Service members visit school, interact with children
April 23, 2016 — Service members from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni visited children at Josho Hoikuen School in Iwakuni City, Japan, as part of a community relations event hosted by the Marine Memorial Chapel April 19, 2016.Visiting the school provided service members the chance to teach children how to speak and count in English, fostering the friendship MORE
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Annual run honors Martin Luther King Jr.
January 16, 2016 — Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, residents participated in the 8th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. 2.5k run or walk on Jan. 16, 2016.The Youth and Teen Center started this event in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to provide residents another opportunity to be active within the community.“This is an annual event to honor Dr. MORE
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Volunteers bring Christmas spirit to nursing home
December 16, 2015 — The Marine Memorial Chapel at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, coordinated a community relations event where seventeen volunteers visited the Vita Nursing Home in Iwakuni Dec. 16, 2015.The visit provided volunteers the opportunity to experience Japanese culture, lend a helping hand and further cement the U.S. and Japan relationship.“We were MORE
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Japanese orphans’ day brightened by station volunteers
November 14, 2015 — Service members from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, volunteered with the Single Marine Program to visit the Kaihoku-en Children’s Home in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, Nov. 14, 2015.The children and 18 volunteers played ping pong, racquetball, monkey in the middle, arm wrestled, colored books, played house and played the MORE
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Japanese orphans celebrate Halloween at MCAS Iwakuni
October 31, 2015 — Orphans from Garden of Light Children’s Home in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, visited Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni to experience Halloween with service members and their families Oct. 31, 2015.During their visit, 50 station volunteers escorted 15 orphans to a haunted house operated by Marines and sailors from Marine Wing Support MORE
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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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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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MCAS Iwakuni service members visit preschool teach children English
January 13, 2015 — Service members from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, visited Josho Hoikuen in Iwakuni City during a community relations preschool event hosted by the Marine Memorial Chapel, Jan. 13, 2015.The volunteers went to the preschool to teach the children English, according to Yamada Noriko, an administrative specialist with the chapel. “I believe MORE
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Retired Coast Guard gives back
December 19, 2014 — Retired Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Elder Hal Pierce, a service missionary with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, served his country for 21 years and now continues to serve in any way that he can.“After retiring, I felt like this was a time in my life when I needed to give back,” said Pierce.He began as a minister going to MORE
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Marines volunteer for typhoon cleanup
August 14, 2014 — Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, spent a day knee-deep in dirt and debris assisting the Iwakuni City Volunteer Council, August 14, 2014, to clean up around houses in Sunayamacho, Iwakuni that were affected by mudslides caused by Typhoon Halong.Typhoon Halong peaked as a Category 5 Super Typhoon, causing landslides, mudslides MORE
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