May 27, 2010 — The Critical Days of Summer campaign has kicked off with safety briefs island-wide to inform Status of Forces Agreement personnel to stay safe this summer. The Critical Days of Summer is “roughly a 101-day period between Memorial Day and Labor Day, where most mishaps involving service members occur,” said Forrest Williams, a safety and MORE
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May 27, 2010 — Football, baseball, basketball and soccer are common sports. One sport that does not readily come to mind is one using a flying disc. But, an Ultimate Frisbee Tournament is not just any game.Camp Kinser held its first ever Ultimate Frisbee Tournament at Dodds Field May 22. Otis Charles Miller, a Marine Corps Community Services sports coordinator at MORE
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May 27, 2010 — A detachment of 42 Marines and one KC-130J aircraft with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, the “Sumos,” were welcomed home May 18 by family, friends and other Marines from the unit after returning from a six-month deployment in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Marines were replaced by a second detachment of MORE
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May 27, 2010 — More than 160 Marines and sailors from Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, familiarized themselves with their own job in a field environment during the squadron’s warrior week May 7-14 in the Central Training Area.The focus of the field exercise was for MORE
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May 27, 2010 — Sgt. Maj. Robert C. Hollings passed his duties as sergeant major of 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, to Sgt. Maj. Bruce H. Cole at a relief and appointment ceremony at the Camp Hansen Theater May 14.Hollings has served as the division’s sergeant major since January 2007, and after serving in the Marine Corps for 31 years, MORE
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May 27, 2010 — Marines from 7th Communications Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, flew to Guam on May 12 to perform a special mission to honor a man that did many things for the Marine Corps and the island of Guam. The Marines were there to give Sgt. John Gerber military honors as attendees paid him their MORE
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May 27, 2010 — At least one female will become a victim to breast cancer in the time it takes to read this article. Every three minutes, a female is diagnosed with breast cancer, according to breastcancer.org.The U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa staff encourages women to be more proactive in their health and not be another statistic, said Dr. Shelley K. Perkins, MORE
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May 27, 2010 — Petty Officer 3rd Class Zackary S. Hammonds, a corpsman with Marine Wing Support Group 17, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, had always wanted to deploy to Afghanistan but when he heard Regional Corps Advisory Command 3-7 was being formed in April 2009 it presented a unique opportunity for him.The 23-year-old Altus, Okla., MORE
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May 27, 2010 — More than 40 service members, their families and government employees turned out in the windy and wet weather May 15 to take part in the annual cleanup at Oura Wan Beach on Camp Schwab.The cleanup used to signal the opening of Oura Wan Beach to the public, however since it is open to the public year-round now, the timing has simply become MORE
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May 27, 2010 — More than 1,000 people were treated the first day at the Friendship Clinic in the Kampong Tralach District of the Kampong Chhnang Province May 10 during the fourth annual Cambodian Interoperability Program 2010.CIP is an annual bilateral medical and dental civic action project organized to provide medical and dental care to Cambodians within the MORE
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