Service members take part in 38th Annual Kintai-kyo Bridge Festival
April 29, 2015 — Marines aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, participated in the Daimyo Procession during the 38th Annual Kintai-kyo Bridge Festival in Iwakuni City, Japan, April 29, 2015.The procession is an annual parade that reenacts the return of a daimyo, one the most powerful feudal rulers who are subordinate only to the shogun, and his entourage MORE
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MCAS Iwakuni supports in Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Active Duty Fund Drive
April 24, 2015 — In support of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society’s Active Duty Fund Drive, service members aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, participated in a basketball tournament inside the IronWorks Gym sports courts, to raise funds while giving back to the organization who’s mission is providing aid to Marines and sailors in need.Since 1904, MORE
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MCAS Iwakuni Facilities promotes environmental awareness
April 24, 2015 — The Facilities Environmental Branch Office aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, provided station residents the opportunity to tour the Iwakuni City Recycling Plaza, April 24, 2015.Facilities put together this event, along with a trip to the Water Treatment Center in Iwakuni City on April 22, to celebrate Earth Day 2015.Every year MORE
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High school students build bonds by learning together
April 24, 2015 — Students with Noda Gakuen High School, Yamaguchi City, Japan, traveled to the Matthew C. Perry High School aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, April 24, 2015, as part of the schools’ Global International Course.The GI Course’s main focus is to give students resources needed to improve language and communication skills, understand their roles MORE
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CLC-36 Marine volunteers his service on, off duty
April 22, 2015 — The Marine Corps takes great pride in ensuring that every Marine, no matter their rank, is a leader and one Marine aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, took his leadership skills and used them to give back to others.Lance Cpl. Kishun Parrott, a warehouseman with Combat Logistics Company 36, actively volunteers with the Single Marine MORE
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Matthew C. Perry Elementary School receives Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Award
April 21, 2015 — The Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, recognized 336 schools out of 138,000 schools in the United States as National Blue Ribbon School for 2014. The Department of Defense Education Activity nominates only three schools for the Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence award annually, one from DoD Dependent School’s Europe one from DoDEA Pacific and MORE
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Motor Transport Company fire rounds downrange
April 16, 2015 — Service members with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Motor-Transport Company, conducted a live-fire range inside the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Haramura Maneuver Area’s indoor small-arms range in Hiroshima, Japan, during Exercise Haramura 1-15, April 16, 2015.Haramura is a weeklong, company-level training event focused on reinforcing the MORE
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Environmental provides HAZMAT training aboard station
April 15, 2015 — Service members aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, conducted a Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Drill outside of Building 100, April 16, 2015.This course is important for situations involving hazardous material because someone could put themselves, their department or the entire base at risk.Prior to the drill, MORE
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Combat engineers breach barriers at Haramura training grounds
April 15, 2015 — Combat engineers with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 conducted breaching drills at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Haramura training grounds during a company level training exercise in Hiroshima, Japan, April 15, 2015. The training focused on reinforcing the skills Marines learned during Marine Combat Training and their Military MORE
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Motor Transport conducts company-level training at Haramura Maneuver Area
April 14, 2015 — Service members with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Motor Transport Company conducted convoy and mounted patrol training at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Haramura Maneuver Area in Hiroshima, Japan, during Exercise Haramura 1-15, April 14, 2015.Haramura is a weeklong company-level training exercise focused on honing the skills Marines MORE
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