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Death of the marksmanHas the new rifle scoring system lowered standards? Editor Sgt. Ethan E. Rocke pines over the ole’ days ‘when expert meant something.’

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Dragon onMarine-sailor teams cut wakes for 8th year in boat-race tradition.

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CAMP HANSEN — More than 20 Marines with 9th Engineer Sup-port Battalion completed a five-day Combat Lifesavers Course on Camp Hansen May 1.

The 3rd Marine Logistics Group Marines trained to improve the lifesaving skills they may be required to use if they’re called upon to deploy.

Corpsmen from 3rd Medi-cal Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd MLG taught the course to teach Marines how to assist corpsmen in dealing with mass casualties and render aid in

the absence of a corpsman.Marines regularly take part in

courses such as this before deploy-ing to Iraq and Afghanistan, said Petty Officer 2nd Class Caryl Nel-son, a combat lifesaver instructor with 3rd Medical Bn.

“A bullet has no preference and could easily take out a corpsman,” Nelson said. “Marines need to know that the other Marines going into combat with them will know what to do if the corpsman is not there. Marines also need to be pre-pared in case of mass casualties, where a corpsman is going to need Marines to step in and help out.”

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Lance Cpl. Daniel R. Toddokinawa marine staff

CAMP LESTER — U.S. Naval Hospitals Okinawa, Guam and Yokosuka have joined together in a Western Pacific Medical Alliance to provide more medical services to patients and increase efficiency, according to Navy Capt. Brian S. Dawson, commanding officer of USNH Okinawa.

The alliance forms a network which brings specialists to pa-tients when a needed specialist is not available locally. Before the alliance, patients were flown to hospitals in Hawaii or San Diego.

“(The alliance) keeps patients where they live,” Dawson said. “Oc-casionally people are sent back to the states but not nearly as much. There is about a 50 percent decrease (in patients having to travel) since the alliance was signed.”

When specialists travel to other hospitals in the alliance to care for patients, they also conduct training so that local medical personnel will be able to provide initial care to future patients until specialists arrive.

The alliance also allows service members to access overseas screen-ing information located on any of the hospitals updated Web sites. Beneficiaries can see if they qualify for procedures and can assess the capabilities of the hospitals. This is important for family members with existing health issues to know if and how they will be taken care of while overseas, Dawson said.

To access the WESTPAC Medi-cal Alliance overseas screening, visit http://www.oki.med.navy.mil/ and click on the link for the WESTPAC Medical Alliance overseas screening in the lower right corner.

Medical alliance improves patient care in Pacific

9th ESB Marines complete Combat Lifesaver Course

Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony J. Barlow, a hospital corpsman with 3rd Medical Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, takes vital signs of a monk at a provisional medical clinic in Thmar Pouk, Cambodia, during the Cambodia Interoperability Program 2008. Sailors and Marines from the battalion conducted a nine-day medical and dental civil action program April 26 to May 5. SEE STORY PAGE 10 Photo by Lance Cpl. Corey Blodgett

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Lance Cpl. Jia Yu examines an IV bag during the Combat Lifesavers Course. Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler J. Hlavac

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Ethan E. Rocke

say goodbye to the Marine Corps marksman.

From now on, all Ma-rines will be either sharp-

shooters or experts. Those lines may as well be

written into the new Marine Corps Combat Marksmanship Program order, which has effectively low-ered the Corps’ standard for excel-lence in rifle marksmanship.

That may just be my humble opinion, but I am predicting, and hoping, that once Corps officials run the numbers and analyze the

statistical evidence of how many Marines

are earning a classification of sharpshooter or expert now com-pared to before our rifle qualifica-tion standards changed, they will come to the same conclusion.

The problem is that the new ag-gregate scoring system combines a shooter’s scores from the fun-damental marksmanship portion, Table 1, and the combat marks-manship portion, Table 2, and that aggregate score now determines a shooter’s badge classification.

The new system eliminates, on the fundamental marksman-ship course, the minimum score a shooter must receive to earn a classification above marksman. Shooters used to have to obtain a minimum score of 210 or 220 (out of a possible 250) on the fundamen-tal course to earn a classification of sharpshooter or expert respectively. Those days are no more.

The aggregate score minimums are now 305-350 for expert, 280-304 for sharpshooter, and 250-279 for marksman.

Under the new system, a Ma-rine can leave the fundamental course a marksman, shooting any-where from 205 to 209, and still elevate his classification straight past sharpshooter to expert by shooting anywhere from a 96 to

the maximum score of 100. I completed my annual rifle

qualification a few weeks ago, and I was highly disappointed by the droves of Marines who were giddy over the fact that they were able to make up for a mediocre perfor-mance on Table 1 with a decent performance on Table 2.

Two Marines from my office were on the range with me. Both had never qualified above marks-man. Both shot below a 210 on the fundamental course. Both left the range sharpshooters. This type of outcome was rampant across the entire range detail.

One Marine on my detail shot a 193 on Table 1, just three points above the minimum score needed to pass the table, and still walked away from Table 2 with a brand new shiny sharpshooter badge. This amused him, just like it amused all the other Marines who walked away from the range this year with a new notion of what is average, excellent or outstanding when it comes to a Marine’s ability with a rifle. The fact that Marines are literally laughing at this new system speaks volumes about its impact on our standards.

I collected data on 176 shoot-ers who qualified with the new system on Okinawa. Of those 176 shooters, 93 qualified as ex-perts, 53 qualified sharpshooter and seven qualified marksman. Twenty did not qualify, either because they did not meet mini-mum standards or because they were dropped from their range details for other reasons such as faulty weapons.

I don’t have older data to com-pare those numbers against, but I’m betting, based on strong anec-dotal evidence, that experts were not always in the strong majority, and marksman were not always a virtually nonexistent minority.

The new Marine Corps Combat Marksmanship order articulates

death of the marksmanthe reason behind the imple-mentation of Table 2 into annual qualification training: “Combat ready Marines must be … highly proficient in the use of firearms. Well-trained Marines have the con-fidence required to deliver accurate fire under the most adverse battle conditions. The rifle is the primary means by which Marines accom-plish their mission … The objective of marksmanship training is to develop, sustain, and improve indi-vidual combat shooting skills.”

I agree 100 percent with all that and am glad the Corps has imple-mented Table 2 into annual quali-fication. It is valuable training.

What I don’t agree with is the way the aggregate scoring system has degraded the distinction of what an expert shooter is by Ma-rine standards.

Under these new standards, the Corps has opened the doors and welcomed everyone to the party: “Chips and dip to the right, sharpshooter and expert badges to the left. Please check any sense of

what excellence is at the door.”If the aggregate system is here to

stay, it needs to be revised, and the standard needs to be raised. The Table 1 minimum scores for each classification need to come back at the least. That alone might be enough, but we should also consid-er the fact that a shooter’s proficien-cy with a rifle should be measured consistently. We used to require 84 percent hits for sharpshooter and 88 percent hits for expert on Table 1. Maybe we need to require the same minimums on both tables.

Some Marines might shudder at that elevated standard, which would mean a bad day of combat marksmanship shooting could mean the loss of a higher badge classification. What those Marines should shudder at is that right now we have a system that has drasti-cally lowered our standards.

Last time I checked, lowering standards is something Marines don’t do.

Rocke is the editor for the Oki-nawa Marine.

New rifle qualification aggregate scoring system elevates mediocre shooters, lowers Corps’ standards

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CAMP HANSEN — Lt. Col. Mark Menotti passed command of 9th Engineer Support Bat-talion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group to Lt. Col. Jeffrey Reagan during a post and relief ceremony May 2 at the Camp Hansen Parade Field.

Menotti, who served with 9th ESB since June 2006, is moving on to assume duties as the III Marine Expeditionary Force engineer officer.

Reagan came to 9th ESB after serving as the III MEF engineer officer.

Reagan is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Acad-emy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Me-chanical Engineering.

Reagan’s first tour was with the 2nd Force Service Support Group, where he served as bridge platoon commander in 8th Engineer Sup-port Battalion and engineer detachment com-mander in Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24, 24th MEU. With 2nd FSSG, he participated in Operation Provide Comfort in Northern Iraq in 1991.

In 1995, Reagan attended the Army Advanced Engineer Officer Course followed by a tour at 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Divi-sion. While at 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, he served as commanding officer of A Company, bat-talion assistant operations officer and battalion logistics officer. During his tour with 1st MarDiv, he also attached to U.S. Central Command as part of a theater force protection evaluation team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

In 1998, Reagan was assigned to Marine

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Corps Engineer School in Camp Lejeune, N.C., where he served as commanding officer of Com-bat Engineer Instruction Company and director of instruction.

In 2001, Reagan assumed duty as executive officer for 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group. He deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom while serv-ing with 7th ESB.

Upon returning from Iraq in 2003, he as-sumed duty as deputy assistant chief of staff for logistics, 1st Force Service Support Group.

In August 2004, Reagan reported to the Chief of Naval Operations staff, where he served as the shallow water mine countermeasures require-ments officer and the deputy for the Mine War-fare Branch, Expeditionary Warfare Division. Reagan reported for duty as III Marine Expedi-tionary Force engineer officer in July 2007.

Reagan’s personal decorations include three Meritorious Service Medals, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, two Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals, and the Army Commendation Medal.

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CAMP FOSTER — Col. William B. Spahn is slated to pass command of Combat Logistics Battalion 4 to Lt. Col. Edward W. Bligh during a change of command ceremony on Camp Foster today.

Spahn is moving on to attend the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

Bligh comes to CLB-4 after serving as assis-tant chief of staff for supply and logistics, 3rd Marine Logistics Group.

Bligh completed recruit training at Parris Is-land, S.C. in 1985 and subsequently completed Construction Surveyor School and was stationed at 9th Engineer Support Battalion on Okinawa.

After reaching the rank of sergeant, Bligh was accepted for the Enlisted Commissioning Program. He earned a bachelor’s degree in social science from Chapman University in 1989 and was commissioned the same year.

Upon completing The Basic School and the Basic Logistics Officer Course, Bligh was as-signed to 2nd Maintenance Battalion in July 1990, where he served as logistics officer and assistant logistics officer.

He deployed with the battalion in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

In January 1992, Bligh was transferred to MEU Service Support Group 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, where he served as logistics officer until October 1993.

In November 1993, Bligh reported to 1st Re-cruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, where he served as a series commander and executive officer.

In April 1996, Bligh was assigned to Weapons & Field Training Battalion, where he served as commanding officer of Headquarters and Sup-port Company until July 1997.

Bligh attended the Amphibious Warfare School in 1997, followed by an assignment to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division in June 1998.

In 2001, Bligh was assigned to the Amphibi-ous Warfare School, Marine Corps University Quantico, Va., where he served as a faculty advisor and instructor.

In 2003, Bligh was assigned as deputy direc-tor for plans and operations for the redesignated Expeditionary War School.

In August 2004, Bligh reported to Marine Forces Strategic Command, Omaha, Neb., where he served as assistant chief of staff for supply and logistics through 2007.

Bligh holds a master’s degree in management from Webster University.

His personal decorations include three Meri-torious Service Medals, two Navy Marine Corps Commendation Medals and the Navy Marine Corps Achievement Medal.

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Summer term college registration begins May 19Lance Cpl. Joseph A. Cabreraokinawa marine staff

CAMP FOSTER — As registration for sum-mer college classes approaches, Marine Corps Community Services Lifelong Learning Center officials are encouraging people to take advan-tage of the wide variety of courses available on Okinawa.

Registration for classes is May 19 through May 30, and classes for the summer term begin June 2 and end July 26.

Classes are generally two nights a week for eight weeks. Lunchtime and weekend classes are also available, according to Bob Stenard, the supervisory guidance counselor with the Lifelong Learning Center on Camp Foster.

Lifelong Learning Centers are located on all Marine Corps installations and are open to everyone with base access.

Centers have various resources available to help students choose the right education pro-gram, whether it be classroom instruction or online courses.

“It can be easier to get into a school here rather than waiting until you get out of the military because there are so many education opportunities available,” said Keena Morris, an education services specialist with the Camp Foster center.

Education officials: Time to hit the books

Lance Cpl. Daniel R. Toddokinawa marine staff

CAMP FOSTER — Studying at one of the most prestigious universities in the world is a dream come true for one Kubasaki High School freshman who was award-ed a scholarship to study at England’s University of Cambridge this summer.

Officials with Oxbridge Academics Program select-ed Elizabeth Rowe as one of 15 scholarship recipi-ents, according to Adam Allen, special projects co-ordinator for Oxbridge Academics Programs. The program received 150 ap-plicants this year.

The scholarships are awarded based on dem-onstrated financial need and academic excellence, according to Allen. Other considerations include ex-tracurricular accomplish-ments, community service, creativity, character and the ability to contribute to the programs in the broad-est possible sense.

“ In essence, we a re looking for students who

wil l bring f ine minds, diverse experiences and friendly personalities to the student body – which is something Elizabeth clearly excelled in across the board,” Allen said.

Rowe is scheduled to attend Cambridge from July 6 to August 1 and plans to focus on courses in photojournalism and philosophy.

“Elizabeth is very de-voted to her studies and it’s exciting to see her reaping the rewards for her hard work at such an early age,” said Rowe’s mother, Rose-mary Kitashima.

Rowe’s teachers agreed that Elizabeth is an excel-lent student and said they were not surprised she was accepted for the program.

“Elizabeth is self moti-vated, inquisitive and hard-working both in and out of the classroom,” said Chris Kelly, Rowe’s honors his-tory and physical education teacher at Kubasaki High School. “I am sure that Cam-bridge took one look at her resume and saw that she can do it all. I am sure she will

kubasaki student receives Cambridge scholarship

be a welcome addition to the program and represent Kubasaki very well.”

Rowe said she is ex-tremely honored to be a part of such a prestigious program and looks for-

ward to being exposed to the advanced learning environment.

“Being accepted to the program is a dream come true, and I expect to be introduced to possibili-

ties I never knew existed.” Rowe said.

Students interested in the program can find more information and an ap-plication at http://www.oxbridgeprograms.com.

Kubasaki freshman Elizabeth Rowe was selected by officials with the Oxbridge Academics Program to attend the University of Cambridge in England this summer. Ten percent of the 150 total applicants received a scholarship to the university this year. Photo by Lance Cpl. David Rogers

Registration for summer-term college classes begins May 19 at education centers on Okinawa installations. OkiMar file photo

Stenard said education counselors help stu-dents set goals that match their careers, and getting an education here gives service members an advantage if they plan on continuing their education when they leave the military.

“Plan ahead,” Stenard said. “You’re in the driver’s seat, if you want to be.”

Many colleges accept the College Level Examination Program, Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support Subject Standardized Tests and Excelsior College Ex-aminations, which allow individuals to earn college credits through testing without having to take the course.

Acceptance of the CLEP, DANTES and ECE credits varies from college to college.

“Servicemember Opportunity Colleges are more familiar with these exams and how they

relate to their degree programs,” said Morris. Stenard added that another benefit of being in

the military is the Tuition Assistance program, which allows service members to attend courses while the military pays up to $250 per credit hour of tuition.

Tuition assistance covers up to $4,500 a year of tuition for undergraduate and graduate programs. Students are responsible for the cost of books, ap-plicable enrollment fees and must repay tuition assistance for courses failed, said Morris.

Officers and enlisted personnel receive the same dollar amount of tuition assistance; how-ever, an officer must complete the last class with two years of commissioned military ser-vice remaining on their contract, or reimburse tuition.

Prospective students wanting to use the TA program, must contact the Lifelong Learning Center to schedule the College 101 Tuition As-sistance brief.

Service members also have the Montgomery GI Bill college fund available to them.

“GI Bill questions are about 15 percent of what we handle,” said Stenard. “A lot of people come in with misunderstandings about what the GI Bill is about and how to use it.”

Military spouses also have an advantage with scholarship and grant options available from the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, Navy Of-ficers’ Spouses Club and Marine Corps Offices’ Spouses Club, Stenard said.

For more information about continuing edu-cation, scholarships, grants and tuition assis-tance, contact any Lifelong Learning Center.

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Lance Cpl. Tyler J. Hlavacokinawa marine staff

HENOKO — Marines from Camp Schwab strengthened their bond with the Henoko community as they assisted in a beach clean-up here April 29.

Fifteen Marines from 4th Marine Regi-ment, 3rd Marine Division, participated in the cleanup, working alongside the Henoko Senior Citizen’s Association, staff members of the Nago City Multimedia Center and stu-dents from the Okinawa National College of Technology.

The cleanup was organized to prepare the Henoko beach area for annual dragon boat races in June and to celebrate the birthday of the Showa Emperor Hirohito, according to Fumio Iha, the Camp Schwab community relations specialist.

Emperor Hirohito was well known as a botanist and encouraged Japanese people to appreciate and preserve the plant life on earth. Many Japanese people commemorate the late emperor’s life by performing various environ-mental activities on the emperor’s birthday.

The beach cleanup has become an annual event for the Henoko residents and Schwab Marines.

“Marines have been helping clean this beach every year since 2000,” said Iha. “Camp Schwab has been adopted by Henoko as their 11th residential district, and because of that, the Henoko community looks forward to the Marines from Schwab participating in all of their community projects and recreational activities, such as the dragon boat races.”

The beach cleanup afforded the Marines a chance to get to know their fellow community members, said Pfc. Terry Davis, an adminis-tration clerk with 4th Marines.

“I really enjoy coming out to events like this, practicing my Japanese and getting to know the community,” Davis said. “We definitely improved our relations with the community and developed friendships, if nothing else.”

Toshikatsu Shimabukuro, the president of the Henoko Senior Citizen’s Association, said the community was grateful for the Marine’s help.

“I’d like to thank everyone involved in the cleanup for their efforts here today,” said Shimabukuro, speaking through a translator. “We cleaned the beach really well, and re-moved a lot of debris, which was a big problem here. Everyone out here today is recognized as part of the community.”

schwab Marines help henoko community with beach clean-up

Pfc. Terry Davis takes a break from cleaning the beach to look at a Japanese boy’s sand drawing at Henoko beach April 29. Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler J. Hlavac

SAVE from pg 1 practiced life saving proce-dures such as treating hem-orrhages, applying IVs, han-dling sucking chest wounds and calling in a helicopter medical evacuation.

Nelson sa id despite being presented with an overwhelming amount of information, the Marines performed well.

“The Marines seemed to really enjoy the training and did a great job,” he said. “At first they were somewhat nervous, but they learned that with proper training, they can accomplish any-thing. I would trust any of these Marines to take care of me or any of my corpsmen if we were injured.”

Many of the Marines in the course said they felt more comfortable in their ability to assist injured Marines if they had to.

“This class definitely taught us all the steps nec-essary to save someone’s life in combat,” said Lance Cpl. Jia Yu, a motor trans-portation operator with 9th ESB. “Some parts of the class were hard for me to learn, such as the IV portion, but I definitely became more confident through practice.

“This class also taught me techniques that could allow me to save someone’s life anywhere, not just in Iraq.”

MCCS seeks to grow lifeguard staff to meet summer demands at base poolsLance Cpl. Joseph A. Cabreraokinawa marine staff

CAMP FOSTER — Marine Corps Community Services Semper Fit Aquatics recently began free month-ly lifeguard certification classes on Camp Hansen and Camp Foster to help meet the approaching summer demand for lifeguards.

The courses are scheduled to take place Friday through Sunday for two consecutive weeks. The current course began May 2 and is scheduled to end May 11.

Many students currently in the course said they plan to apply for jobs at one of the 12 MCCS pool facilities on Okinawa once they get certified.

Students in the program will receive a lifeguard and first aid cer-tification from the American Red Cross, valid for three years. Students will also receive American Red Cross certifications for CPR, use of the automated external defibrillator and blood borne pathogen prevention, valid for one year.

The course covers injury preven-tion, patron surveillance, emergency preparation, rescue skills and respi-ratory and cardiac emergency treat-ment. The course also covers first aid for muscle, bone, joint, head, neck and back injuries.

“Lifeguards are professionals trained to save lives,” said Scott

Burton, head lifeguard instructor and Camp Hansen pool manger. The most important part of the course is learning rescue skills, he said. “If the lifeguard can react sooner, there is less of a need for CPR.”

The course also covers the legal issues of consent, Good Samaritan laws, negligence and how those topics affect decision making pool-side, said Ashley Leeper, lifeguard instructor and Camp Courtney pool manager.

“Not a lot of people realize what a lifeguard actually does,” said Leeper

To create a safe environment for pool patrons, lifeguards are also responsible for checking safety and rescue equipment, pump rooms, floor tiles, and anything that could jeopardize patron safety in and around the pool area.

Burton said the skills the stu-dents learn in this course are not Okinawa specific and can be used at MCCS swimming facilities worldwide.

Also, students in the course may be preparing for other occupations that require a background as a life-guard, such as swim coaches and camp counselors, Burton said. Some people may use life guarding as a stepping stone to become an emer-gency medical technician.

Most state parks and beaches

Catherine Fish and Jeff Ramey extract mock drowning victim Spc. Chris Saylor during lifeguard training at the 25-meter pool on Camp Foster May 3. Fish Ramey and Saylor are students in the MCCS lifeguard course. Photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph A. Cabrera

accept the American Red Cross cer-tification, depending on the type of waterfront, he said.

For more information about upcom-ing lifeguard courses and locations, visit the MCCS Okinawa Web site at http://www.mccsokinawa.com.

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Lance Cpl. Daniel R. Toddokinawa marine staff

CAMP FOSTER — “He is not the same guy,” the wife said about her husband after his three deployments, two of which involved combat.

He used to be a patient and loving father, but has grown to be irritable with their three children, has become a loner and is dependent on alcohol she said. The children were also having difficulties.

This case was an example mentioned by Dr. Patricia Lester, medical director with Child and Family Trauma Psychiatric Clinic, University of California, Los Angeles April 30. Lester visited Okinawa to brief service mem-bers on a new program starting in June, which is aimed at helping children and families of military members who have been impacted by combat deployments.

Project Families Overcoming and Cop-ing Under Stress is a Department of Defense funded expansion of a program previously offered at Camp Pendleton, Calif. The pro-gram is coordinated through a partnership between Headquarters Marine Corps and UCLA and will be part of the Marine Corps Community Services Counseling and Advo-cacy Program.

Lester mentioned the above example to ex-plain how Project FOCUS helped the family.

During the program, the family talked through and worked through their problems using various techniques, and although they still have some difficulties, their lives have improved, said Lester

The program will be available to service members and their families on Okinawa for one year, according to Lt. Cmdr. Ruth Gold-berg, director of the Counseling and Advocacy Program. Project FOCUS will deliver train-ing on managing and adapting to operational stress to volunteer families. At the end of the year, officials will assess the success and ef-fectiveness of the training in those families. The information collected from the program will be used to decide whether to implement the program throughout the Marine Corps.

The program consists of eight to 10, one and a half hour sessions. The program’s core intervention components include family skill building techniques such as goal setting, problem solving and emotional regulation.

Goldberg said those components help a family develop a family deployment timeline, which helps link skills to family experience and establishes a shared family narrative. They also help the family address adversities and enhance social support.

The sessions are split into children ses-sions, parent sessions and family sessions.

“There are many families throughout the military who have struggled with problems because of multiple deployments, and there have been programs available to service mem-bers before, but none that go to the extent of Project FOCUS,” Lester said.

To learn more about the upcoming Project FOCUS, contact MCCS’s Counseling and Ad-vocacy Program at 645-2915.

new program to help families cope with operational stress

Lance Cpl. Tyler J. Hlavacokinawa marine staff

CENTRAL TRAINING AREA — It can be argued that a Ma-rine’s precise location and his enemy’s are the most im-portant pieces of information on a battlefield. With this in mind, about 60 students in the Staff Noncommis-sioned Officers Academy’s Sergeants Course completed land navigation training in the Central Training Area May 2.

“Land navigation serves as an essential skill for Ma-rines operating in the field. Yet many of the sergeants have not completed any land navigation training since their initial Marine Com-bat Training,” said Gunnery Sgt. Johnathan Radel, the staff noncommissioned of-ficer in charge of the course. “Marines often lose many of their basic field skills over time through lack of practice. Every sergeant is a leader of Marines, and when junior Marines are lost in the field, the first thing they do is look to the sergeant to guide them back to safety.”

Marines relied on their training and instincts as they navigated through the thick jungle terrain with

a map and compass. The main portion of the training involved the Marines locat-ing eight grid coordinates, which marked the location of different red boxes in the jungle. They had to find six of the eight boxes to complete the course.

“Marines today often fo-cus more on using technol-ogy, such as a GPS, to do the work for them,” said Radel. “GPS is a great tool, but it breaks down and runs out of batteries. We try to steer Marines away from technol-ogy and make them realize that the Marine Corps has already given them all the skil ls they will need for success.”

Land navigation has many uses in combat. If a Marine knows how to read a map and mark locations, they can guide friendly units to the location of enemy pris-oners of war or improvised explosive devices. Marines can also call in coordinates to help guide artillery, which makes response time much faster, said Radel.

While navigating through the jungle, the Marines also learned how terrain can af-fect the mission.

“The terrain is really chal-lenging here. The vegetation

and hills made maneuvering and finding the red boxes, signaling our grid points, very challenging,” said Sgt. Matthew Fries, an electri-cian with Marine All Weath-er Fighter Attack Squadron 242. “Often a box would be right in front of you, and you would have to search exten-sively just to find it.”

However, terrain can also create advantages.

“Terrain can assist you if you know how to recognize it on a map,” said Radel. “If a Marine spots certain terrain features on a map, he can use those features to plan an ambush, or he can navigate around the features and save his Marines a lot of time and energy.”

Fries said the land naviga-tion course was great for the Marines involved because the majority of them found their skills had gotten rusty.

“I have not conducted any sort of land navigation since MCT, and for some of the Ma-rines here, it has been four or five years since they have done it,” Fries said. “This is one of many field training events we will be conduct-ing during Sergeants Course, and it was great being able to finally get out into a real field environment and put our skills to the test.”

Back to basicsLand navigation training helps sergeants sharpen skills

Sergeants Course student Sgt. Christian Luna plots grid locations on a map during land navigation training in the Central Training Area May 2. The course’s approximately 60 students sharpened their small unit leadership skills during the training. Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler J. Hlavac

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building TrustOkinawa sailors, Marines provide medical treatment to thousands of CambodiansLance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgettokinawa marine staff

A team of 24 Navy medical personnel and Marines attached to 3rd Medical Battalion, Combat Logis-

tics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, set up a medical and dental civil action program in Thmar Pouk, Cambodia near the Thai border April 26.

The team worked with two

civilian doctors, a Cambodian eye surgeon and a U.S. Public Health Service dentist. RCAF doctors also worked alongside the Ameri-cans while RCAF medical assis-tants helped with patient flow.

The team concluded its op-eration May 5 after treating 8,348 total patients. The team provided medical care to 6,479, dental care to 844 and optometry services to 924 Cambodians. The eye surgeon also performed 101 surgeries.

Cambodians suffered terribly in the 1970s under the commu-nist rule of the Khmer Rouge government, which seized power in 1975 with the promise of help-ing the people. The party instead devastated the cultural, economic and social life of the country by relocating mass populations to rural labor camps and performing mass executions of ethnic mi-norities and educated citizens not loyal to the ruling party.

The regime was removed from power in 1979, but not before it left an estimated 1.5 million people dead.

The Khmer Rouge’s devastat-ing impact still reverberates in the country today, according to Navy Lt. Robert Goad, offi-cer in charge of the Cambodia Interoperability Program 2008, a U.S.-led humanitarian assis-tance effort that seeks to build

upon the U.S. military’s relation-ship with the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces and reach out to the Cambodian people.

“A lot of the doctors, educators and professional classes were tortured and killed off, so the country was very much stunted,” Goad said. “They’re still rebuild-ing, but they don’t have that older generation of professional class that would have developed good doctors and the like.”

Goad said working closely with the Cambodians gave the Ameri-cans a unique chance to learn from each other.

“The RCAF were very easy to work with and very receptive,” he said. “We had our two Navy doctors partnered up with them and the two (civilian doctors), so there was an opportunity to share knowledge and discuss different patient care options.”

Capt. Charles Craft, a den-tal officer with the U.S. Public Health Service who has lived and worked in Cambodia for the last eight years, said that the heavy flow of people coming in for medical treatment is a good sign.

“The high number of patients shows they’re happy with the services we’ve provided,” he said. “This was a very successful mis-sion with very high numbers and great engagement with the locals.”

A corpsman from 3rd Medical Battalion checks a Cambodian child’s pulse during an examination.

Seaman Michael R. Thompson, a hospital

corpsman with 3rd Medical Battalion, takes the pulse of

a Cambodian baby April 26 in Thmar Pouk, Cambodia

during the Cambodia Interoperability

Program 2008.

Navy Lt. Robert Goad, officer in charge of Cambodia Interoperability Program 2008, works with Cambodian personnel to organize the processing of Cambodians seeking medical attention at the provisional medical clinic in Thmar Pouk April 26. Sailors and Marines from 3rd Medical Battalion led a medical and dental civil action program during CIP ‘08 April 26 to May 5. Photos by Lance Cpl. Corey Blodgett

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Navy Lt. Robert Goad, officer in charge of Cambodia Interoperability Program 2008, works with Cambodian personnel to organize the processing of Cambodians seeking medical attention at the provisional medical clinic in Thmar Pouk April 26. Sailors and Marines from 3rd Medical Battalion led a medical and dental civil action program during CIP ‘08 April 26 to May 5. Photos by Lance Cpl. Corey Blodgett

A Cambodian boy peers through a window, watching as a U.S. dentist provides much-needed dental care to local villagers. The medical team provided dental care to 844 Cambodians, extracting more than 1,000 teeth.

A makeshift pharmacy set up by U.S. personnel in Thmar Pouk, Cambodia supported the treatment of thousands of Cambodians over the nine-day medical and dental civil action program.

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Lance Cpl. Andrew S. Avittokinawa marine staff

Two roughly 30-member crews of Marines and sailors competed in Naha’s 34th Annual Dragon Boat

Festival at Tomari Port May 5.The two all-Marine-and-sailor

teams represented the Marine Corps Community Services’ Sin-gle Marine Program for the eighth year in a row at the races.

SMP had one all-female team and one all-male team, which never raced against each other in the field of 52 teams, which in-cluded all-Japanese crews, crews comprised exclusively of U.S. soldiers and also Japan Ground Self Defense Force crews.

Each heat matched up three boat crews, which propelled their color-ful dragon boats forward, paddles digging in unison into the water with each beat of the caller’s drum.

Hundreds watched as SMP’s

all-male team bested the U.S. Army crew in their first heat, finishing first with a time of 5 minutes and 25 seconds for the 600-meter course. They received a trophy and advanced.

“It’s all about the rhythm,” said Petty Officer 1st Class Tudo Ricar-do, an SMP team member. “Once we got the momentum going with that rhythm, it wasn’t hard.”

But rhythm only carried the SMP males so far against the two Japanese crews they met in the second race. The Japanese showed prowess in the 500-year-old Chi-nese tradition, eliminating the Americans after handing them a 3rd place finish in the heat.

The SMP males said beating the Army in a healthy rivalry was enough to call it a successful day.

The SMP females raced against two locally renowned teams, row-ing the 600 meters in 6:47, but the team’s finishing time was short of what was needed to advance.

Scaly beasts cut wakesMarines, sailors propel dragons in 8th year of boat-race tradition

Despite not advancing, the SMP ladies walked away smiling.

“Dragon boat racing was a great opportunity to build cama-raderie with our neighbors,” said Cpl. Jeannene Burns, a member of the SMP female team. “What re-

ally made this great was coming out here, meeting new people and experiencing the culture.”

MCCS representative and team coach Sergio Morales said SMP will continue the tradition for years to come.

Members of the all-male Single Marine Program team pilot their dragon boat away from the dock toward the start line at Naha’s 34th Annual Dragon Boat Festival at Tomari Port May 5. The team won its first heat with a time of 5 minutes and 25 seconds but was eliminated in the second round. Photos by Lance Cpl. Andrew S. Avitt

More than 50 dragon boat teams competed at the festival.

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Members of the all-female SMP team row in time with each other – a very important aspect of dragon boat racing.

Japanese members from the leading crew in the first and only heat the all-female SMP team competed in shout orders to inspire motivation to stay out in front.

Members of the all-male Single Marine Program team gather around their first place trophy, celebrating their victory in the first heat.

Dragon boat racing is a paddle sport that originated in China about 500 years ago. A team of paddlers works in swift motion to the beat of a drum.

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Lance Cpl. Richard Blumensteinokinawa marine staff

They shoot; they train. They shoot more; they train more.

That’s the basic routine of a specially trained and equipped team of military po-licemen who serve with the Special Reac-tion Team on Camp Foster. The team, which is part of the Marine Corps Base Camp Butler Provost Marshal’s Office, is similar to a SWAT team.

Like SWAT members, SRT Marines are committed to a strict training regimen, the goal of which is to prepare them for any situation that might exceed the capabilities of regular military police forces.

The Marines spend a great deal of time on shooting ranges, fine-tuning marksman-ship skills with their M-4 carbines and M-9 pistols and enhancing “muscle memory” – automatic and precise response and ap-plication – with those weapons. When the automatic response is deeply ingrained, SRT takes their training to the next level, intro-ducing elements of increased difficulty.

The difficulty factor of choice was fatigue April 29-30 when 10 SRT Marines conduct-ed close quarters battle sustainment train-ing at the Central Training Area’s Range 8.

The Marines sought to simulate some of the stress of combat marksmanship with drills that raised the level of difficulty for shooters.

Marines sprinted as a group, running ap-proximately 100 yards and then returning to the firing line to shoot a course of fire.

“Running then shooting simulates stress on the body,” said Cpl. David Ramos, an SRT member. “Getting your heart rate up, getting your blood pumping, you start breaking a sweat. That makes it harder to find your natural respiratory pause and point of aim.”

The Marines also participated in one-on-one pistol shooting competitions, racing up and down a small hill before firing. The winner had to put the most rounds in the center of the target and at least one round through a chemical light – about three inches long and half an inch thick – placed near the head of the target.

“When you’re stressed out and under pressure like that, you start to lose those fine motor skills, and it makes things a lot harder,” said Gunnery Sgt. Eric Meek, the SRT commander. “Plus, the competition cre-ates additional stress and teaches them to shoot under those conditions.”

Each Marine fired hundreds of rounds each day. They also practiced several other CQB skills, such as clearing stoppages, drawing and firing with one’s weak hand, and reloading a pistol with one hand.

“It turns their fine motor skills into gross motor skills,” said Sgt. Geoffrey Furgason, the SRT team leader. “Instead of having to think about it, they just react and do it.”

The Marines conduct CQB sustainment training and an SRT-style CQB rifle and pistol qualification twice a month. The Marines fire 50 rounds from the M-9 pistol and M-4 carbine performing combat drills during their qualifications and must have a

SRT Marines stress on close quarters battle shootingscore of at least 80 percent to pass.

“Shooting is a perishable skill,” Furgason said. “If you go months without shooting, those fine motor skills start to go away.”

Lance Cpl. Aaron S. Garcia shoots an M-4 carbine during close quarters battle sustainment training at the Central Training Area’s Range 8 April 30. The Marine Corps Base Provost Marshal’s Office Special Reaction Team conducted the training to improve the SRT members’ skills with the M-4 carbine and M-9 pistol during several live-fire combat drills. Garcia is a military policeman with SRT. Photos by Lance Cpl. Richard Blumenstein

During close quarters battle sustainment training, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler’s Provost Marshal’s Office Special Reaction Team fired hundreds of rounds from the M-4 carbine and M-9 pistol. SRT Marines conduct two days of CQB sustainment training twice a month.

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Lance Cpl. Daniel A. Flynnokinawa marine staff

CAMP FOSTER — The Japanese baseball team the Bar’s defeated the Kadena Eagles 6-4 in the second round of the Pepsi Tournament at the Kadena Municipal Sports Stadium May 4.

The Bar’s will go on to compete in mainland in the fall for the finals of the tournament, which features 120 teams.

The Eagles, a team comprised of American ci-vilians and service members, jumped off to a 1-0 lead in the first inning when center fielder Tom Yost knocked in a run with a double.

Eagles’ starting pitcher Kyle Ochoa pitched four full innings and allowed one hit and no scores.

But the Bar’s came back in the sixth inning, scoring a run to tie the game at 1-1.

The game stayed tied 1-1 until the eleventh inning when, according to Japanese rules, each team started with bases loaded and no outs.

The Bar’s scored two runs off of base hits and a third because of an error taking the lead 4-1 in the top of the eleventh.

In the bottom of the eleventh, the Eagles man-aged to score three runs off of a passed ball and a throwing error to tie the game 4-4.

A Bar’s single was enough to knock in two of the runners that started the twelfth inning in scoring position, and the Bar’s pulled out in front for good.

The Eagles couldn’t answer back, and the Bar’s walked away with the victory.

“There was great pitching by both teams,” said Eagles coach Brandon Dong. “We just couldn’t hit the ball, and that’s what it came down to.”

Lance Cpl. Daniel R. Toddokinawa marine staff

CAMP KINSER — The team that took the Commanding General’s Cup and Regionals for soccer last year looks to be poised for a repeat performance if they continue to play the way they did May 3.

Last year they were known as CLR United, but they changed their name to 357, representing Combat Logistics Regiments 35 and 37. 357 defeated CLB-4 3-2 to win the Southern Camp Commanders Cup May 3. The defending CG Cup and Regional champs said they believe they will shut down anyone who challenges them for their titles.

In the first game of the South-ern Camp Commander’s Cup, 357 looked confused. The team wasn’t clicking right and made a few mis-takes in the backfield, said 357 for-ward and captain Victor Aguayo.

“This year we added some new players, which caused some con-fusion on the field,” Aguayo said. “We haven’t all played together and without knowing your teammates and how they play can be very difficult.”

They lost their first game to Marine Corps Base 2-1. With only three teams in the double elimina-tion tournament, 357 had to wait for the loser of the game between CLB-4 and MCB.

MCB lost to CLB-4 3-2. MCB was tired after playing two consecutive games and would have had to play three more games in a row to win the tournament, so they decided to forfeit to 357, automatically placing 357 in the finals.

With CLB-4 undefeated, 357 needed to win twice to claim the title. In the first game, CLB-4 took the lead early and closed out the first half leading 1-0.

During the second half, 357

357 takes soccer southern CC Cup

357 forward and captain Victor Aguayo cuts off a CLB-4 defender Carlos Gonzalez during the Southern Camp Commanders Cup championship game May 3. 357 defeated CLB-4 3-2. Photo by Lance Cpl. Daniel R. Todd

Kadena Eagles come up short in Pepsi Tournament

Kadena Eagles center fielder Tom Yost hits a double in the Pepsi Tournament at the Kadena Municipal Sports Stadium May 4. Photo by Lance Cpl. Daniel A. Flynn

started to mesh and they started to look like the championship team they were last year.

They tied the game when 357 forward Adam Rivera knocked in a header off an assist from Aguayo with 10 minutes left in the game. The goal ignited 357, and with five minutes left, Rivera scored another goal to give 357 the lead. They held their lead to force CLB-4 to a second game.

The final game remained score-less until the second half. Early in the second half, 357 midfielder Alex Valencia scored on a free kick.

Aguayo added another goal shortly after to take a 2-0 lead.

CLB-4 started to make a come-back in the last 10 minutes of the game. They narrowed the lead to one, but 357 answered right back. With five minutes left, CLB-4 scored again, but 357 was able to hold their 3-2 lead and claim the Southern Camp Commander’s Cup.

“We came into the tournament knowing that we had a strong team and that we could take it as long as we could get everyone on the same page,” Aguayo said. “It may have taken until the second half of

our first game against CLB-4, but once we started to click with one another, it was all over.”

With the Southern CC Cup in the trophy case, 357 looks to add the CG Cup and Regionals right next to it, and Rivera said that he has no doubt they can pull it off.

“There is a lot of experience on the team, and a lot of the players have played with each other for a while. Once the new guys, like me, are on the same page we will be a solid team,” Rivera said. “It isn’t going to be a cake walk, but I think we will come out on top.”

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Camp Kinser | 637-1148• Catholic: Sun., 11 a.m.• Gospel: Sun., 8 a.m.• Protestant: Sun., 9:30 a.m.

mCas Futenma | 636-3058• Catholic: Sun., noon• Contemporary: Sun., 9 a.m.

Camp Foster | 645-7486/7487• Catholic: Mon.-Fri., 11:45 a.m.; Sat., 5 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m.• Christian Science: Sun., 11 a.m., Bldg. 442• Eastern Orthodox: Sun., 9:30 a.m.• Gospel: Sun., 11:30 a.m.• Hindu: Fri., 3:30 p.m., Bldg. 455• Jewish: Fri., Traditional, 6:00 p.m.; Informal (first and third Friday), 6:30 p.m.• Latter-day Saints: Sun., 2 p.m., Bldg. 455• Muslim: Friday prayer, 12:45 p.m.• Protestant: Sun., 8:30 a.m.

Camp Courtney | 622-9350• Catholic: Sun., 8 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.; Daily, 11:45 a.m.• Protestant: Sun., 9:30 a.m. • Episcopal: Sun., 6:30 p.m.

Camp mctureous | 622-7505• Gospel: Sun., 12:30 p.m.• Lutheran: Sun., 9:30 a.m.

Camp Hansen | 623-4694• Catholic: Sun., 10 a.m., E. Chapel• Latter-day Saints: Sun., 2 p.m., W. Chapel• Protestant: Sun., 11 a.m., W. Chapel• Seventh-day Adventist: Sat., 9 a.m., W. Chapel

Camp sCHwab | 625-2644/2866• Catholic: Sun., 5:30 p.m.• Protestant: Sun., 11:30 a.m.

Camp Lester | 643-7248• Catholic: Sun., 8 a.m., Lester Chapel Tues., 11 a.m., Hospital Chapel• Protestant: Sun., 9 a.m., Hospital Chapel Sun., 10 a.m., Lester Chapel

Kadena air base | 634-1288• Buddhist: Sat., 10 a.m., Bldg. 856• Catholic: Sun., 8:30 a.m., Mass, Chapel 1 Sun., 11:30 a.m., Reconciliation, Chapel 1 Sun., 12:30 p.m., Mass, Chapel 1 Sun., 5 p.m., Mass, Chapel 1 Sun., 10:30 a.m., CCD, Amelia Earhart School Daily Mass, Mon.-Thurs., noon, Chapel 2• Protestant: Sun., 10:30 a.m., Contemp., Chapel 1 Sun., 8:30 a.m., Inspirational, Chapel 2 Sun., 10:30 a.m., Traditional, Chapel 2 Sun., 10:30 a.m., Gospel, Chapel 3 Sunday School, 8:45 a.m., Bldg. 856• Wiccan/Pagan: Fri., 7 p.m., Chapel 1 Sat., 6 p.m., Bldg. 856

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FRIDAY Prom Night (PG13), 7 p.m.; Forgetting Sarah Marshall (R), 10 p.m.

SATURDAY The Spiderwick Chronicles (PG), 1 p.m.; 10,000 B.C. (PG13), 4 p.m.; Prom Night (PG13), 7 p.m.; The Bank Job (R), 10 p.m.

SUNDAY College Road Trip (G), 1 p.m.; Iron Man (PG13), 4 and 7 p.m.

MONDAY Prom Night (PG13), 7 p.m.

TUESDAY Doomsday (R), 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 10,000 B.C. (PG13), 7 p.m.

THURSDAY Iron Man (PG13), 7 p.m.

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FRIDAY 10,000 B.C. (PG13), 6 p.m.; The Bank Job (R), 9 p.m. SATURDAY 10,000 B.C. (PG13), noon and 3 p.m.; The Bank Job (R), 6 p.m.; Forgetting Sarah Marshall (R), 9 p.m.

SUNDAY 10,000 B.C. (PG13), 1 p.m.; Doomsday (R), 4 p.m.; Forgetting Sarah Marshall (R), 7 p.m.

MONDAY Forgetting Sarah Marshall (R), 7 p.m.

TUESDAY 88 Minutes (R), 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 88 Minutes (R), 7 p.m.

THURSDAY 10,000 B.C. (PG13), 7 p.m.

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For more information, contact the Single

Marine Program Office at 645-3681.

MAY 11 AND 25 | CULTURE KINGDOM GYOKUSENDO• Also known as Okinawa World, Culture Kingdom Gyokusendo is the largest Okinawan culture theme park on island. Dress is appropriate civilian attire. Bring water, a camera, sunscreen, ¥1600 for entry and more for optional snacks.

• Southern Bus Departures, May 11: Camp Foster, 10 a.m.; MCAS Futenma, 10:30 a.m.; Camp Kinser, 11:00 a.m.

• Northern Bus Departures, May 25: Camp Schwab, 9 a.m.; Camp Hansen, 9:30 a.m.; Camp Courtney, 10:15 a.m.

MAY 14-15 | STAR PROGRAM (NORTHERN CAMPS)• Two-day Okinawa tour includes Pineapple Farm, Glass Factory, Jusco on the first day; second day includes visits to Shuri Castle, Kokusai Street, and a tutorial on using public transportation.

• Bus Departures, May 14: Camp Courtney, 7:15 a.m.; Camp Hansen, 8 a.m.; Camp Schwab, 8:30 a.m.

• Bus Departures May 15: Camp Schwab, 6:30 a.m.; Camp Hansen 7:30 a.m.; Camp Courtney, 7:45 a.m.

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Movie schedule is subject to change without notice. Call in advance to confirm show times. For a complete listing, visit http://www.aafes.com.

FRIDAY 10,000 B.C. (PG13), 6 p.m.; Doomsday (R), 9 p.m.

SATURDAY 88 Minutes (R), 6 p.m.; Doomsday (R), 9 p.m.

SUNDAY 10,000 B.C. (PG13), 2 p.m.; The Bank Job (R), 9 p.m.

MONDAY Iron Man (PG13), 7 p.m.

TUESDAY Iron Man (PG13), 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY The Bank Job (R), 7 p.m.

THURSDAY Forgetting Sarah Mar-shall (R), 7 p.m.

The USO hosts movie nights at the locations below.

For schedules and start times, call:

CAMP SCHWAB 625-3834

MCAS FUTENMA 636-2113

CAMP HANSEN 623-5011

KADENA AIR BASE 632-8781

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FRIDAY Iron Man (PG13), 6:30 and 9:30 p.m.

SATURDAY The Spiderwick Chronicles (PG), 2 p.m.; Jumper (PG13), 7 p.m.

SUNDAY 88 Minutes (R), 7 p.m.

MONDAY Jumper (PG13), 7 p.m.

TUESDAY Closed

WEDNESDAY College Road Trip (G), 1 p.m.; 88 Minutes (R), 7 p.m. THURSDAY Closed

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FRIDAY 88 Minutes (R), 7 p.m.

SATURDAY Semi-Pro (R), 5 p.m.

SUNDAY Jumper (PG13), 5 p.m.

MONDAY Closed

TUESDAY Closed

WEDNESDAY Closed

THURSDAY Closed

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FRIDAY 10,000 B.C. (PG13), 3 p.m.; Doomsday (R), 6:30 p.m.

SATURDAY The Bank Job (R), 3 p.m.; Doomsday (R), 6:30 p.m.

SUNDAY 10,000 B.C. (PG13), 3 p.m.; The Bank Job (R), 6:30 p.m.

MONDAY Closed

TUESDAY Closed

WEDNESDAY Iron Man (PG13), 3 and 6:30 p.m. THURSDAY Closed

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FRIDAY College Road Trip (G), 6:30 p.m.

SATURDAY Iron Man (PG13), 4 and 7 p.m.

SUNDAY Jumper (PG13), 4 p.m.; Semi-Pro (R), 7 p.m.

MONDAY 88 Minutes (R), 6:30 p.m.

TUESDAY Closed

WEDNESDAY Closed

THURSDAY Closed

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