Brig. Gen. Matt Molloy, 18th Wing commander, and members of the command staff take a moment of silence at the Kadena Air Base flag pole at 2:46 p.m. March 11, 2013, to honor and remember those who were lost during the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. The Japanese national flag was flown at half staff in remembrance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Naoto Anazawa)