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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.
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Kadena hosts annual holiday celebration with Santa and Mrs. Claus

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Okinawan children arrive at Tinsel Town Dec. 1, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Tinsel Town is Kadena's annual holiday celebration offering meet-and-greets with Santa and Mrs. Claus, games, food and free entertainment.
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III MEF Band kicks off the holiday season with Annual Christmas Concert

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – III Marine Expeditionary Force Band kicked off their annual Christmas Concert with a performance called “It’s a Wonderful Corps,” Dec. 5 at the Camp Foster Theater.
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New performance evaluation tool tested by fleet sailors

MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- After a major phase of fleet testing Nov. 30, the Navy is making great progress in fielding an enhanced and modern performance evaluation system that emphasizes quality feedback to improve individual and unit performance — what many consider a must in an era of great power competition.
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America bids goodbye to President George H.W. Bush

WASHINGTON -- Eulogies hailed former President George Herbert Walker Bush as both a great and a good man at a state funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral here today.
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Military Spouses connect to home and each other through USO's Operation That's My Dress

“So much more than a dress.”
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USO’s Special Delivery a hit in the Pacific

Heidi Murkoff, author of best-selling What to Expect book series, recently visited the Pacific Region on her 2018 USO Special Delivery Tour. Traveling to Hawaii, Okinawa, Korea, Japan, and Guam, Heidi and the USO Pacific Team co-hosted over fifteen baby showers, reunions, and hospital visits.