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Orphanage visit strengthens relations with community

Station residents visited Asai Orphanage Tuesday as part of the Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 community relations program. The program was designed as a way to reach out to the local community and strengthen Japanese-American relations. A few members from the community relations team along with a sailor and a Marine from MALS-12 made the

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Darlene M. Tuttle, CLC-36 spouse and Corpus Christi, Texas native, and Beth A. Kohutek, CLC-36 spouse and Bohemia, N.Y. native, pack items for care packages to be sent to CLC-36 Marines in Iraq. ?We are a small unit, and it?s important to let our Marines know they?re important to us,? Kohutek said. - Darlene M. Tuttle, CLC-36 spouse and Corpus Christi, Texas native, and Beth A. Kohutek, CLC-36 spouse and Bohemia, N.Y. native, pack items for care packages to be sent to CLC-36 Marines in Iraq. ?We are a small unit, and it?s important to let our Marines know they?re important to us,? Kohutek said.

Service members, spouses, civilians pitch in for deployed CLC-36 Marines

For service members on deployment, simple gestures from loved ones can have a profound effect on morale. Combat Logistics Company 36 is making sure their 11 Marines deployed in Iraq get a little taste of home this holiday season. Many station members and organizations contributed to a collection effort that will ultimately deliver a care package to

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Bart C. Yager, native of Eustis, Fla., lets out an intense yell during his "money maker lift." Yager and 12 others competed in the Far East Powerlifting Championship at the IronWorks Gym, Oct. 29. - Bart C. Yager, native of Eustis, Fla., lets out an intense yell during his "money maker lift." Yager and 12 others competed in the Far East Powerlifting Championship at the IronWorks Gym, Oct. 29.

Far East Powerlifting Championship draws brawny not scrawny

Weightlifting enthusiasts flocked to the IronWorks Gym Sunday to test their mettle during the Far East Powerlifting Championship. The championship consisted of three lifting events: squats, bench press and dead lift. Competitors had three attempts at each lift to earn a score. “I feel (Marine Corps Community Services) put up the competition to give

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Seaman Kevin S. Dawson, Headquarters and Headquarters Boathouse engine man and San Antonio native, plays a Japanese form of rock, paper, scissors with children from the Yahata Children?s Home at Saiki Athletic Park in Hiroshima Oct. 21. - Seaman Kevin S. Dawson, Headquarters and Headquarters Boathouse engine man and San Antonio native, plays a Japanese form of rock, paper, scissors with children from the Yahata Children?s Home at Saiki Athletic Park in Hiroshima Oct. 21.

Service members serve food, fun at Yahata Children’s Home

Although the little boy spoke no English, the mustard stain on his shirt, dirt on his ball cap and ear-to-ear grin said it all. It had been the kind of day all children should be entitled to, and one that he wouldn’t soon forget. Thirty-seven Marines, sailors and their family members visited the Yahata Children’s Home in Hiroshima Saturday for an

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Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Orphanage visit strengthens relations with community

Service members, spouses, civilians pitch in for deployed CLC-36 Marines

Far East Powerlifting Championship draws brawny not scrawny

Service members serve food, fun at Yahata Children’s Home