1. COMMUNITY NEWS
  2. Community News

Community News

Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

AAFES to launch 12 Weeks of Savings for Holiday Shopping at Camp Foster

Military shoppers looking to get a head start on holiday shopping while avoiding crowds can turn to the Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s 12 Weeks of Savings.
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

AAFES to launch 12 weeks of savings for holiday shopping at Kadena Air Base

Military shoppers looking to get a head start on holiday shopping while avoiding crowds can turn to the Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s 12 Weeks of Savings.
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

Exchange, Disney to host free online movies, activities for military children through December

The Army & Air Force Exchange Service and The Walt Disney Studios are helping military families at Kadena Air Base and U.S. military installations worldwide create magic moments at home with Operation Fun, a series of free online movie screenings and weekly virtual activities.
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

Sound Off: What military spouses say about COVID-19

Recently, I decided to change my “lurker” status, and post something in a popular military spouse Facebook group to which I belong. In my first post to the group, I asked how military families had been affected by COVID-19 restrictions.
The joint HIE securely connects DoD, VA, U.S. Coast Guard, and hundreds of other select federal and private sector partners with patient health and benefit information data. Using the joint HIE, all health providers within the system -whether at a military medical treatment facility or in the TRICARE civilian network-can securely access beneficiary records and health information, including lab and radiology results. (Official Navy photo by Douglas Stutz, Naval Hospital Bremerton Public Affairs)
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

JHIEs give providers better access to patient information

Before the SARS-CoV-2 virus began to spread across the globe, the Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization program was in the process of coordinating with the Department of Defense and the Department Veterans Affairs to expand provider access to patient health records through the new joint health information exchange.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Sutton
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

Air Force, Marines perform joint FARP training

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron descends slowly toward a landing zone Aug. 27, 2020, at Torri Station, Japan.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Sutton
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

18th CES maintains equipment

Airman 1st Class Jeffery Haws, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuel systems maintenance apprentice, and Staff Sgt. Steven Blakeley, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuel systems maintenance journeyman, perform an attachment swap on a compact track loader Aug. 20, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Sutton
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

Team Kadena paticipates in diversity discussion

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Joel L. Carey, 18th Wing commander, speaks to members of Team Kadena during a diversity discussion Sept. 2, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan.
1st Lt. Ralph Richard Hayes, 20th Air Force, Army Air Corps, 421st Bombardment Squadron bombardier, poses for a photo June 7, 1945, during World War II. Hayes and his crew of 10 men completed 35 missions during the war: 14 precision daylight, 11 low-altitude night fire raids and 10 night mining missions in Japanese and Korean waters. (Courtesy Photo)
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

Remembering: A WWII vet’s story

Black and white photos portray a strong, smiling young man preparing for war, a beautiful snow-covered Mount Fuji with B-29 Superfortresses flying by and aerial photos exhibiting the remains of war-torn Hiroshima.
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

USU & JTS lead global COVID-19 Grand Rounds

A 28-year-old was critically ill due to COVID-19. The patient seemed to improve at first, but within days, quickly developed a bacterial super-infection.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan H. Pulliam
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

Marine Corps Installations' generals dine with Marines on Okinawa

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Edward D. Banta (right), the commanding general for Marine Corps Installations Command, speaks to a Marine at the Camp Foster mess hall at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan July 24, 2019.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mandy Foster
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

Joint CBRN Exercise

Members of a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear response team collect samples of a hazardous substance found a simulated incident scene during the Joint and Coalition CBRN Response Exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 18, 2019.
WASHINGTON (July 24, 2019) - The MyNavy UNIFORMS app provides Sailors with the necessary information and guidance for properly wearing their uniforms. The app is free to download at the Navy App Locker: https://www.appLocker.navy.mil (U.S. Navy graphic/Released)
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

New Uniform Mobile App has new name, new guidance

One of the more popular mobile applications the Navy has is the OPNAV Uniform Regulations app released in October 2017. Just like your worn out uniforms, the app needed updated. With a new name and more information, the OPNAV Uniform Regulations is now MyNavy UNIFORMS which hit app stores, July 18.
Bug Week graphic (MHS graphic)
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

Move over sharks … It’s time to talk about bugs!

This summer, the Military Health System celebrates Bug Week from July 27 through August 2 to educate the military community and general public about bug-borne illnesses they may encounter at home and at forward-deployed operational sites.
Retired Army Capt. Ryan Kules with his wife Nancy and their children Jillian, Liv and Evan. Injured by a roadside bomb in 2005, Kules lost his right arm above the elbow and his left leg above the knee. He now works with Wounded Warrior Project and helped push for new legislation to get more government funding for disabled veterans to modify their homes. PHOTO COURTESY RYAN KULES.
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

Bill to improve VA adaptive housing grants passes House

A bill to increase the amount of funding available to disabled veterans to adapt their homes to meet their needs is one step closer to becoming law.
A U.S.-bound plane is parked at a gate at Narita International Airport in Japan, March 9, 2019. AARON KIDD/STARS AND STRIPES
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

American with loaded gun in luggage is arrested at airport en route to new job at Okinawa base, police say

A Seattle man flying to Okinawa for a new job as a civilian firefighter at White Beach Naval Facility was arrested after a loaded firearm was found in his bag at Narita International Airport, Japanese police said.