7/28/2011  By Lance Cpl. Cayce Nevers  , Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan  — The United Service Organizations have been serving military personnel and their families for more than 60 years. According to the USO website, the USO is a private, nonprofit organization, which is supported by private citizen ...

7/28/2011  By Lance Cpl. Kenneth K. Trotter Jr.  , Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan  — Marine Air Control Squadron 4 Detachment Bravo recently completed Marine Air Traffic Control Mobile Team training at the flight line here July 21. Master Sgt. Thomas E. Kopp, MACS- 4 Detachment B staff noncommiss ...

7/28/2011  By Lance Cpl. Cayce Nevers, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan  — Students who participated in the Summer Enrichment Program ended their last day of summer school with a potluck at Matthew C. Perry Elementary School gym here July 22. This year’s M.C. Perry Summer Enrichment Program was full of my ...

7/29/2011  By Lance Cpl. Mark W. Stroud  , Marine Corps Bases Japan CAMP SCHWAB, OKINAWA, Japan  — Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 trained with the Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon at Range 10 here July 20, firing both training and high-explosive rockets. The MWSS-172 Marines, part of Marine Wing Support Group 17 ...

7/29/2011  By Lance Cpl. Erik S. Brooks Jr.  , Marine Corps Bases Japan URASOE CITY, OKINAWA, Japan  — Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma joined together to clean up Chuo-Ikusei-En home for the disabled here July 25. Chuo-Ikusei-En is a home for Okinawa community members with mental an ...

7/29/2011  By Pfc. Daniel E. Valle  , Marine Corps Bases Japan CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan  — Dogs have often been referred to as man’s best friend, but the K-9 working dogs at the Provost Marshal’s Office, Headquarters and Service Battalion, are referred to as partners. Marines, with the PMO K-9 unit on Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, cond ...

7/29/2011  By Lance Cpl. Mark W. Stroud  , Marine Corps Bases Japan CAMP SCHWAB, OKINAWA, Japan  — Specialized search dogs have become a new weapon in the war on improvised explosive devices, roving more than 100 meters in front of their handlers to find the deadly devices before they can be triggered. SSD handlers with Military Police Sup ...

by Airman John D. Partlow 374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs, 7/29/2011 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- As the sun rose July 27, members of the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron, the Bulls, gathered together for the Running of the Bulls. Running of the Bulls was a voluntary 8-mile run around the perimeter of the base. This is the first Running o ...