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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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Nerve Scrambler Therapy lessens pain for warfighters, Tricare patients

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AFNS) -- At first glance, Nerve Scrambler Therapy is a name that some might confuse with an experimental, avant-garde rock band from the 1970s. Think The Velvet Underground, Electric Light Orchestra or Grand Funk Railroad.
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Register for the 2018 US Army OCS Alumni Association Reunion

The reunion will be conducted March 25-29, 2018, in Columbus, Ga. The association represents all Army officers commissioned through any Officer Candidate School, regardless of previous locations or branch affiliation. Mini-class reunions are being encouraged.
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Marines gear up during a rapid response drill

U.S. Marines palletize gear during an Alert Contingency Marine Air Ground Task Force drill Oct. 18, 2017 on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan. Marines and Sailors palletized their gear, conducted weigh-ins and prepared to deploy within four hours of the first alert.
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Soldiers visit local preschool for monthly book reading event in Yomitan

SPC Tyler Sutton from 1-1 ADA and SPC Breona Chambers from 78th Signal Bn supported U.S. Army Garrison-Okinawa's monthly book reading event at local preschool in Yomitan Village Oct. 26. They read the "Three Little Pigs" followed by a lot of high fives and dancing.
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Recon Marines supervise screener at Camp Hansen

A Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force supervises Marines treading water during a reconnaissance screening at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 27, 2017.
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Okinawa Marine earns 2017 Marine Corps Enlisted Aide of the Year

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa, Japan – The enlisted aide to the III Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general will be recognized as the 2017 Enlisted Aide of the Year during a formal dinner in Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 14.