April 29, 2010 — Teens throughout the island came together to enjoy Teen Survivor Week from April 12 - 16 while Department of Defense Schools were on spring break. Marine Corps Community Services has conducted this event for the last two years, said Denise Niblack, youth and teen development services coordinator for MCCS.Last year’s Teen Survivor Week was three MORE
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April 29, 2010 — Working with children in schools, playing with animals at an adoption drive or scooping up trash along a sea wall are just a few of the volunteer opportunities available to service members on Okinawa.These opportunities are open during the work week or weekends to accommodate the diverse schedules of the service members.Emi Naito, the Camp Hansen MORE
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April 29, 2010 — Status of forces agreement personnel and local nationals island-wide came together at the Camp Hansen House of Pain gym to participate in the Earth Day Tri-Ekiden Relay Race April 18.More than 40 teams mustered outside the House of Pain to test their physical and mental endurance.Each team consisted of three individuals who either participated in MORE
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April 29, 2010 — First-term Marines on Okinawa had the chance to meet with Marine Manpower and Enlisted Assignments personnel and staff noncommissioned officers from several military occupational specialties and duties to get an idea of the possibilities open to them should they choose to reenlist.The MMEA group spent the week of April 19-23 going to the different MORE
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April 29, 2010 — Marines, veterans and special guests, including Ie Shima’s mayor, gathered on the small island of Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, April 18, for the 65th anniversary of Ernie Pyle’s death on the island in 1945.Ernie Pyle was a nationally-known war correspondent who reported on World War II actions in Africa, Europe and the Pacific.“Ernie Pyle was just a MORE
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April 29, 2010 — A flock of gray, metallic birds emblazoned with the word Marines on their side-recently spread their wings and exercised their capabilities on and over Okinawa April 15. “Very rarely do we see this many birds in the air at one time, so it was a pretty big event,” said Sgt. Adam Kary, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 noncommissioned officer in MORE
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April 29, 2010 — Military spouses arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma April 23 for Jane Wayne Day hosted by Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.The event offered the more than 40 spouses an opportunity to get a feel for what their husbands go through on a daily basis and try out things even their husbands don’t MORE
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April 29, 2010 — Marine Corps veteran Hiram Skeens felt the sand at his feet once again when he returned to Iwo Jima, known today as Iwo To, for the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the battle of Iwo Jima earlier this year.“Walking along the beaches of Iwo Jima, feeling the thick, coarse, black sand in my toes made me understand how hard it was for the MORE
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April 29, 2010 — Just off the western coast of Okinawa, barely out of the China Sea, is the small island of Ie Shima, home to a tiny unit of Marines who say they are more like a family than anything else.According to Staff Sgt. Emery L. Ruffin, staff noncommissioned officer in charge, Operational Support Detachment Ie Shima, Marine Corps Base, their primary MORE
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April 29, 2010 — The family readiness office for Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, hosted a fair to celebrate the month of the military child at Camp Kinser April 16.The Month of the Military Child Awareness fair included a door prize giveaway, face painting, a dunk tank, a miniature obstacle course, a D.J. MORE
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