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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.
Cmdr. Joseph Harder, commanding officer of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, announces the battalion’s selection for three 2018 Navy-wide unit community service awards during command quarters onboard Camp Shields in Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Lopez)
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Seabees battalion gives back to community, wins Navy-wide service award

Seventy-five percent of the Seabees assigned to NMCB-3 volunteered throughout 2018, contributing to over 1,330 hours of community service at 19 different events while at their homeport in Port Hueneme, Calif., and while deployed throughout the Indo-Pacific Region. 
Capt. Jordan Vargas, a platoon commander for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force, speaks with a crowd before a tactical display of a vehicle interdiction during a community engagement event at Naval Air Museum Barbers Point, Kapolei, Hawaii, Jan. 19, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Cantrell/Released)
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31st Marine Expeditionary Unit takes RUTEX to Hawaii

Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force kick off Realistic Urban Training Exercise at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Jan. 20, 2019. This is the first iteration of RUTEX in 2019 and the first time that the 31st MEU has conducted this exercise in Hawaii.
A Marine sprints towards the finish of the 41st Annual Ginowan City Traffic Safety Campaign Road Race last year at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan.
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42nd Annual Ginowan City Road Race kicks off at MCAS Futenma

Local and U.S. communities came together for the 42nd Annual Ginowan City Traffic Safety Campaign Road Race Jan. 19 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
The race was a way for the communities to bond through friendly competition and practice the importance of traffic safety. 
U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 3rd Marine Division, maneuver to suppress the enemy during exercise Forest Light 19.1, in Hijyudai Maneuver Area, Japan, on Dec. 15, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christine Phelps)
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Exercise Forest Light 19.2 coming to Okinawa

Approximately 400 Okinawa-based U.S. Marines will partner with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel to conduct the semiannual bilateral exercise Forest Light 19.2 from Feb. 4 -15, 2019 in the Aibano Maneuver Area. 
Marines and sailors with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force, carry tables from storage in preparation for a festival at the Hikarigaoka Nursing Home in Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 7, 2018. The battalion visits the nursing home twice a month to assist with grounds maintenance and friendship exchanges. (Photo By Nika Nashiro)
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Fellowship, partnership, fidelity – Marines, sailors carry on two decades of friendship with nursing home in kin town

Twenty Marines and sailors with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force arrived at Hikarigaoka Nursing Home in Kin Town in the early morning of Sept. 7 to help prepare for the upcoming district festival the next day. The U.S.
The U.S. Capitol Building as seen on Jan. 13, 2019. MICHAEL S. DARNELL/STARS AND STRIPES
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Veterans groups still left in the dark over how sweeping law will change VA

WASHINGTON — Three veterans organizations called attention this week to the ongoing lack of transparency about a sweeping law, set to take effect in the summer, that will fundamentally alter the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system.