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Three ongoing lung cancer research projects with the Uniformed Services University’s The American Genome Center will look at the genetics of lung cancer prevention and treatment. (Photo by Akea Brown)
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Military medicine forging pathways to treat and prevent lung cancer

The treatment landscape for lung cancer has changed dramatically in the six years since Navy Lt. Cmdr. (Dr.) Karen Zeman began her lung cancer training.
Airmen grieve following a memorial service for a fellow airmen. (Photo by Tech Sgt. Teri Eicher, 134th Air Refueling Wing.)
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PREVENTS aimed at reducing Service Member and Veteran suicide

In our nation, suicide has increased by 33% over the last 25 years across all demographics.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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.
In a Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019 file photo, U.S. Coast Guardsmen Gustavo Rosas, who missed his first paycheck a day earlier during the partial government shutdown, monitors marine vessel traffic at Sector Puget Sound base in Seattle. ELAINE THOMPSON/AP
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Coast Guard members could get paid as early as Tuesday

Coast Guard members can expect to see their missing paychecks as early as Tuesday, according to Adm. Charles W. Ray, vice commandant of the service.
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Servicemembers, DOD civilians could pay less in taxes this year following overhaul to tax code

WASHINGTON — The biggest changes to the tax code in more than a generation could mean substantial tax reductions for servicemembers and civilian federal employees when they file their taxes this year, according to the executive director of the Armed Forces Tax Council.
U.S. servicemembers help clean up an elementary school in Ishinomaki, Japan, April 2, 2011, after an earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan. NATHAN BAILEY/STARS AND STRIPES
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Airmen re-enact disaster response as ‘Fukushima 50’ filming takes off at Yokota

The home of U.S. Forces Japan was transformed into a mini-Tinseltown on Monday when a group of Japanese filmmakers arrived to shoot a movie featuring American airmen and Air Force helicopters.
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Former NFL stars visiting USO Okinawa Centers

We are thrilled to announce that two NFL alumni will be visiting USO Okinawa centers during Super Bowl weekend! Check out each of our USO Okinawa Facebook page to find out when they will be “meeting and greeting” with service members and families!
“Black Migrates” Theme 2019 Black History Month. (Art courtesy of Sigma Gamma Gamma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.)
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Sigma Gamma Gamma Graduate Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Sponsors 4th Annual Black History Art Contest

The Brothers of Sigma Gamma Gamma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. invites middle and high school students in grades 6th – 12th to participate in the 4th Annual Art Contest.
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Kadena Air Base diners have chance at $500,000 in peel-off prizes at Exchange Subways

Airmen and their families could cash in big just by quenching their thirst at their local Army & Air Force Exchange Service Subway restaurant.