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Mud Run 2019 [Military Sports]
You had a feeling this was coming, so it’s time we come clean…The Camp Hansen World Famous Mud Run is back and it’s grimier than ever. On Su...Read More
New Naval Hospital opens era of increase… [Military]
By Bill Charles From tents to Quonset huts to a four-story concrete building to a new multi-million dollar U.S. Naval Hospital just opened o...Read More
2019.04.10
Mud Run 2019 [Military Sports]
You had a feeling this was coming, so it’s time we come clean…The Camp Hansen World Famous Mud Run is back and it’s grimier than ever. On Sunday, April 14, MCCS Semper Fit invites ...
2019.03.13
Schwab Fest Featuring Halestorm and Frankie Ballard [Festival Military]
This year’s Schwab Festival will take place on Saturday, March 23 from 2 to 10 p.m. and Sunday, March 24 from 1 to 9 p.m. in front of the BeachHead on Camp Schwab. This annual fest...
2017.02.13
646-Well puts U.S. Naval Hospital on patients’ fingertips [Military]
By Joe Andes, USNHO, PAO U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa has made contacting the hospital easy. Patients can now call 646-WELL (646-9355) for direct access to the various clinics and d...
MV-22 Ospreys return to flight operations [Military]
MV-22 Ospreys based on MCAS Futenma with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force resumed flight operations today. “We have conducted a thorough, careful ...
2016.11.03
The Green Line – Marines’ Okinawa bus line fetes 15 years in business [Military]
By David Higgins On the Okinawa Marine Bases there exists a world class bus service that has been running now over 15 years. On Oct. 14th, the Green Line Bus Service marked the mom...
U.S. Military lifts servicemen’s drinking ban [Military]
The U.S. military has lifted a ban on drinking that was in force originally through Jun. 24 and later extended to Jun. 28th. The order to ban off-base drinking for all U.S. service...
Navy imposes alcohol ban, sweeping curfew in all Japan [Military]
The U.S. Navy imposed Monday a sweeping curfew and stiff new regulations banning all drinking of alcohol among sailors throughout Japan, regardless of their rank or location. The b...
Okinawa service members, civilians begin period of unity, mourning [Military]
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BUTLER, Okinawa – The Okinawa area coordinator and Commanding General III Marine Expeditionary Force, Lt. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson announced the star...
Marine found dead in ocean off Schwab [Military]
A U.S. Marine was found dead in the ocean off the coast of Camp Schwab, before noon on Monday, Mar. 28. Japan Coast Guard assisted in searching for and locating the Marine. The Nav...
2015.10.25
PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) needs new name [Military]
By Bill Distler At a workshop on preventing veteran suicide I found myself extremely uncomfortable with the idea behind PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). But I’m gratefu...
MCCS Community Job Fair this Friday [Military]
The 2015 MCCS Community Job Fair, the largest military community job fair on island, will take place Friday, Sep. 18 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Camp Foster Community Center. T...
III MEF gets new boss [Military]
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson has been named new commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force based at Camp Courtney. Nicholson, the current commanding gen...
U.S. P3C drops antenna while on patrol [Military]
A U.S. Navy P3C antisubmarine aircraft based on Kadena Air Base lost a copper wire antenna while on patrol on May 20th. According to officials at the Okinawa Defense Bureau, the ex...
Marine Corps Commandant says transfer to Guam on track [Military]
Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, Gen. Joseph Dunford has denied linking the move of Marines from Okinawa to Guam and the construction of he replacement facility for MCAS Futenm...
CFC-O announces 2015 Annual Coin Design Contest [Military]
The 2015 Combined Federal Campaign-Overseas (CFC-O) Annual Coin Design Contest is underway. The contest is open to all Department of Defense (DoD) employees and their family member...
Kadena F-15 loses stabilizer part into ocean [Military]
The Okinawa Defense Bureau has been informed that a F-15 fighter aircraft based on Kadena Air Base lost a metal part weighing 5.4 kilograms in the ocean during a training mission o...
2014.12.22
Liberty Policy change promises happier times for U.S. service members [Military]
By David Higgins Before the Liberty Policy came into effect 2 years ago, bars around the Sunabe Seawall were incredibly busy, packed wall-to-wall on Friday and Saturday nights. Unf...
2014.12.12
Japan’s ace acrobatic team headlines Air Festa [Military]
The Blue Impulse, the acrobatic team of the Japan Air Self Defense Force, will be performing Sunday at the Naha Air Base Air Festa 2014. For those who’ve never seen a Japanese mili...
2014.12.10
USFJ implements updated Liberty Policy on Okinawa [Military]
Soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines received an early Christmas present from the Commander, U.S. Forces Japan, in the form of a relaxed curfew and off-base liberty ruling. Air Fo...
Air Force Ospreys tagged for Kadena may go to Tokyo [Military]
A dozen CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft slated for deployment to Kadena Air Base on Okinawa may instead find themselves at home at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo. A Japanese government ...
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