Story by Sgt. Christopher Thompson | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 01.15.2021
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – The Passenger Travel Office is committed to providing excellent customer service for daily Permanent Change of Station and Temporary Additional Duty travel needs for service members and Department of Defense civilians and their families....
Story by Sgt. Christopher Thompson | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 01.05.2021
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – Col. Jeffrey L. Hammond, Commanding Officer, and Sgt.Maj. Brian R. Drechsler, Sergeant Major of Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, hosted a breakfast meal in the Camp Foster Chow Hall with the Marines around the battalion. The Commanding Officer and Sergeant Major emphasized the......
Story by Cpl. Brennan Beauton | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 09.02.2020
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan – Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, also known as Magic, received the United States Marine Corps Aviation Safety Unit Award for 110,000 mishap-free flight hours June 17 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma....
Story by Lance Cpl. Zachary Larsen | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 05.01.2020
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – Faculty members with E.C. Killin Elementary School hosted a drive-by parade in celebration of Month of the Military Child, Apr. 30 at Camp Foster....
Story by Lance Cpl. Brennan Beauton | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 04.27.2020
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – The daily lives of U.S. Marines have seen drastic changes following the recognition of COVID-19 as a global pandemic March 11. Marines stationed aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler have implemented teleworking as a way to practice social distancing and combat the spread of the virus....
Story by Lance Cpl. Zachary Larsen | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 04.17.2020
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, Okinawa, Japan – Okinawa Vice-Governor, Kiichiro Jahana, visited Marine Corps Air Station Futenma today and was welcomed by U.S. Deputy Consul General Hilary Dauer, U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. William J. Bowers, Commanding General of Marine Corps Installations Pacific, and Col. David M. Steele, Commanding Officer of MCAS Futenma....
Story by Lance Cpl. Brennan Beauton | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 04.16.2020
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan -- U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa implemented a COVID-19 joint care line April 15, 2020 on Camp Foster....
Story by Lance Cpl. Brennan Beauton | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 09.29.2019
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan -- Members of the U.S. community competed against one another Sept. 29, 2019 in another installment of Okinawa’s Strongest: Battle of the South on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan....
