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Marines

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

News Stories

Archive: August, 2005

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Convoy Marines feel flour power

A convoy of Marines travel down a dirt road in their motor vehicles, nervous yet anxious, looking for any kind of threat, especially improvised explosive devices. The Marines come upon a curve in the road and are suddenly attacked by a series of explosions striking one of the seven-ton trucks. However, in this scenario the Marines were faced with

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Iwakuni Marines poised for quickness

With no warning they hear the harsh voice over the radio “We have two wounded and need assistance, now!” Out of pure reaction, the Marines cram into their vehicle as fast as lightning and proceed to the threat. Marine Wing Support Squadron 171’s Quick Reaction Force trained in a simulated medical evacuation situation with combat engineers during

Buyer's forum gives residents chance to make suggestions, voice concerns

Marine Corps Community Services will be hosting a Buyer's Forum located at the front entrance of the Marine Corps Exchange for all Station patrons to present their positive and negative feedback on the store, Aug. 17 at 3 p.m. Retail buyer's will be on hand to address Station residents concerns and comments on what they like, and would like to see,

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Summer camp intrigues young adventurers

Summer break - while school’s out the only mission on most kids mind is having fun, at whatever cost. Rather than terrorizing the Station with errand baseballs flying through windows or games of tag in the middle of the street, a select group has come to the rescue and wrangled up the young “Dennis the Menace” clones for the summer. Camp Adventure

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EOD sweats it out at Exercise Active Shield

News coverage of current events in Iraq has made Improvised Explosive Devices, or IEDs, a household name throughout the world. On any given moment of any given day, an Internet news search will result in hundreds of hits with headlines that read “Marines killed in IED blast,” or “Class prepares Marines for dangers of IEDs.” Constant real-world

Dangerous goods delivered down under

All Marines are vital to the training down here, but the primary mission of Exercise Southern Frontier is ensuring pilots receive proper ordnance training, and whereever bombs are being dropped, ordnance Marines are sure to be close by. “Southern Frontier is an air-to-ground deployment and without ordnance it’s hard to practice air-to-ground,” said