CRUSADERS PASS MISHAP-FREE FLIGHT HOUR
September 1, 2000 — A popular safety motto states: ?It takes a long time to earn a mishap-free milestone and only seconds to lose.? According to the Naval Safety Center, the basis of the statement is everyone contributes, good or bad, to the success or failure of any unit. The Fixed Wing Fighter Attack squadron 122, Crusaders have taken this message to heart. MORE
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OBSERVERS PREDICT RAIN OR SHINE
August 18, 2000 — An old man once created a device he said could tell the weather just by looking at it. From his pocket, he pulled a golf ball-sized rock hanging from a piece of twine. A "weather rock" he called it. It was a simple thing. If the rock was bright on top it was nice out; gray if it was cloudy; wet when it was raining and if the rock turned white, MORE
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TRIATHLON CLINIC PROVIDES INSIGHT
August 18, 2000 — Training is a huge part of the racing process for triathletes and must be started months before a race. To prepare for the upcoming Sprint Labor Day Triathlon here Sept. 3, more than 20 Japanese and Americans met at the Main Gym to hone their skills. Training focused on the three areas of a triathlon - running, biking, and swimming. After a 5 MORE
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IWAKUNI RESIDENTS BUILD LANTERNS, MEMORIES
August 18, 2000 — Twelve Americans jumped in a bus and headed south to take part in an annual Japanese tradition Aug. 11. Led by Cultural Adaptations director, Chiaki Ikeue, the group journeyed to Yanai to assemble kingyo, or goldfish lanterns. "It was a very good way for station residents to learn about Japanese culture," Ikeue said. "We also learned a lot about MORE
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OKUDA DELIVERS MESSAGE OF PEACE
July 20, 2000 — Some people work for money, and others to gain success, but Zero Center Director Torao "Tiger" Okuda feels he is working for a greater purpose. Nearly every day for the past 17 years, Okuda has freely devoted his time to teaching generations of Japanese and Americans the history of one of the most recognized Japanese fighter aircraft of World War MORE
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MOONLIGHTERS NAMED BEST IN CORPS
July 20, 2000 — Every year there is a fighter attack squadron that stands out among the rest and receives the Robert M. Hanson Award for Marine Fighter/Attack Squadron of the Year. This year that honor was presented to the Moonlighters of VMFA-332 from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C. "The Hanson Award recognizes the Marine F/A-18 squadron who has made MORE
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MARINES TEST METTLE
July 20, 2000 — Marine Wing Service Support Squadron 171 finished up the force-on-force portion of Cloud Warrior 2000 at Camp Fuji, Mount. Fuji Japan. Marines units from MCAS Iwakuni and Okinawa split into four platoons, making up a red team and blue team. The teams spent five nights and six days in a tactical field environment during the exercise. "The MORE
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Marines Land On Beach: TAKE OUT TRASH
July 14, 2000 — Marines from MALS-12 Support Equipment section cleared a beach June 30 without a single casualty. The enemy they faced was not an enemy of flesh and blood - it was trash. Eighteen Marines traveled 45 miles by bus to an island near the town of Kaminoseki.They chose to take the beach for themselves and for the community. What they received in return MORE
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DEFY TAKES TO THE WOODS
July 7, 2000 — Twenty-seven air station children spent the week in the woods getting high -- a natural high that is. The mentors and students of the Drug Education For Youth program stayed at the Tokuji campground near Tokuyama learning about the dangers of drug and alcohol use, conflict resolution, leadership, teamwork concept, how to resist peer pressure and MORE
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FLIGHT SIMULATORS MORE THAN GAME
June 16, 2000 — Looking over his shoulder, the F/A-18D pilot saw the jet behind him fire a single missle. He tried to dodge, but the explosion rocked the cockpit. Everything went black. The canopy opened and the pilot stepped out of the simulator. Though this training mission ended negatively, the pilot may have picked up enough experience to handle the MORE
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