Station volunteers teach English at local Japanese school
July 30, 2015 — Service members aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, volunteered to teach English to students at Midoro Hoikuen School in Iwakuni City, July 30, 2015.The Marine Memorial Chapel provides service members and their families a way to interact more closely with their Japanese neighbors. This interaction provides a window through which MORE
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Station adopts updated tropical cyclone conditions of readiness
July 27, 2015 — Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, began using new tropical cyclone conditions of readiness station-wide Wednesday.According to Chief Warrant Officer Dante Rakestraw, Weathers Services Branch officer in charge, U.S. Pacific Command updated and employed new TCCOR categories in 2014, and U.S. Forces Japan adopted the same guidelines to ensure MORE
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Service members enhance land navigation skills
July 27, 2015 — Marines and sailors with Combat Logistics Company 36 refreshed their land navigation skills during Exercise Dragon Fire 2015 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, July 27.CLC-36 conducts this exercise annually to ensure their Marines and sailors are combat conditioned by refreshing the tactical skill sets taught to service members in MORE
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Service members refine convoy, recovery operation skills during DF15
July 24, 2015 — Marines and sailors with Combat Logistics Company 36 reviewed and conducted convoy operations during Exercise Dragon Fire 2015 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, July 24-25.Service members began this two-day training event with basic classes on how to conduct convoy and recovery operations. They then geared up and departed to the MORE
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Station residents learn to cook Oriental dishes
July 24, 2015 — The cultural adaption program aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni coordinated a Japanese cooking class where station residents could practice their culinary skills at Fukushi Kaikan in Iwakuni, Japan, July 24, 2015.This type of class is held three times a year and is one of many ways to indulge in the local cuisine. In this specific class, MORE
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Prowlers roll into MCAS Iwakuni’s hot pits for first time
July 22, 2015 — An EA-6B Prowler from Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 taxied into the hot refueling pits aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, July 22, 2015, for the first time in history.The Prowlers, stationed aboard MCAS Cherry Point, N.C., are in Iwakuni in support of the unit deployment program until August. The aircraft have refueled MORE
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Green outs ensure station power usage stays below peak demands
July 21, 2015 — During summer months, electrical power usage surges at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. In an effort to reduce the high consumption, “green outs” are issued station- wide.Green outs are the voluntary effort by station residents to reduce electricity usage during peak-demand hours of the day, which usually fall between 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 MORE
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Japanese kindergarten class celebrates last day at IronWorks pool
July 21, 2015 — Rain or shine, students from Kawashimo Yochien in Iwakuni City enjoyed their last day of swimming at the IronWorks indoor pool aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, July 21, 2015.The Japanese senior kindergarten class visited the station pool six times this July as part of an annual tradition. When weather permits, the Japanese children MORE
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MCCS supports Marines in Exercise Dragon Fire 2015
July 20, 2015 — Out in the field where Marines may lack showers, laundry mats or even mess halls, Marine Corps Community Services’ Tactical Field Exchange comes through, bringing happiness like a glass of cold water in the summer.Combat Logistics Company 36, stationed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, requested support from MCCS while participating MORE
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Corpsmen called to action during Exercise Dragon Fire 2015
July 20, 2015 — An unanticipated training exercise put Combat Logistics Company 36 corpsmen’s training to the test during Exercise Dragon Fire 2015 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, July 20, 2015.To begin training day 12, Staff Sgt. Anthony M. Phaire, operations chief for CLC-36, surprised CLC-36 corpsmen with a real-life injury scenario to test MORE
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