Story by Airman 1st Class Xiomara Martinez | 35th Fighter Wing | 05.08.2019
Her thoughts scatter a million ways as she contemplates, “How well can this go?” and “Will there still be a ‘spark’?” “Who does he hug first, me or our newborn son?”...
Story by AFCLC Maxwell | Air Force Culture and Language Center | 05.23.2018
Fitted in a frame for preservation, Dr. Jessica Jordan is both haunted and intrigued by the tattered Japanese war flag in her office. The worn national flag covered in personal handwritten messages dates to World War II. The flags are known in Japan as a hinomaru yosegaki and in English as “good luck flags”....
Story by Lance Cpl. Charles Plouffe | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 05.19.2017
CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan – Marines and their family members joined 88 Okinawan students at the House of Pain Fitness Center, here, during the Okinawan-American Cultural Exchange Day, May 19....
Story by Noriko Kudo | U.S. Army Garrison - Japan | 02.27.2017
CAMP ZAMA, Japan (Feb. 24, 2017) – Five Camp Zama Girl Scouts assisted with setting up Hina Dolls Feb. 23 in the Camp Zama Library in preparation for Hina Matsuri – a Japanese Doll Festival celebrated each year on March 3....
Story by Cpl. Nicole Zurbrugg | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 02.11.2016
Matthew C. Perry Elementary School hosted the 6th annual Japanese Cultural Exchange Program featuring the Shunan International Children’s Club at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 11, 2016....
Story by Cpl. Daniel Jean-Paul and Lance Cpl. Douglas Simons | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 01.14.2016
Status of Forces Agreement personnel participated in a Japanese calligraphy class Jan. 14 aboard Camp Foster.
Story by Lance Cpl. Joey Holeman | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 03.08.2014
Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members with 2nd Infantry Regiment, 12th Brigade, brought Exercise Forest Light 14-2 to a close March 8 at Sekiyama Training Area, Niigata prefecture, Japan....
Story by Lance Cpl. Joey Holeman | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 03.06.2014
Although snow, ice and rain created harsh weather conditions, it could not stop the Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, also known as the “Thundering Third,” as they put their cold-weather survival skills to the test....
