180829-M-LO635-2024.JPG - Lance Cpl. Tyler Elliott, a network administrator with Communications Company, Headquarters Regiment, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, grabs the corner of a flattened tent to fold it after III Marine Expeditionary Force Command Post Exercise 18.1 (MEF CPX 18.1) Aug. 30, 2018 at Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan. HQ Reg. Marines were tasked with the set-up, security and tear down of the operational space for MEF CPX 18.1. Elliott is a native of Covington, Washington. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jamin M. Powell)
170922-M-IU921-005.JPG - U.S. service members and Japanese citizens take off from the starting line at the Tour de Tohoku annual charity bicycle tour at Ishinomaki City, Japan, Sept. 17, 2017. Tour de Tohoku takes place along the coast of mainland Japan, and brings donations to areas affected by the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami in 2011. III Marine Expeditionary Force provided personnel, equipment and supplies in support of relief efforts during Operation Tomodachi, the disaster relief operation in response to the earthquake and tsunami. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Maj. Mario Marquez)