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Marines

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

News Stories

Archive: August, 2004

Marines attend to Preschool

Marines deployed here for Southern Frontier spent the better part of their day, Aug. 29, at a local preschool improving the surroundings for the children and teachers. Over 25 Marines ventured out to Katherine South Preschool, located in downtown Katherine, for about three hours of work and long-lasting impressions on their gracious hosts. “I have

Iwakuni hosts Invitational Skate Competition

Station residents found their way to the Station’s skate park, Aug. 28, to watch more than 15 skaters battle it out for the Invitational Skate Competition. The Marine Corps Community Services and Take 4 skating company-sponsored event was open both to residents from on and off the Station. “It’s great to get people from off the Station to

Pilot makes emergency landing

A Marine All-weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225 F/A-18D pilot performed an emergency, arrested landing on the flight line here, Aug. 27, at approximately 5 p.m. The pilot, along with his weapons and sensors operator, experienced a landing- gear malfunction and was forced to land the aircraft without the right-side landing gear. Using a stationary

Lancers strengthen bonds in Australia

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 212 deployed here, Aug. 8, for what hopes to be another successful deployment to exercise Southern Frontier. Like years passed, VMFA-212, with the aid of various supporting units, plans to make use of various bombing sites and training capabilities not available to them at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. The

Tower, radar: Keeping skies, runway safe

Iwakuni is known as a deployment hub for various aircraft squadrons throughout the Marine Corps and Navy deploying in the Pacific Theater. The Station’s runways are occupied with a constant flow of traffic from the ground and the sky. On a day-to-day basis, Air Traffic Control Marines from the tower and radar bunker guide aircraft in the vicinity

Authentic Indian cuisine within reach

On an average weekend, hundreds of people journey through the narrow back roads of 188th street, past the neon lights advertising bars and clubs, and into an Indian-style restaurant. The restaurant is hidden from most passersby, but has grown a reputation for its delightful and authentic cuisines. “When I first got here, right after joint

Support squadron builds road for nearby installation

Twenty-six Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 returned to the Station, July 29, after building a road in Camp Kawakami, Japan. Engineers, heavy equipment operators and motor transport operators came together to level out the nearly half a mile long gravel road and perform other road-construction projects for the U.S. Army ammunition

Vikings gather for field mess

One hundred seventy-nine Marines from Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225 gathered July 29, at the Club Iwakuni Ballroom for their first field mess since arriving here. The evening's events included awards, dinner, a brief presentation of the era in which the unit was born, fines and toasts. "The field mess provides a great opportunity

Asakusa: preserving Japanese tradition

Positioned precisely in the center of Tokyo's neon-bathed shopping districts and swarming business centers, a quiet little pavilion flourishes like the peaceful eye of a storm as a tribute to Japan's cultural heritage.Asakusa is the heart of old-town Tokyo - a temple and shopping center surviving since the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. It's three