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Marines

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

News Stories

Archive: December, 2001

Lucky statues a Japanese favorite

Statues of cats and Tanuki, raccoon dogs, are found in shops everywhere in Japan. These lucky statues of Maneki Neko and Tanuki are two of Japan's most popular good luck charms. Maneki Neko is a small statue of a cat with its paw raised, which gestures in Japanese fashion, to invite customers to come into the shop and spend money. On the cat's

NBC warfare turns to zones

To better prepare the Station to deal with a chemical incident or attack, a new 13-zone chemical defense system was devised to replace the Marine Corps' old procedures for dealing with Nuclear Biological Chemical defense. Iwakuni is the test-bed of the new program, and the Station will help determine its effectiveness, strengths and weaknesses.

Keep the gift of life

December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention month and each year the focus is to increase awareness and prevent occurrences from stealing our most precious resource - our people. The theme for this years campaign is "Give The Gift Of Life," with the very simple message that drinking and driving is a crime that kills! Did you know