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Marines

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

News Stories

Archive: 2003

Station runners battle Fuji terrain

A portion of the Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test is a three-mile run, and although it is usually on a flat, closed-course track, it can be enough to buckle over some of the most seasoned warriors. For service members such as Dave Sasek and Darrin Bellows, the semiannual PFT is just a walk in the park compared to the run they did to the top of

Sumos support Aussie exercise;From Sri Lanka and Turkey to the land down under, VMGR-152 provides

A detachment of the Sumos deployed here recently to support Southern Frontier 2003.These 21 maintenance and aircrewmen are based out of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, and came to provide a one-stop service shop in the sky during the Marine Aircraft Group 12 exercise.The Sumos came

Lancers pierce Australian airways

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 212 recently deployed here to participate in the second phase of Southern Frontier 2003. Since relieving Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, the Lancers have been able to conduct valuable core competency training they are not usually able to do in the Western Pacific region. "Southern Frontier has been a

Chefs cook their heart out

The Chef of the Quarter Board cooking competition was held at the Southside Messhall July 18 to find Iwakuni's top chef. The winner of the competition was Lance Cpl. Kasey Kristian Marie Doremus, Subsistence supply clerk at the Northside Messhall, who beat Lance Cpls. K.M. Fleitas, storeroom clerk, and Tristan Simpson, food service. "Before the

Reap rewards through reading

Station Library personnel have been spreading the joy of reading through the 2003 Summer Safari Reading Program for children up to age 17. "The Summer Safari Reading Program is designed to promote and maintain children's reading skills through the summer and to try to get children to love reading," said Rosa Taylor, Library technician and assistant

See more of Japan with ITT

Station residents who wish to pioneer Japan?s foreign land need to go no further than Information, Tours and Travel. ITT offers affordable prices on trips that span all over Japan. Whether single or accompanied with five little ones running about, ITT has something for everyone. "At ITT we try to make living in Japan a little more fun and

Mentors help DEFY drug use

The Marine Corps recently adopted a program designed to educate children on the dangers of drugs. The Drug Education For Youth program, which focuses on 9 to 12 year olds, has been a part of the Department of Defense for the past eight years. According to the DEFY Web site, www.hq.navy.mil/defy, it is a self-esteem building program that provides

Lancers complete MCMAP down under

Every Marine is considered a riflemen and a warrior, which means that they must be combat ready not only with their weapons, but also with their bare hands. This is where the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program comes into play. The Marine Corps has required everyone in its ranks to qualify as a tan belt before Oct. 1. With 48 of their personnel not

Row, row, row your dragon

Ten people, one boat and one drum. One might question what could possibly be accomplished with this combination of items, but for a group of Station residents it was all that was needed to win. The Dragon Ladies, a 10-woman team, won 1st place in the woman's division of the 13th Annual Yasaka Lake Sports Festival Dragon Boat races Sunday. The event

Latin tradition brought overseas

Los Quinceaños or a Quinceanera is a rite of passage for Latin girls. A celebration of womanhood at age 15, the event became popular in the United States in the 1930's and is still flourishing today. In the past, 15 was the age when young women would be married and leave their home. They would also be expected to have children and take care of the