Community News

May 15 may mark the 45th anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion from U.S. control to Japan, but for many this historical date may go largely unnoticed due to a conspicuous lack of fanfare. 
 

U.S. Army Garrison Okinawa Commander Lt. Col. Lance "Vader 6" O'Bryan applies the Force Choke to Torii MWR - Okinawa Director Justin Evers, as Command Sgt. Maj. Doug "Storm Trooper 7" Tanchak nods in approval.

The Army men and women's dragon boat teams crushed it at the NahaHari today. The men's team took home first place out of all the military services in Division B and the women's team took second place out of the military services in Division A--missing first place by only three seconds. The races were thrilling, and the teamwork inspiring.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A misunderstanding about an auction of servicemembers’ unclaimed possessions struck a nerve in the military community this week.
After the outcry, Gene Daniels Auctions of Chesapeake, Va., on Thursday postponed the sale, which was planned for Saturday.

NORFOLK, Va. (Tribune News Service) — A Navy SEAL made his initial appearance Wednesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Norfolk on charges he recorded himself molesting a sleeping child.
 

BEIJING (Tribune News Service) — North Korea is building artificial islands in the Yellow Sea and topping them with what appear to be military installations, satellite images reveal.