1. COMMUNITY NEWS
  2. Community News

Community News

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)
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

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.)
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

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.
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

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.
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

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.
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

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.
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

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)
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

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
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

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
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

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
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

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.
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

Meet the Army's 'Dungeon Dragons': the first line of defense on the Korean penninsula

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea, Sept. 14, 2017 — More than four stories below the entrance of 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade headquarters here, teams of soldiers provide around-the-clock, real-time surveillance of the tactical ballistic missile threat on the Korean Peninsula.
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

Republic of Korea Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Lee visits Camp Kinser, Okinawa

Sgt. Maj. Kyung Woong Lee, left, sergeant major of Republic of Korea Marine Corps, speaks to Marines from Combat Logistics Regiment 35 with his interpreter Lance Cpl. Seong Cho, right, an engine equipment operator with 3d Transportation Support Battalion, during a corporal’s course sword and guidon practice Sept.
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

Army scientists discover power in urine

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory observed an unexpected result when combining urine with a newly engineered nano-powder based on aluminum. It instantly releases hydrogen from the urine at much higher rate than with ordinary water.
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

Air Force announces 100 percent promotion opportunity to major

WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- In the latest move to restore the Air Force’s readiness and lethality, senior leaders are taking a closer look at officer performance management with a focus on developing leaders and retaining the talented professionals the service needs.
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

DoD, academia test systems for GPS denial

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) -- Navigating the globe was once done using the sun, moon and stars as references, but modern times bring modern methods, and the majority of the world now relies on GPS for its navigation needs.

But what happens when GPS isn’t available?
Read on Stripes.com
Community News
Cuisine:

Face of Defense: Airman Accepts Marine Corps Challenge

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass., Sept. 13, 2017 — Deploying overseas for the first time as a member of the Air Force’s security forces can be a daunting experience for a young airman with less than two years of service.