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FDA expands access to ecstasy drug for PTSD therapy

Iraq War veteran Jonathan Lubecky was deployed to Balad Air Base in 2006, where mortar attacks became part of daily life.
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Kadena Exchange’s BE FIT gear helps Kadena shoppers focus on fitness

The Army & Air Force Exchange Service at Kadena is providing Airmen and the military community with the tools needed to stay ready and resilient in the new year.
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Camp Foster Exchange’s BE FIT gear helps Camp Foster shoppers focus on fitness

The Army & Air Force Exchange Service at Camp Foster is providing Marines and the military community with the tools needed to stay ready and resilient in the new year.
Members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's 12th Infantry Regiment salute their flags during the opening ceremony for exercise Forest Light at Camp Oyanohara in Kyushu, Japan, Jan. 18, 2020. ETHAN LEBLANC/U.S. MARINE CORPS
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As US-Japan defense treaty turns 60, experts call for more Japanese investment in US alliance

A day after the 60th anniversary of the U.S.-Japan defense treaty’s signing, U.S. and Japanese experts on Monday called for more commitment from Japan to the alliance.
Chief Master Sgt. John Bentivegna, left, senior noncommissioned officer for Combined Force Space Component Command and Space Operations Command, poses with Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, the 5th Air Force command chief, during a Space Symposium on Yokota Air Base, Japan, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. SETH ROBSON/STARS AND STRIPES
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pace Force is getting ready to fight wars, senior NCO says

It’s fun to talk about Space Force uniforms and blasting troops into orbit, but the first priority for the new service branch is getting capabilities to warfighters, a top Space Force enlisted leader said.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary R. Larsen
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VIDEO| 43rd Annual Ginowan Traffic Safety Relay

U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma and members of the local community compete in the 43rd Annual Ginowan Traffic Safety Relay Race on MCAS Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 18, 2020.
Runners participate in the 43rd Annual Ginowan Safety Relay at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 18, 2020. The relay race was held to raise awareness for road safety and to build the relationship between the U.S. military and local Okinawa communities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary R. Larsen)
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U.S. military, local Okinawa communities participate in 43rd Annual Ginowan Traffic Safety Relay

A big part of life in Okinawa is the amount of traffic that occurs on a daily basis. The Ginowan City Traffic Safety Relay is held for communities to bond and practice the importance of traffic safety.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Ayers
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3d Marine Division conducts high-frequency communications training with 1st Marine Division

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, currently attached to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, under the Unit Deployment Program, conduct high-frequency, long distance communications training with Marines from 1st Marine Division from Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, to Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 14, 2020.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kayla V. Staten
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VIDEO| MCAS Futenma USO celebrates grand reopening

Service members, Okinawa residents and members with the United Station Organizations (USO) attend a ceremony at the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma USO office, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 16, 2020.
A fisherman stranded for five days in the Pacific Ocean signals to the crew of a Navy P-8A Poseidon about 600 nautical miles from Guam, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. U.S. NAVY
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Navy Poseidon crew finds fisherman stranded in Pacific about 600 miles from Guam

A fisherman stranded about 600 nautical miles from Guam is safe thanks to the crew of a Navy P-8A Poseidon operating out of Kadena Air Base on Okinawa.
Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Audrey M. C. Rampton
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U.S. Marines, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force begin Exercise Forest Light Western Army

More than 145 Okinawa-based U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit will join around 500 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members, for bilateral training exercise Forest Light Western Army Jan. 18 – 31, 2020, in Kyushu, Japan.
The 30-foot memorial of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a social activist, civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, stands tall in the sunlight, June 6, 2013, at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The sculpture was designed as a lasting tribute to Dr. King Jr.’s legacy and as a monument to freedom, opportunity and justice for which he stood. (U.S. Air Force photo by L. Cunningham)
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“I Have a Dream” still inspiring

“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’ … I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
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USO MCAS Futenma celebrates Grand Re-Opening

USO MCAS Futenma is here to stay! The center completed an 18 -month renovation of its 12,000 sq ft center celebrating with a grand re-opening on Thursday, Jan. 16.
U.S. Marines and sailors assigned to Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, participate in a hike in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. around Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan on Jan. 16, 2019. The purpose of the hike was to commemorate Dr. King's life and his struggle to combat racial inequality through nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher A. Madero)
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Camp Foster's 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Hike

U.S. Marines and sailors assigned to Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, conducted a hike in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life on Jan. 16 on Camp Foster.
ARLINGTON, Va. (Jan. 16, 2020) Adm. Christopher W. Grady, commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command and U.S. Naval Forces Northern Command, delivers remarks during a discussion panel at the Surface Navy Association's 32 National Symposium at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brent Pyfrom/Released)
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Surface Navy Leaders Focus on Readiness, Need to Build Future Fleet

Improving readiness, maintaining the fleet and building the surface fleet of the future were topics Navy leaders, along with speakers from industry and academia, discussed on the third day of the Surface Navy Association’s 32nd National Symposium Jan. 16.
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Air Force Aid Society launches new enhancements to its mobile budget app

The Air Force Aid Society recently released a new version of its free AFAS Budget Builder App.