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Marines

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

News Stories

Archive: April, 2003

Top Navy official visits Iwakuni

The Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy spoke with Sailors and Marines here March 27 at the Station Chapel. Despite a tight schedule back in the nation's capital, Master Chief Petty Officer Terry Scott found time to visit Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni's Sailors and Marines. With more then 200 ships at sea and 165 of those deployed away from

Travelers warned of SARS outbreak

The U.S. Department of State issued a public announcement March 29 in order to alert Americans of a recent Centers for Disease Control travel advisory. The CDC is advising people who may be planning trips to mainland China, Singapore and Vietnam to postpone their trips until further notice due to the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Experimenting in the name of discovery

Volcanoes spewing concoctions of baking soda and vinegar, hamsters navigating mazes and swirling, bottled tornadoes were just a few of the interesting science projects grade school students had on display March 26 and 27 during Matthew C. Perry Elementary School's Science Expo. The expo was held inside the IronWorks Gym, where kindergarten through

Iwakuni hosts Courageous Channel participants

Iwakuni participated in U.S. Forces Korea's noncombatant evacuation operation exercise dubbed Courageous Channel March 28-31. Iwakuni played the role of a safe haven for the 132 American or allied forces evacuees during the simulated NEO training exercise conducted out of Camp Casey in Seoul, South Korea. "Iwakuni participated in the exercise in

Iwakuni Marines visit Korean orphanage

YECHON, South Korea - Marines and Sailors from Marine Aircraft Group 12 and Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 visited a South Korean orphanage recently to provide needed supplies and lend a helping hand. The service members departed from the Yechon Air Field with a group of Republic of Korea Air Force airmen to bring the children at the Yechon House

Bridging language gap

YECHON, South Korea - While deployed to South Korea for Foal Eagle '03, the involved units relied heavily on some of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni's Korean translators. For translators like Cpl. Jung Cho, there is never any downtime on deployment while taking on the task of translating and working his primary military occupational specialty of