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ROK, US Marines exchange techniques during training
By Cpl. Mark W. Stroud | May 16, 2013
The Landing Force Support Party with the III Marine Expeditionary Force detachment at Combined Joint Logistics Over The Shore 2013 successfully completed its primary mission of facilitating and directing the offload of a maritime prepositioning force ship in the Republic of Korea April 28.Immediately following the mission, the U.S. Marines joined MORE
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Landing support platoon performs external lifts
By Cpl. Anthony Kirby | May 16, 2013
As wind from an MV-22B Osprey’s rotors whipped debris across the landing zone, Marines prepared to hook a 7,000-pound concrete block to the hovering aircraft.Alertness was at an all-time high as landing support specialists assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, executed external lift training at the Kin Blue MORE
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Okinawa residents, Marines compete in annual boat race
By Cpl. Anthony Kirby | May 16, 2013
The crowd grew silent as it watched competitors tensely grip their oars.Moments later the silence was shattered by an instantaneous eruption of splashing and cheering as the 39th annual Naha Haarii Festival commenced at the Naha New Port Wharf May 5.The tradition of dragon boat-racing began hundreds of years ago when villagers made their own boats MORE
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University, III MEF bands share musical talents during concert
By Lance Cpl. Elizabeth A. Case | May 16, 2013
The University of the Ryukyus Wind Orchestra Band Club and the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band performed a joint concert May 9 at the Camp Foster Theater.The musicians rehearsed and performed together as a way to strengthen relationships between the Okinawa and U.S. communities.The concert performed before an audience of Okinawa and U.S. MORE
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Petraeus visits Okinawa to give financial advice
By Cpl. Alyssa N. Gunton | May 16, 2013
Hollister K. Petraeus, the assistant director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Office of Service Member Affairs, visited Camp Foster and Kadena Air Base May 9-10.CFPB’s mission is to educate consumers about abusive financial practices and study patterns in the consumer financial markets. The bureau also serves as a watchdog to protect MORE
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