January 18, 2013 — Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Marines pushed through pain and discomfort in the frigid morning air Jan. 18, 2013, to strengthen brotherly ties and relish in healthy rivalry during the Ironman team competition.“Today, we did this in remembrance of those Marines, sailors and soldiers who went before us in the Korean War,” said Gunnery Sgt. MORE
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January 17, 2013 — Vehicles are highly important during operations and exercises, and it is vital for Marines with the maintenance division of Combat Logistics Company 36 to be capable of repairing any vehicle that needs it.Maintenance Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 constantly deploy on a variety of training missions and are able to fix a majority of MORE
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January 17, 2013 — Teams are scheduled to compete in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Basketball Tournament Jan. 21, 2013, at the IronWorks Gym sport courts here. The basketball tournament is an annual event that usually receives a lot of support.“The purpose is to build camaraderie, morale and a sense of teamwork amongst the troops,” said Jason Knight, intramural MORE
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January 17, 2013 — 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. MORE
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January 17, 2013 — 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 MORE
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January 11, 2013 — 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, MORE
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January 10, 2013 — 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 MORE
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December 17, 2012 — 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 MORE
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December 13, 2012 — 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 MORE
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December 09, 2012 — 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 MORE
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