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Seashells and ocean waste are displayed during a class on Okinawan wildlife on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, April 26, 2025. Environmental Affairs...
Iwakuni EOD officer transports training material to CATC Camp Fuji by U.S. Army helicopter.
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Serianthes nelsonii is a tree species found only on Guam and Rota. The CHamoru name for the Serianthes tree on Guam is Håyun lågu, meaning "wood of the north" or "foreign wood," and in Rota, Trongkon guåfi, meaning "fire tree." Specimens were first collected in the late 1800s and again in 1918 by Peter Nelson, from whom the species was described by Elmer D. Merrill. Although there is no remaining knowledge of traditional uses of the tree in CHamoru culture, early navigator Louis Claude de Freycinet listed Håyun lågu as a tree suitable for timber in his travel journals in the 1800s. Given the tree’s full stature and strength, it would have been suitable for shelter construction or canoe-building. In 1987, Serianthes nelsonii was listed as endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service due to its rarity and threats to its survival.
In 2023, it was recorded that 27 Marines and sailors lost their lives due to preventable off duty
Marine Corps Installations Pacific’s Food Services Specialist of the Quarter competition was held at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji.
The Okinawa 1215 Boys and Girls Basketball Club brought The OKI1215-Gold and Scarlet Team, The South Basketball School, SPICE Basketball School, Minatogawa Junior High Boys and Girls Teams, Kuwae Junior High, and the Camp Humphrey Hoops Club Together for competition, celebration, and community between the teams.
Under the rhythmic beat of drums and the lively dance of performers, local residents and service members gathered for the 22nd Kin Town Youth Eisa Festival at Kin District Park in Okinawa on July 28, 2024. The festival showcased youth groups performing a modern form of Eisa dancing traditionally performed by Japanese Buddhist monks to honor their ancestors.