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After a full weekend of non-stop BBQing, a day of rest, work, running around doing all the honey-dos, I finally was able to settle down and prepare my weekly Tuesday night BBQ. Tuesday night is the designated daughter and hubby visitation night. I love it because I get to have them over for dinner and......I get to BBQ.
 

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 replaced VMM-262 as the aviation combat element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Friday.

Editor’s Note: This series is about the Japanese home front in and around Sasebo, Japan during World War II. It is not a condemnation or critique of actions taken by either side during the war but rather a look at the civilian perspective of the war and the still surviving facilities that supported the war effort. 
 

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan --
An aircrew from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron here refueled U.S. Navy aircraft assigned to the USS Carl Vinson in the Western Pacific during a training mission and diverted to Yokota Air Base, Japan, to provide aeromedical evacuation support for two patients May 3.

There are three Okinawans currently competing on the LPGA Tour; Ai Miyazato, Mika Miyazato and Ayako Uehara make up the trio. Ai Miyazato, whose career earnings top $8 million, was the No. 1 ranked golfer for 11 weeks in 2010, finishing the season at No. 6. Her two brothers, Kiyoshi and Yusaku, are professional golfers in Japan, as well.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's coalition partner warned that a proposal to broaden the military's role to strike back against enemy attacks risks upsetting Japan's neighbors.