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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kaden Wobse, an expeditionary firefighting and rescue specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), plays a game of cornhole.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kaden Wobse, an expeditionary firefighting and rescue specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), plays a game of cornhole during an Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting field day event at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, July 12, 2025. ARFF hosted a field day with a local orphanage in Iwakuni, to bring together U.S. service members and the Japanese community. (Lance Cpl. Isaac De Leon, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kaden Wobse, an expeditionary firefighting and rescue specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), plays a game of cornhole during an Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting field day event at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, July 12, 2025. ARFF hosted a field day with a local orphanage in Iwakuni, to bring together U.S. service members and the Japanese community.

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