Paper Cranes for Japan

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- A pile of origami cranes are displayed on a table at Sollars Elementary School April 6. Cranes are sacred creatures in Japanese culture. According to legend, anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes will be granted a wish by a crane. The cranes will be sent to Students Rebuild to help raise funds in support of their Japanese peers. Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, learn and take action on critical issues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

Paper Cranes for Japan

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Aidan Robinson, a fifth grade Sollars Elementary School student, folds an origami crane April 6. The school has collected more than 7,000 cranes to help reach the goal of 100,000 as part of an art display at a reconstructed school in Sendai, Japan. Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, learn and take action on critical issues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

Master Sgt. Scott - West Palm Beach, Fla.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. William B. Scott, a command post superintendent with the 35th Fighter Wing from Misawa Air Base, and a West Palm Beach, Fla.-native, is responsible for the 24-hours a day, seven-days a week, and 365-days a year command and control function of the base. As the superintendent, Sergeant Scott’s functions include budgeting, manning, training, command and control operations, emergency actions directed by the president of the Unites States, and higher headquarters status reporting for Misawa Air Base.

Volunteer work continues outside Misawa Air Base

HACHINOHE, Japan -- Civilian volunteers from Misawa Air Base carry debris off a strawberry field, here April 1. To date, more than 1,200 servicemembers and civilian volunteers from Misawa Air Base have spent more than 9,000 man-hours assisting local communities with recovery efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez/Released)

Volunteer work continues outside Misawa Air Base

HACHINOHE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Airmen from Misawa Air Base uncover rows of strawberries at a farm, here April 1. A tsunami, triggered by the March 11 earthquake, flooded this coastal area where base volunteers spent the week cleaning up local farms. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez/Released)

Volunteer work continues outside Misawa Air Base

HACHINOHE, Japan -- A U.S. Air Force Airman from Misawa Air Base digs through a strawberry field looking for debris, here April 1. Approximately two busloads of volunteers visited the Hachinohe strawberry fields every day during the week to assist local farmers with cleaning up the destruction left by a tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez/Released)