Photo By Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Walters | 161022-N-NB694-162 OKINAWA, Japan (October 22, 2016) Seaman Amber Dietz, left, and...... read more read more
OKINAWA, Japan (NNS) – Sailors with the Golden Swordsmen of Patrol Squadron (VP) 47 visited Kimutaka Child Center in Okinawa, Japan, for a community relations (COMREL) project, Oct. 22.
Six Sailors with VP-47 dressed up, played games and passed out candy at a Halloween party for the children at the Kimutaka child center.
“The Halloween party for the kids was pretty fun,” said Petty Officer 3rd Class Melvin Garrick. “There were games set up in the gymnasium and it seemed like the children were having a blast getting candy and interacting with us”
Not only was this COMREL fun for everyone involved, it was an opportunity to be great ambassadors and spreading the “Aloha” spirit to the people of Okinawa.
“It is awesome to see how we all had fun with the kids and everyone dressed up,” said Petty Officer 1st Class Maria Garcia. “It’s also nice to see that we are all on the same team and being great ambassadors representing the USA and spreading the “Aloha” spirit!”
This is the Golden Swordsmen’s last deployment with the P-3C aircraft. VP-47 is the second of three Hawaii-based squadrons to make the move to Whidbey Island and transition to the P-8A.
VP-47 is currently deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR) at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, and to the U.S. 4th Fleet AOR at Comalapa, El Salvador.
For more news from Commander, Naval Air Forces, visit http://www.navy.mil/local/airpac/.
| Date Taken: | 10.22.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 10.23.2016 21:48 |
| Story ID: | 212672 |
| Location: | OKINAWA, JP |
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