Summer season prompts water safety focus
June 10, 2011 — With the onset of the summer season, people are taking to the beaches to soak in the sun and engage in water activities.Status of Forces Agreement members are encouraged to consider safety as the top priority before setting out for any aquatic fun.“On average, 32 people (which includes local community members) die from drowning every year on MORE
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III MEF sword of office passes to new sergeant major
June 10, 2011 — Sgt. Maj. Steven D. Morefield accepted responsibility as III Marine Expeditionary Force sergeant major from Sgt. Maj. Daniel J. Fierle in a ceremony at Camp Hansen June 2.More than 200 Marines and sailors, as well as airmen, soldiers, family members, Japan Self-Defense Force members and Okinawa community leaders watched as Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. MORE
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IPAC employee excels among Marines
June 10, 2011 — CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – Melisa J. Price, the identification oversight coordinator for the Installation Personnel Administration Center, Marine Corps Bases Japan, was presented a certificate of appreciation by Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler commanding general and deputy commander for Marine Corps Bases Japan, for her MORE
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Okinawa Expressway tolls to resume
June 3, 2011 — The Government of Japan will begin charging tolls at all the Okinawa Expressway toll booths mid-June, according to Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.The expressway, along with portions of the Aomori and West Kyushu Expressways in mainland Japan, has been operating toll-free under a pilot program implemented June 28, MORE
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Marines live, operate on vital training island
June 3, 2011 — A large volcano-shaped rock pierces the sky; small patches of land below it cover the horizon -- no building stands higher than a few stories. Tucked a few miles beyond the port exists an open patch of land, a few buildings speckle its surface. It resembles a home on a farm -- open and expansive. A tight-knit squad of Marines inhabit this patch. To MORE
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Passport agent departs Okinawa after admirable service
June 3, 2011 — After more than 1,900 official passports, 4,000 tourist passports, 700 naturalized citizens over the last three years, Rubylyn E. Almonte, the passport agent and naturalization coordinator for U.S. Forces Japan, is departing Okinawa.Almonte and her family are native to the Republic of the Philippines, where her husband was recruited in the Navy MORE
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US, Thai militaries begin non-lethal training
June 3, 2011 — Marines and sailors with Special Operations Training Group and Military Police Support Company, both from III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF, and nearly 150 personnel with the Thai military and police forces, began training May 30 as part of the Non-Lethal Weapons Executive Seminar 2011.NOLES ‘11, which is scheduled to take MORE
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Marines train with RED HORSE Airmen, learn rapid runway repair
June 3, 2011 — Kadena Air Base’s Detachment 1, 554th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operationsl Repair Squadron Engineers Squadron, 36th Contingency Response Group, 36th Wing, Pacific Air Forces, recently partnered with Marines from Engineer Operations Company, Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Wing Support Group 17, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine MORE
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Typhoon slams island, damage reports low
June 3, 2011 — Typhoon Songda struck Okinawa with sustained winds at 109 knots and 136-knot gusts on the evening of May 28. This year’s first typhoon, which took place just days before typhoon season began, caused damage throughout the island; however, the amount of damage was reduced by proper preparation efforts, according to Mike Lacey, the regional MORE
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