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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) -- A recent change to a Defense Department travel instruction strengthens enforcement of an Air Force policy that requires travelers to use a Government Travel Charge Card, also known as an Individual Billing Account.

U.S. Marines with Headquarters & Headquarters Support Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma, 1st Marine Air Wing, stand in formation at hanger 546 during a relief and appointment ceremony on MCAS Futenma, Dec. 19, 2017. Sgt. Maj. Jason L. Keppen replaced Sgt. Maj. Jerry D. Taylor as the acting sergeant major for MCAS Futenma.

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- While everyone seems to know the importance of putting aircraft in the sky, some may not understand the amount of support that goes into successful air power.

NAGO, OKINAWA, Japan -- Service members from across Okinawa sang Christmas Carols for an elderly community Dec. 15 at the Okinawa Airakuen Sanatorium in Nago, Okinawa, Japan.

Since 1938, the Nago Airakuen Sanatorium has been a convalescent home for leprosy patients or ex-leprosy patients.

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy announced revisions to the Physical Readiness Program separation policy, directing commands to discontinue processing Sailors for separation as a result of Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) failures and providing guidance on how to handle Sailors with approved separations in NAVADMIN 304/17, Dec. 21.

OKINAWA, Japan –Capt. Kedric Webster, the Group Surgeon for Commander, Task Force 76, passed away of natural causes Dec. 13 in Pensacola, Florida.