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Tuition Assistance forms are available at Building 411 and require the signature of an E-7 or above. Once the paper has been signed and turned in students are given a certificate to turn in to their college. - Tuition Assistance forms are available at Building 411 and require the signature of an E-7 or above. Once the paper has been signed and turned in students are given a certificate to turn in to their college.

Marines offered chance to expand education

Tuition assistance offers active duty servicemembers the opportunity to take college classes during their off time.Marines receive briefs on these opportunities, but many fail to take advantage of them.“I think school is scary for some people,”saidMary Cory, education services officer with Marine Corps Community Services.“I think it’s intimidating.

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Tri'd Japan prepares station residents for Goodwill Triathlon

Station residents have the opportunity to prepare for the Goodwill triathlon with the aquatics department "I Tri'd Japan" program.“I Tri'd Japan is a program where participants bike, swim and run the total distance from Kagoshima to Sapporo, which is 1,454 miles, or 2,340 kilometers,” said Stephanie Brown, Aquatics Manager for Marine Corps

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Staff Sgt. Richard Saenz, a Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron air traffic controller, and Bill Banakos, air traffic controller, monitor ongoing operations on the air field as well as waiting for an incoming flight at the air traffic control tower here, Jan. 16, 2013. Saenz supervises other traffic controllers to ensure operations run smoothly. Saenz has been stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni since Jan. 9, 2011. - Staff Sgt. Richard Saenz, a Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron air traffic controller, and Bill Banakos, air traffic controller, monitor ongoing operations on the air field as well as waiting for an incoming flight at the air traffic control tower here, Jan. 16, 2013. Saenz supervises other traffic controllers to ensure operations run smoothly. Saenz has been stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni since Jan. 9, 2011.

Marine nominated to represent MCAS Iwakuni for Air Traffic Controller of the Year

Among the air traffic controllers stationed here, only one is chosen to represent Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni for the Marine Corps' Air Traffic Controller of the Year.Staff Sgt. Richard Saenz, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron air traffic controller, was selected by his chain of command to represent MCAS Iwakuni for Air Traffic Controller

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Matthew C. Perry High School sophomore Jon Cadavos drives to the basket for a layup against the Kinnick High School Red Devils Jan. 11, 2013. Cadavos was the top scorer of the game with a total of 27 points, leading theSamurai to a 55-40 win. - Matthew C. Perry High School sophomore Jon Cadavos drives to the basket for a layup against the Kinnick High School Red Devils Jan. 11, 2013. Cadavos was the top scorer of the game with a total of 27 points, leading the Samurai to a 55-40 win.

Samurai boys extinguish red hot devils 55-40

January 11, 2013, was one of the most anticipated nights of the entire high school basketball season. The Nile C. Kinnick High School Red Devils endured a thirteen hour bus ride from Yokosuka Naval base to play the Matthew C. Perry High School Samurai basketball team.Although Kinnick high school is a Division 1 school with almost 700 students,

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A student participating in the New Year New Hobby program practices writing the Kanji "Wa," which stands for harmony, at calligraphy night at the library in Building 411, Jan. 10, 2013. The class consisted of proper brush holding technique, how to execute strokes, and the history behind calligraphy. - A student participating in the New Year New Hobby program practices writing the Kanji "Wa," which stands for harmony, at calligraphy night at the library in Building 411, Jan. 10, 2013. The class consisted of proper brush holding technique, how to execute strokes, and the history behind calligraphy.

Start New Year with new hobby

January is not only the first month of the new year, but also National Hobby Month. What better way to start off the new year than with a brand new hobby?The Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Library is hosting a New Year New Hobby program for the month of January. Sarah Fisher, a former member of the library, was the one who initially thought of

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Gary Bernhard, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 family readiness officer, presents Miyuki Gray, Japanese Lifestyle Insights, Networking, Knowledge, and Skills trainer, a certificate of appreciation for her volunteer work at the Marine Corps Family Team Building, Dec. 17, 2012. Gray received the award helping supply an American spouse with a Japanese translator to find a daycare in town. Gray volunteers her time away from work to ensure that Japanese spouses are comfortable adapting to a military lifestyle as well as an American one. - Gary Bernhard, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 family readiness officer, presents Miyuki Gray, Japanese Lifestyle Insights, Networking, Knowledge, and Skills trainer, a certificate of appreciation for her volunteer work at the Marine Corps Family Team Building, Dec. 17, 2012. Gray received the award helping supply an American spouse with a Japanese translator to find a daycare in town. Gray volunteers her time away from work to ensure that Japanese spouses are comfortable adapting to a military lifestyle as well as an American one.

Japanese L.I.N.K.S. employee awarded for volunteer work

An employee at Marine Corps Family Team Building here received an award for her volunteer work for Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Dec. 17, 2012.“Our mission is to conduct relevant family readiness training that will help the units become more mission ready,” said Ben Singleton, Marine Corps Family Team Building director. “We

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Colorado, Washington pass marijuana laws, still illegal in Marine Corps

At the conclusion of the election, Colorado and Washington made history by passing laws allowing the first recreational use of marijuana in America since its prohibition in the 1920s and 1930s. However, Marines still fall under the zero tolerance policy of the Uniformed Code of Military Justice.Amendment 64 to Colorado’s state constitution and

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Col. James C. Stewart, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni commanding officer, stands next to distinguished guests at the tape cutting ceremony for the Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport Dec 9, 2012. Distinguished guests cut the tape and 1,000 civilians invited by the city of Iwakuni were given a pair of scissors to cut ribbon symbolizing the airport as a community asset. - Col. James C. Stewart, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni commanding officer, stands next to distinguished guests at the tape cutting ceremony for the Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport Dec 9, 2012. Distinguished guests cut the tape and 1,000 civilians invited by the city of Iwakuni were given a pair of scissors to cut ribbon symbolizing the airport as a community asset.

Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport opening offers Iwakuni convenient traveling

Japanese distinguished guest, U.S. servicemembers and civilians met at the Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport for the opening ceremonies Dec. 9, 2012.The opening consisted of an indoor formal ceremony of approximately 100 people and an outdoor ribbon cutting with approximately 1,000 people.“More than 20 years of long lasting efforts of so many people in the

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Sgt. Maj. Steven Brown, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni sergeant major, stands on thefinished replica of a Kintai Bridge arch at Sekido Storage Warehouse, Dec. 7, 2012. Patronslearned about the architecture of the bridge and applied the knowledge toward workingtogether and completing the replica. - Sgt. Maj. Steven Brown, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni sergeant major, stands on the finished replica of a Kintai Bridge arch at Sekido Storage Warehouse, Dec. 7, 2012. Patrons learned about the architecture of the bridge and applied the knowledge toward working together and completing the replica.