The Initial Response Force lands at Yokota Air Base

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan - Marines from the initial response force board a bus April 3 after arriving at Yokota Air Base. The INF is a 155-person team comprised of Marines from the Naval Support Facility, Indian Head, Md. As a smaller element of the chemical, biological and incident response force, the IRF is specifically trained in the areas of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high yield explosion operations. The CBIRF will support Operation Tomodachi by providing a rapid response capability, and if requested, can assist and advise Japanese authorities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

The Initial Response Force lands at Yokota Air Base

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A U.S. Air Force crew chief marshals a C-5 Galaxy caring Marines and their equipment from the Initial Response Force into its parking spot at Yokota Air Base, April 3. The Chemical Biological Incident Response Force is a 155-person team comprised of Marines from Naval Support Facility, Indian Head, Md. As a smaller element of the chemical, biological, and incident response force, the CBIRF is specifically trained in the areas of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high yield explosion operations. The IRF will support Operation Tomodachi by providing a rapid response capability, and if requested, can assist and advise Japanese authorities. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

Team McChord assists Columbian evacuees

62nd Aerial Port Squadron Airmen and civilians work together to refuel a Columbian aircraft March 22, 2011, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The aircraft landed at McChord Field for refueling while moving more than 190 passengers from Japan’s Narita International Airport to Columbia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Leah Young)

Team McChord assists Columbian evacuees

Airmen assigned to the 62nd Aerial Port Squadron prepare to unload passengers from a Columbian aircraft March 22, 2011, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The aircraft landed at McChord Field for refueling while moving more than 190 passengers from Japan’s Narita International Airport to Columbia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Leah Young)

Supplies continue to roll into Sendai

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman 1st Class Hayden Boeglin, 730th Air Mobility Squadron, strips off a chain from supplies to be loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III March 20. The supplies were delivered to Sendai Airport to be used for humanitarian assistance bringing relief to Japan from the earthquake and tsunami disaster. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)

Mobility Airmen deliver search and rescue teams to Japan

Airmen from the 89th Aerial Port Squadron load pallets onto a C-17 Globemaster III on March 12, 2011, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Air transportation Airmen from the 89th APS created 14 pallets of technical search and rescue gear, to include inflatable swift-water rescue boats, generators, trench rescue and cutting equipment. The gear is being transported by C-17 to more than 80 Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue technicians, to provide assistance in the rescue effort after an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Perry Aston)