Marine Corps Air Station Futenma News

MCCS: Stay fit this holiday Lance Cpl. Justin R. Wheeler CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa -- The December holidays are filled with feasts of turkey, ham, casseroles, pies and other delectable treats.

YOMITAN, Okinawa a ' Ever since the United States and Japan signed a pact in 2006 to realign U.S. forces in Japan, the plan has been to close Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, located in urban Okinawa, and relocate its air operations to rural Camp Schwab, where a new airfield would be built to accommodate the move.

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Saturday he is not ready to reach a conclusion by the end of the year on the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa Prefecture.

NAHA, Okinawa Pref. The U.S. Army serviceman suspected of hitting a Japanese man with a car and killing him earlier this month in Okinawa has effectively admitted his involvement in the accident and is willing to apologize to the relatives of the victim, his lawyer said Friday.

Gen. Ken Wilsbach, 18th Wing commander, talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada during a site visit to Kadena Air Base, Japan Nov.

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama routinely refers to "yu-ai" when he talks about policy, including diplomacy.

Space-A offers flights for less Lance Cpl. Justin R. Wheeler CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa -- As Thanksgiving and the December holidays approach, many wish to head home for the holidays but worry about the cost of flying to the states.

US Marine Corps helicopters, transport planes sit on tarmac of Futenma Marine Corps Air Station next to Okinawa residential quarters The relocation of a U.S. Marine base on Okinawa is expected to be on the top of the agenda when President Barack Obama visits Tokyo this week.

In this Feb. 12, 2007 file photo, helicopters and transport planes are seen on a tarmac of Futenma Marine Corps Air Station next to Okinawa residential quarters in Ginowan in Okinawa, Japan.

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama indicated Wednesday he may have overbankrolled his political fund management body but claimed it was his understanding that funds in excess of the 10 million limit he can personally kick in constituted a loan he would later get back.

With President Barack Obama to pay his first visit to Japan next week, Okinawans are stepping up opposition to a new Marine air station on Camp Schwab.

WASHINGTON The United States said Thursday it can't support the idea of transferring U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa to nearby U.S. Kadena Air Base due to operational difficulties.

Drive-thru flu vaccinations exercise on Futenma Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Cordero CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa -- A drive-thru seasonal flu vaccination exercise is scheduled for Nov.

During Jane Wayne Day Oct. 9, spouses participate in combat conditioning as part of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instruction on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.

Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said Friday he favors moving the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the nearby U.S. Kadena Air Base, although Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has indicated he wants the facility moved out of Okinawa altogether.

Visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that failure to move a Marine Corps air base to Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, could sink an agreement to relocate U.S. Marines out of the prefecture.

NAHA, Okinawa a ' Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on Tuesday disapproved an environmental impact assessment report Japana TMs Ministry of Defense conducted for a new U.S. Marine Corps air field planned to be built on Camp Schwab.

Pfc. Chris Masferrer, left, a military policeman with Marine Corps Air Station Futenma's Provost Marshall's Office, stands next to Saneaki Tsuha, a Japanese Security Guard, as they fire M9 pistols during pistol qualification at Range 1 on Camp Hansen Sept.

U.S. and Japanese officials said Monday that they plan to speed up negotiations over the relocation of a key Marine base ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to Tokyo next month.

Lt. Gen. George J. Trautman, the deputy commandant of aviation at Headquarters Marine Corps, speaks to members of the Naval Aviation Enterprise during a boots on the ground visit at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Sept.