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Expeditionary Feeding Kitchen looking to make Field Food Service System a thing of the past
A large seven-ton truck rolls in and unlatches its trailer. The trailer extends and opens up into a ready-to-use kitchen as cooks immediately hook up a generator and get started on making enough food to feed 500 hungry warfighters. According to ...
Station library issues challenge to readers, prizes offered to entice participation
The annual Read a Book a Week challenge began Nov. 11 at the station library and will conclude Dec. 24. The challenge is open to all independent readers aboard the station. Fifty readers participated last year and the library’s goal is to get ...
234th MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY BALL - Commadant’s message motivates
Last week, Marines around the world celebrated the United States Marine Corps’ 234th birthday. In Iwakuni, Japan, the celebrations spanned a total of three days with three separate birthday balls. Service members and civilians from across the sta...
Community invited to join in holiday festivities
It’s cold outside, but that doesn’t mean you have to stay inside. The Iwakuni Approach has sought out the best upcoming holiday events around the station. Thanksgiving Party: The Marine Lounge will be holding a Thanksgiving Party Nov. 26 from ...
Thrift Store Grand Opening
The Thrift Store grand opening is scheduled for Saturday and will be held from noon to 4 p.m. at Building 1117. The Thrift Store has been temporarily operating from Building 701 across from the Sakura Theater. With the renovations and expansio...
Learn to hook and weave... knitting style
Two women sit quietly together in the multipurpose room of the library here. Their hands move steadily during the weekly Learn to Knit and Crochet class. Melanie Bengtson, the class instructor, learned to sew from her mother as a child and learne...
NCA teaches Far East cheerleaders how to bring it on
“NCA was founded in 1948 by Lawrence (“Herkie”) Herkimer. He’s the one (who) invented this uniform we wear today. He’s the one who invented the pom poms, the spirit stick. The style of cheerleading we all enjoy, he pretty much created it all,” said ...
Montford Point Marine inducted into LOGCOM’s Hall of Fame
Long-time employee’s widow accepts historical plaque in husband’s honor Each year since 2005, the Marine Corps Logistics Command has honored one long-time civilian employee who has made significant contributions during his/her service to the fede...
Be tobacco free today
Each year about 430,000 people die of illnesses related to their smoking, and 53,000 deaths are related to secondhand smoke.   Today, Semper Fit Health Promotions followed the national health observance of the Great American Smoke Out by providing...
Officers duke it out
Student officers in Company A at The Basic School conducted martial arts-based training Nov. 18 on Landing Zone 7.   Referred to as “LZ drills” in the TBS training matrix, the day consisted of body sparring, ground fighting using Marine Corps Mar...
 

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