Service Members teach Halloween tradition to Japanese preschoolers
October 27, 2015 — The Marine Memorial Chapel at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, hosted a community relations event where thirteen service members taught a different culture and new games to children from Ekimae Hoikuen Pre-School in Iwakuni City, Oct. 27, 2015.The visit gave service members the opportunity to interact with the Japanese youth and teach them MORE
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Station residents, local Japanese take on triathlon
October 25, 2015 — Station residents and Japanese athletes challenged themselves to the 28th Annual Triathlon at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 25, 2015.Triathlon participants braved the choppy harbor waters to swim two laps then pedal 20 kilometers to the IronWorks Gym, where they traded cycling shoes for running shoes to race 8 kilometers to the MORE
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Children experience Marine Corps Tradition
October 23, 2015 — Children dressed up, danced, ate and experienced a Marine Corps tradition during the Mini-Marine Corps Ball in the Club Iwakuni ballroom at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 23, 2015.The children, ranging from 5 to 12 years old, learned traditions of the Marine Corps Ball including, the marching of colors and the cake cutting ceremony MORE
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Length of Service Award Ceremony recognizes Japanese civilians
October 22, 2015 — Station and city officials recognized Japanese civilians during a ceremony at the Club Iwakuni ballroom for their years of dedicated service working at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 22, 2015.The Length of Service Award Ceremony acknowledges the devotion and passion of Japanese civilians that have worked on the air station for at MORE
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MCAS Iwakuni residents get nutty with Japanese locals
October 22, 2015 — Residents of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, discovered a prickly treat with Japanese locals during a chestnut picking trip in Ganne Miwa-cho, Iwakuni City, Oct. 22, 2015.Coordinated by the station’s cultural adaption program, this event connected service members and their families to their Iwakuni neighbors during a visit to Ganne MORE
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Marines, Japanese soldiers bridge gaps while training
October 22, 2015 — Marines and 1st Company, 46th Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers came together for Exercise Guard and Protect at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct 20-23, 2015.Guard and Protect is a joint security force operation that enables readiness in case the station has to make a defense posture. Marines and JGSDF soldiers MORE
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Marines exercise readiness
October 21, 2015 — Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 12, Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 and Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron practiced their operational readiness during Strategic Mobility Exercise 16 at Marine Corps Air station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 19-23, 2015.STRATMOBEX 16 is to validate existing assumptions in Marine MORE
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Matthew C. Perry Elementary partakes in Read Across the Globe
October 19, 2015 — Matthew C. Perry Elementary teachers and adult volunteers took part in an official attempt to break a Guinness World Record aimed to raise awareness about literacy by reading to M.C. Perry’s 1st, 4th and 5th graders at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 19, 2015.Points of Light, the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, Deloitte and MORE
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Technicalities of Tea
October 17, 2015 — The Omotesenke Tea Ceremony Club taught participants the procedures of a Japanese tea ceremony during a Cultural Adaptation Program at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 17, 2015.Residents received manju, a sweet Japanese treat, and green tea while they learned the importance of the decor of the room and the traditional way to drink tea MORE
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Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Volunteers beautify Futushika Umezu Falls
October 16, 2015 — Residents from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, volunteered with the Single Marine Program to clean up the Futashika Umezu Falls, in Futashika, Japan, Oct. 16, 2015.Volunteers enjoyed the scenery of the forest, river and waterfalls, as they picked up trash and debris along the river's main pathway.“It doesn’t matter if it’s a river cleanup, MORE
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