Community News

BEAUFORT, S.C. — The pair devised their own celebration.

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa, Japan – Memorial Day often brings to mind those who risk their lives for our freedom on far off battlefields. However, every hero’s story is worth telling, including those behind the scenes. Here is a snapshot of one of those heroes.

A player leaps for a rebound during a basketball tournament hosted by The Single Marine Program May 28 aboard Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan. Six teams from the local and military communities participated, going head-to-head in a friendly bracket style tournament. The tournament was organized by Camp Schwab’s Single Marine Program.

A mortar team with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, fires an 81 mm mortar during training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 31, 2017. BLT 3/5 is currently deployed as the Ground Combat Element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. Weapons Company is the heavy-weapons element of BLT 3/5.

To get a personal trainer or to not get a personal trainer? Isn’t this what Shakespeare said.  “To be or not to be...” in his opening phrase in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. Well, something like this.

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Airmen and U.S. Navy Sailors worked together to outfit a C-17 Globemaster III with life-saving equipment May 13, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan.