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Marines

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

News Stories

Archive: March, 2003

Unit PT goes out with a bang

Long gone are the days of unit physical training being limited to the daily seven and a cadence calling run. Now is the time where units can PT together in a variety of different ways to increase moral, camaraderie and have a little fun. One of the best ways for units to accomplish this is unit paintball at the Station's paintball range. Paintball

UDP Marine selected as top NCO

For Sgt. Erik Hayostek, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 hybrid test set technician, becoming the Marine Corps' Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for the entire 1st Marine Air Wing may have never even crossed his mind while jumping out of airplanes as a member of the Army?s Airborne Rangers. Although Hayostek didn?t know at the time that one

Simulated heating bills increase conservation

In the month of January alone, the Station spent over $330,000 to pay for heating. In an effort to increase energy awareness and lower the amount of money the Station spends on electricity, the Station's Facilities Office, utilities division, recently sent out simulated heating bills to all family housing homes and apartments. The bills were