Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni will host a media opportunity aboard the air station in the afternoon of Thursday, April 11, to cover the bilateral MCAS Iwakuni Blood Drive, which will involve both the Japanese workforce and U.S. personnel.

The Japan Red Cross Yamaguchi Blood Center blood donation bus, for years, has visited the air station twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. The drive became a bilateral effort in 2017 with the American Red Cross. The COVID-19 pandemic had paused this and the bilateral Blood Drive will come back to MCAS Iwakuni for the first time in four and half years this time.

Interested media should sign up by sending an email to MCAS Iwakuni Communication Strategy and Operations (iwakuni.commstrat@usmc.mil) by Thursday, Mar. 28. Please include your full name, media agency, cell phone number, current address, date of birth, your current age, nationality, I.D. number of either Japanese driver’s license or passport. Follow-up phone call to the air station is strongly encouraged for confirmation of the registration.