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Archive: March, 2013

Hospital on Camp Lester officially closes

Staff at the U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa lowered the colors at the facility on Camp Lester for the last time March 26, marking the hospital’s official closure.Commissioned in 1958 as a U.S. Army hospital, the hospital changed hands from the Army to the Navy and was recommissioned as the U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa in 1977. The hospital has offered

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Wind turbine to provide clean power

Japanese contractors recently constructed one of the Department of Defense’s first wind turbines in Japan adjacent to Building 1 on Camp Foster.The turbine, which is expected to be fully operational in mid-April, will generate clean power and help reduce Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler’s carbon footprint and utilities bill, according to

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Okinawa Marine awarded for English teaching

Corporal Jacob W. Helms was recognized and awarded March 26 at the Nago Civic Center for his contributions to the “Let’s Play with English” program.Helms’ hard work and dedication to the program was recognized by Noriko Zamami, the Nago City education superintendent, who awarded Helms with a certificate of appreciation.“The program was a great

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Recon Marines practice fundamentals, train as riflemen

“This is finding brilliance in the basics,” said Sgt. Matthew J. Foglesong, a reconnaissance man and team leader with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion. “We are still infantrymen at the end of the day, and this is what we do and who we are.”Marines with 3rd Recon Bn., 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, exercised their fundamentals as

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Corporals conquer jungle, gain leadership skills

Marines crawled through the flooded trench, sliding through cold, muddy water while keeping a low profile to avoid detection and maintaining a focus on developing leadership in a setting far different from the classroom they frequented the week before.Marines of the Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler

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Marines train with Japanese security guards

For on-base personnel, the first line of defense against would-be aggressors is the Japanese security guards at the gates. The job these men preform requires them to be well-trained, alert and ready for anything at any time.Marines helped the JSGs maintain that level of readiness with nonlethal weapons and oleoresin capsicum spray training March 21

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Spouses train as Marines during Jane Wayne day

The opportunity to wear the uniform of a member of the U.S. military and spend a day in their combat boots is an honor few are blessed with.However, the spouses of Marine Aircraft Group 36 personnel were given this opportunity during a Jane Wayne day March 22 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.Jane Wayne days offer spouses a chance to take part in

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Children sharpen soccer skills during clinic

Meeting a childhood hero can have a lasting effect on a child’s life; it can inspire them to work harder and make far-off dreams seem more attainable. More than 20 players and staff of the Seattle Reign Football Club provided such an opportunity as they conducted a one-hour soccer clinic for children in Marine Corps Community Services Okinawa’s

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Navy-Marine team displays expeditionary readiness

The Marine Corps and Navy demonstrated the capability to generate and sustain combat power ashore during Exercise Freedom Banner 2013 with a Maritime prepositioning force off-load March 21-22 in Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines.“Freedom Banner is a (U.S. Pacific Command-directed) exercise that supports multiple countries throughout the

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Assistant commandant visits Okinawa

Gen. John M. Paxton Jr., the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, visited III Marine Expeditionary Force units and Marine Corps Installations Pacific March 17-20 during a tour of installations in the Asia-Pacific region.Paxton talked with Marines and observed units, training sites and facilities throughout Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D.

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