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A month in honor of generations of service

From the battlefields of the Civil War at home, to two world wars overseas, to Iraq and Afghanistan...

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Alternate win conditions for Operation Bikini

“Operation Bikini” begins every year in Spain about this time. It’s a dark ritual that involves...

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Clam up and start digging

Clam digging, or Shiohigari, is one of many popular outdoor activities for all generations in Japan...

Photos by Tetsuo Nakahara, Stripes Okinawa

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What does it take to be a successful military mom?

"The key to being a successful military mother is communication and love because in real life, moms...

Classrooms, such as this one at Baumholder High School, could soon be empty as the Defense Department school system deals with teacher furlough days. Matt Millham/Stars and Stripes

Parents, teachers unhappy with furlough plan for Defense Department schools

News

May 16, 2013

GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — A Department of Defense plan to close military-run schools for as many as five days at the beginning of next school year as part of the DOD budget cuts was met with frustration and resignation by educators and parents alike...

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Osaka mayor: ‘Wild Marines’ should consider using prostitutes

News

May 15, 2013

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — U.S. servicemembers should consider soliciting prostitutes to control their “sexual energies,” the mayor of Osaka said Monday. It was a suggestion that apparently didn’t get very far with a Marine commander in Okinawa...

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Gyokusendo Cave

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May 15, 2013

Okinawa's largest cave is also one of the largest in all of Japan. Gyokusendo Cave is at - really under - Okinawa World theme park in Nanjo City. Visitors can walk through the cave along an 850 meter long walkway that is built just above the...

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