 On April 14th and 16th, earthquakes with magnitudes of 6.2 and 7 struck southern Japan. Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Yukuni teamed up with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit to support Japan's request for humanitarian assistance. We are here with the 31st MEW, BMM-265 reinforced, helping to support and offer our aid or assistance to the Japanese in any way they see fit with the recent earthquake incident that's happened on the island of Kyushu. The United States' long-standing alliance with Japan enables the U.S. military to provide fast and effective support to the Japanese Self-Defense Force and civil recovery efforts. These two V-22s are going out with the MEW-CO to assess the damage of the earthquake, assess possible landing zones, bring supplies to the impacted areas, and pretty much just get an understanding of the situation. U.S. service members from all over the Pacific are pitching in to help Japan through this difficult time. We left yesterday from Manila in the Philippines and we made it up here in seven hours. And it's something that a lot of other aircraft can't do, have the self-deploying capabilities of the V-22 does. I feel honored to be able to offer my assistance and help in any way that they need it. I'm very happy that our squadron has been asked to come up here to offer our support. Obviously, it's a very tragic incident. Any way that we can help out, obviously as Americans, we like to try and offer our assistance. So hopefully that's what we're going to do. The extent of the U.S. military support will depend on the request from the government of Japan. Reporting from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, I'm Marine Corporal, Lake Ahid.