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OKINAWA, Japan - Saturday morning in Okinawa: Marines and students are sitting around a table talking and laughing at jokes. However, they are not just being casual; the Okinawan students are preparing for a trip to San Francisco.
Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, volunteered to help students of various information technology schools with their English communication skills at Okinawa IT Shinryo Park in Uruma City July 21 to prepare them for their trip.
The trip to San Francisco, slated for the end of August, is for the students to meet IT engineers and experience American culture.
The students have been holding English conversations with Marines for several weeks to prepare for their trip.
“We are here to help the (students) with their English communication skills,” said Lance Cpl. Justin R. Blackburn, a CH-46 helicopter mechanic with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262, MAG-36. “We are also enjoying ourselves and making some new friends.”
These individuals want to do more than the average teenager, according to Kari Miyakoshi, the group leader.
“I never went to high school,” said Nozomi Teruya, a student with the group. “Right after I finished middle school I started studying here at IT Shinryo Park. I’ve been here for four years now and hope when I go to San Francisco on our trip I will be able to get a job.”
The students hope that in the near future they will be able to increase their capabilities through the program.
“We try to make it possible for the students of the program to better themselves in their knowledge and communication skills,” said Miyakoshi.
| Date Taken: | 07.21.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 08.02.2012 02:46 |
| Story ID: | 92551 |
| Location: | OKINAWA, JP |
| Web Views: | 60 |
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