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Marines

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

News Stories

Archive: July, 2003

MCCS card offers more than credit

Marine Corps Community Services in partnership with Bank One has recently introduced a club card for all Iwakuni service members, DoD employees and federal employees throughout the world. The card is not only a club membership card for all MCCS clubs, it is also a full functioning Master Card for those with approved credit. Although members are

Future Olympians showcase skills

Youngsters from the various gymnastics classes offered at the IronWorks Gym, got the chance to swing, spin and tumble for their parents during a Gymnastics Exhibition held in the aerobics room of the gym Saturday. The exhibition gave parents of students and future prospects an inside look at what goes on inside each of the four classes, since

Paradise awaits traveling Marines

Seventeen adventurers traveled far and wide across the Australian outback to search for a glimpse of paradise June 21. The Marine Aircraft Group 12 and Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 Marines, spent an afternoon in the Litchfield National Park area taking in the breathtaking views of the region's many waterfalls and swimming holes.

Mobile dentist builds young patient

For children and grown-ups alike, the dentist can be a terrifying experience. The sound of a drill grinding against a tooth sends shivers up the spines of the bravest of souls, but a traveling dentist has found a way to counter the fears he contends with. With a room filled with the music from Disney movies and a mask that looks like the face of

Recycling turns trash into cash, Station, environment benefit

In a strong effort to promote Station support for recycling here, the Recycling Center will hold a special drop-off day July 26. Recycling Center employees will host the event that will be held in the parking lot across from the Armory on Newell Drive from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. "We are trying to accomplish a Station-wide awareness of recycling," said

Moondogs depart after six-month UDP

The Marines of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 3 will return home Sunday to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., after completing a six-month Unit Deployment Program here. As the 240 Marines and five EA-6B Prowlers filter out of the Station, the Navy's Electronic Attack Squadron 133 from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., move in

Bats complete training down under

An element of the Bats currently participating in Southern Frontier 2003 will swap out with the Lancers Thursday. Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 will return to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, as Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 212 prepares to take over the second phase of the three-month training exercise. The VMFA(AW)-242

Station, community volunteers gang up on trash

On July 10 a group of more than 80 volunteers from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan stormed the beach at Tsuzumigaura Park to attack an enemy whose presence could no longer be tolerated-trash. The Tsuzumigaura Beach cleanup is an annual event that is designed to get the public beach geared up for Japan?s sea bathing season that starts

Speed demons of land, air meet

American and Australian speed junkies got their fix recently when V-8 Supercar fever hit Darwin. As the racecar drivers sped into town for the 6th Annual Northern Territory V-8 Supercar Championship in their 5.0 liter fuel-injected V-8s, pilots from Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 flew in their F/A-18D Hornets and prepared for a

Food bridges cultures together

Attendees of the Marine Corps Community Services Japanese Cooking Class made their way over to Building 656 for a potluck luncheon July 11. The luncheon was held in appreciation for the 25 Japanese volunteers from the Iwakuni Health Center who helped out with the classes. "The volunteers from the center are so important to our class," said Chiaki