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Nile C. Kinnick receiver Jahmari Jackson tries to shed the tackle of Kadena's Garron Lee. (SHEILA SUCKART/SPECIAL TO STRIPES)
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Kadena hands defending champ Kinnick first defeat

Friday’s game with Nile C. Kinnick wasn’t for the championship, the Panthers gained a measure of revenge for their defeat in last year’s Far East Division I final.
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Bad weather pushes ASIJ at Kubasaki football back

Friday’s American School In Japan at Kubasaki D-I football game was rescheduled for Nov. 1 due to Tropical Depression Tapah’s projected approach this weekend and forecast of high winds and heavy rain.
Senior running back Alfonso Mendez paced Kadena to its second victory last week, 6-0 over Humphreys. DAVE ORNAUER/STARS AND STRIPES
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Football: Kinnick hosts Kadena with something likely on the line again

Ask most Division I coaches in DODEA-Pacific football and they’ll tell you every game means something.
Lance Cpl. Luis A. Melendez Irizarry, a motor transport operator with Ie Shima Training, corrects student’s grammar Sept. 13 in Ie Village, Okinawa. The weekly cultural exchange started in February was initiated with the purpose of finding ways for students to practice the English they learned in class. (Photo by Nika Nashiro)
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Ie Village students learn English through interaction with Marines

Students at Ie Middle School hosted Marines from Ie Shima Training Facility for a cultural exchange Sept. 13 at the school in Ie Village, Okinawa. The Marines participated in two back-to-back English classes.
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Operation Homefront accepting 2020 Military Child of the Year® nominations and Military Child of the Year® Award for Innovation applications

Operation Homefront, the national nonprofit that builds strong, stable, and secure military families, is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Military Child of the Year® Awards, as well as applications for the 2020 Military Child of the Year® Award for Innovation.
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Only the essentials for college survival

“Mom! Where did you put the cups for my smoothie maker?!” my daughter, Anna, yelled from our basement last week while packing for her last year of college. An artsy fashion design major who considers orderliness boring, Anna was infamous in our family for losing things and accusing others of taking them.
Humphreys receiver Junior Gregory lsnags a pass against Kadena's Xavier Peace. TIA MCMILLAN/SPECIAL TO STRIPES
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Football: Kadena scores once ... and it's enough to beat Humphreys

With neither team able to generate much offense, Alfonso Mendez provided just enough scoring to give Kadena its second victory in as many tries.
Nile C. Kinnick running back Jayden Jones gets hemmed in by Kubasaki defenders Jamie Byrd and Sebastian Stone. (DAVE ORNAUER/STARS AND STRIPES
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Football: New standouts, same Kinnick in triumph over Kubasaki

Replace the entire starting backfield from last season? No problem for defending Far East Division I champion Nile C. Kinnick.
Senior middle blocker Jessica Atkinson is one of a few key returners for Zama's volleyball team. (DAVE ORNAUER/STARS AND STRIPES)
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Volleyball: Players have big shoes to fill for defending champs

The sophomore is being tasked to fill the shoes of Kubasaki’s setter of the last two seasons, Mimi Larry, the 2018 Far East Division I Tournament Most Valuable Player for a program that’s won four of the last five D-I titles.
Nile C. Kinnick's cross country team is hoping to take a leap back to the overall Far East championship it won two seasons ago. (DAVE ORNAUER/STARS AND STRIPES)
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Cross Country: Kinnick freshman could follow brother's fetes, but not footsteps

Manzi Siibo’s brother Aki swept the Kanto, DODEA-Japan and Far East cross country titles last year. Now, the freshman speedster is now being called “the next one” by observers and Nile C. Kinnick teammates.
Jack Carey, quarterback for the Kadena Panthers, runs the ball during a game against the Kubasaki Dragons at Mike Petty Stadium on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. CARLOS M. VAZQUEZ II/STARS AND STRIPES
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Football: Kadena throttles Kubasaki in Okinawa opener

Mike Petty Stadium was quite windy and wet in the aftermath of Typhoon Lingling. And Kadena missed several chances to put points on the board thanks to too many penalties, coach Sergio Mendoza said.
Players from the Kadena Panthers gather after the defeating the Kubasaki Dragons in the first football game of the season at Mike Petty Stadium on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. CARLOS M. VAZQUEZ II/STARS AND STRIPES
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On the scene: Spirit and sweat as Kadena takes on Kubasaki in season's first football game

There's nothing like a high school football game. Here's a glimpse of what it was like on the sidelines as Kadena played Kubasaki at Mike Petty Stadium (check out our game coverage here):
USO Staff Jamie Webb serving cotton candy to a military child!
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USO Okinawa carnival celebrates Month of the Military Child

USO Okinawa provides outreach to Camps Courtney and McTureous.
In Germany, $46.6 million is at stake to replace Robinson Barracks Elementary School. The school opened in 1953 in a building that previously held a military hospital for U.S. forces after World War II. U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart (U.S. ARMY GARRISON STUTTGART)
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DOD school projects grind to a halt in Germany, Japan and stateside for border fencing

Plans to replace or renovate nine Defense Department schools — most of them overseas — have been shelved under the Pentagon’s move to divert $3.6 billion in military construction funds to pay for part of President Donald Trump’s border wall.
Air Force Junior ROTC cadets at Southeastern University, Lakeland, Fla., study hard through the eight-week Air Force JROTC Flight Academy program for the chance to earn their private pilot certification. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)
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CSAF Private Pilot Scholarship Program changing face of US aviation

In 2018, almost half of all newly licensed female pilots between the ages of 17 and 19 were graduates of the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Flight Academy.
Valerie Roshong, a teacher with Lester Middle School, speaks to students about school rules, Aug. 27, 2019 on Camp Lester, Okinawa, Japan. Marines from across Okinawa visited LMS to interact with students, and help facilitate a variety of fun team building activities to introduce the new school year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Karis Mattingly)
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U.S. Marines volunteer at Lester Middle School

U.S. Marines from across Okinawa visited Lester Middle School to interacted with students facilitating a variety of fun, team-building activities, Aug. 27.