A firefighter with CA-TF2 and his live-human scent working dog search debris for tsunami victims during a search and recovery mission in Ofunato, Japan on March 15, 2011. The Los Angeles County Fire Urban Search and Rescue Team, Task Force 2, travelled with the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., to the earthquake and tsunami stricken areas of Japan just four days after the devastation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Technical Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre)
Four days later: In Otunato, Japan, boats and cars alike were tossed into buildings and buried in rubble during the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo/Technical Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre)
During a search and recovery mission in Ofunato, Japan on March 15, 2011, the Los Angeles County Fire Urban Search and Rescue Team, Task Force 2, who travelled with the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., to the earthquake and tsunami stricken areas of Japan just four days after the devastation, were faced with this and similar scenes for miles. (U.S. Air Force photo/Technical Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre)
A Japanese woman smiles as Jasmine Segura, a dog handler and her dog, Cadillac pass by enroute to their search and recovery site on March 15, 2011. The Los Angeles County Fire Urban Search and Rescue Team, Task Force 2, travelled with the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., to the earthquake and tsunami stricken areas of Japan just four days after the devastation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Technical Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre)
A K-9 handling firefighter for CA-TF2 is interviewed by Japanese media while on a search for tsunami victims in Ofunato, Japan on March 15, 2011. The Los Angeles County Fire Urban Search and Rescue Team, Task Force 2, travelled with the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., to the earthquake and tsunami stricken areas of Japan just four days after the devastation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Technical Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre)
A Japanese man sifts through the aftermath of the deadly tsunami that ripped through his city days earlier. The Los Angeles County Fire Urban Search and Rescue Team, Task Force 2, travelled with the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., to the earthquake and tsunami stricken areas of Japan just four days after the devastation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Technical Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre)
Members of the Los Angeles County Urban Search and Rescue Team, Task Force 2, move to another location on their search grid through the tsunami-ravished streets of Japan. They travelled with the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., to the earthquake and tsunami stricken areas of Japan just four days after the devastation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Technical Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre)
Firefighter Gamble, CA-TF2 breaks a window of a car to search it for tsunami victims in Ofunato, Japan on March 15, 2011. The Los Angeles County Fire Urban Search and Rescue Team, Task Force 2, travelled with the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., to the earthquake and tsunami stricken areas of Japan just four days after the devastation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Technical Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre)
Members of the The Los Angeles County Fire Urban Search and Rescue Team, Task Force 2, who travelled with the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., to the earthquake and tsunami stricken areas of Japan just four days after the devastation, search through rubble with their Japanese counterparts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Technical Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre)