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Camp Hansen, Kin Town dignitaries bowl in friendship

There is no mistaking the cracking echo in a bowling alley as 10 pins are knocked down by a perfectly placed, perfectly thrown bowling ball. Such was the scene at the Camp Hansen Bowling Alley Aug. 17 during the Camp Commander’s Friendship Bowling match in correlation with the Camp Hansen Friendship Festival.“We have a special relationship with Kin

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Military policemen make weapon proficiency priority

A police officer’s job is to serve and protect citizens, which means they need to be at the top of their game and proficient in their duty. The same applies to military policemen when protecting Marines.Military policemen conducted proficiency sustainment training using various weapons systems Aug. 13-16 at Range 10 near Camp Schwab.The MPs are

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UFG 13 improves stability, overall mission readiness

Service members from the United States and the United Nations Command sending states are participating in Exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2013 Aug. 19-30UFG 13 is an annual, combined command and control exercise designed to improve the United States’ and its allies’ ability to defend the Republic of Korea and takes place throughout the

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UFG Marines command and control from the sea

Approximately 70 Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force embarked the USS Blue Ridge from Busan, Republic of Korea on Aug. 17, in preparation for exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2013. The Marines flew from their forward-deployed location in Okinawa, Japan, to Busan join the exercise as command and control elements, planners and liaisons on

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Navy’s Medical Service Corps celebrates 66th birthday

Members of the Medical Service Corps celebrated the 66th birthday of their organization Aug. 2 at the Butler Officers’ Club and Aug. 5 at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa. The Army-Navy Medical Service Act came into effect Aug. 4, 1947, and with it the Medical Service Corps, providing a permanent group of specialized commissioned officers ready to

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Oshima teens bid emotional farewell

Families bid farewell Aug. 6 to the Oshima students they had hosted during a ceremony marking the conclusion of the 3rd annual Oshima youth cultural exchange program at the Kishaba Youth Center on Camp Foster. The program is dedicated to promoting the social and cultural education of U.S. teenagers and children by organizing visits and cultural

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MAF, US Marines share expertise through survival training

U.S. Marines of the Jungle Warfare Training Center in Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, honed their survival techniques alongside Mongolian Armed Forces soldiers Aug. 4-12. The survival course is a new edition to Exercise Khaan Quest 2013, which is in its 11th iteration and has played a part in training thousands of service members from around the

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Cambodia Medical Exercise 2013 begins

Members of 3rd Medical Battalion participated in Cambodia Medical Exercise 13-2 beginning Aug. 5 at Preah Ket Mealea Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.The exercise, scheduled to conclude Aug. 17, is designed to improve relations and interoperability between the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces and U.S. military through the exchange of information and

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New pistol brings new capabilities

A proposal from the combat marksmanship symposium to permit the use of the M9A1 9 mm pistol during annual pistol training was approved by Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, deputy commandant for Combat Development and Integration, in accordance with Marine Corps Administrative Message 124/12 in fiscal year 2012.The M9A1 has a few upgrades to enhance its

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MRF-D Marines revisit history at military museum

The Australian American Association of the Northern Territory and Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin toured the Darwin Military Museum Aug. 11.Marines viewed tributes to the U.S., such as a memorial for fallen allied troops in the Northern Territory during World War II and an American flag flown in memory of those sacrifices, during

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