Camp Courtney hosts friendship day with Okinawa preschool and children of the military communtiy [Image 88 of 447]

CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, JAPAN

02.16.2017

Photo by Pfc. Danielle Prentice 

U.S. Navy           

CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, Japan—Children play underneath a parachute during a friendship day at the Chura Warabi Center Feb. 16 aboard Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan. To make it easier to learn names during the event, each child wore a nametag in the opposite language. Knowing each other’s’ names was all it took for the kids to connect and bridge the culture gap. “More events like this in the future would be great,” said Peggy Vinyard, an English teacher at Kanasa, and a Stockton, Missouri, native. “It gives the children the opportunity to experience another culture and brings the community closer.”

• Date Taken: 02.16.2017
• Date Posted: 02.28.2017 00:19
• Photo ID: 3192919
• VIRIN: 170216-M-TH199-501
• Resolution: 4428x2952
• Size: 764.73 KB
• Location: CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, JP