shoe lies in the open trunk of a car displaced by the March 11 tsunami. The massive tsunami created by the 9.0 earthquake earlier that day spared little and made no differentiations on who or what it claimed.

U.S. soldiers and Marines camp out in the passenger

U.S. soldiers and Marines camp out in the passenger

U.S. soldiers and Marines camp out in the passenger terminal at Sendai Airport, March 28. The terminal provided protection from the elements at Sendai where the temperature often dropped below freezing, and the... More

Destroyed houses and businesses can be seen through

Destroyed houses and businesses can be seen through

Destroyed houses and businesses can be seen through windows and openings from the passenger terminal at Sendai Airport, reminding onlookers of the long road ahead to rebuild the Sendai community.

A Japanese Flag waves proudly outside the main passenger

A Japanese Flag waves proudly outside the main passenger

A Japanese Flag waves proudly outside the main passenger terminal at Sendai, exemplifying the hardy Japanese spirit shown in the Sendai Airport recovery effort. Once thought lost, the airport is now progressing... More

Cracked tiles at the top floor of the passenger terminal

Cracked tiles at the top floor of the passenger terminal

Cracked tiles at the top floor of the passenger terminal at Sendai Airport serve as a reminder of the massive 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan, March 11.

The main clock in the departure terminal at Sendai

The main clock in the departure terminal at Sendai

The main clock in the departure terminal at Sendai Airport stays frozen at 4 p.m. serving as a reminder to the time power was lost in the terminal, March 11.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sasha Fanger feeds a "tsunami

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sasha Fanger feeds a "tsunami

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sasha Fanger feeds a "tsunami pig" found at Sendai Airport, March 28. Marines, airmen, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers donated food from their own rations to help feed the st... More

A Japanese dump truck drives alongside the passenger

A Japanese dump truck drives alongside the passenger

A Japanese dump truck drives alongside the passenger terminal at Sendai Airport, March 28. The area was impassable only a week before due to large amounts of debris left by the March 11 tsunami.

A pallet of humanitarian aid from the American Red

A pallet of humanitarian aid from the American Red

A pallet of humanitarian aid from the American Red Cross sits on the flightline at Sendai Airport waiting for distribution, March 28.

Maj. John Traxler, 320th Special Tactics Squadron commander,

Maj. John Traxler, 320th Special Tactics Squadron commander,

Maj. John Traxler, 320th Special Tactics Squadron commander, rushes to help two loadmasters from the 353rd Special Operations Group push a stack of empty aircraft pallets onto an MC-130P Combat Shadow at Sendai... More

110327-F-EL033-364, US Marine Corps Photo

110327-F-EL033-364, US Marine Corps Photo

U.S. Soldiers and Marines clean up debris at Sendai Airport, Sendai, Japan, March 27, 2011, during Operation Tomodachi earthquake and tsunami humanitarian relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ali... More

Lance Cpl. Adam Kabrick

Lance Cpl. Adam Kabrick

SENDAI, Japan – Lance Cpl. Adam Kabrick is the log chief for the Arrival and Departure, Air Control Group, Combat Logistics Regiment 35 at Sendai Airport. Kabrick, 20, is a Britt, Iowa native. (U.S. Marine Corp... More

Cpl. Jeffrey Smith in Japan

Cpl. Jeffrey Smith in Japan

SENDAI, Japan – Cpl. Jeffrey Smith is the non-commissioned in charge for the Arrival and Departure, Air Control Group, Combat Logistics Regiment 35 at Sendai Airport. Smith, 22, is a Milwaukee, W.I., native. (U... More

Lance Cpl. Luis Torres helps in Japan

Lance Cpl. Luis Torres helps in Japan

SENDAI, Japan – Lance Cpl. Luis Torres is a landing support specialist for the Arrival and Departure, Air Control Group, Combat Logistics Regiment 35 at Sendai Airport. Torres, 21, is a Bronx, N.Y., native. (U.... More

Sgt. Ryan Jasper in Japan

Sgt. Ryan Jasper in Japan

SENDAI, Japan – Sgt. Ryan Jasper is the radio chief for the Arrival and Departure, Air Control Group, Combat Logistics Regiment 35 at Sendai Airport. Jasper, 25, is a Churchville, Md., native. (U.S. Marine Corp... More

Marines use heavy equipment to clear wreckage

Marines use heavy equipment to clear wreckage

Marines from Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, use heavy equipment to help repair damaged areas surrounding the Sendai Airport here March 25. U.S. service... More

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