MATSUSHIMA AIR BASE, Japan - Japan Ground Self Defense Force soldiers and III Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) Marines team up to offload about 25,000 bottles of water from a U.S. Air Force MC-130T cargo plane during Operation Tomodachi March 16. Marines from III MEF are actively providing support for foreign humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in mainland Japan. The operation, known as Tomodachi, means"friends"in Japanese and was chosen by the Government of Japan.