Hometown Heroes
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jose Rivera, chemical biological incident response force extractor from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, Md., poses for a photo at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 6, 2011. Sergeant Rivera, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., is currently deployed to Yokota in support of Operation Tomodachi. "I feel that this joint operation with the Japanese is a remarkable thing. This is a bad time for Japan and I am glad to be here to support them in any way we can," said Sergeant Rivera. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)