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Army Scholarship Foundation to host fifth annual Help our Heroes luncheon Nov. 6

The Army Scholarship Foundation is pleased to announce its fifth annual Help our Heroes luncheon to be held on November 6 at 11:30 am at Brook Hollow Golf Club, 8301 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas.
Kadena freshman running back Markell Shelton tries to bull his way past Kubasaki defender Haydn Peterson. Shelton scored the Panthers' lone touchdown and had 198 yards on 21 carries, while Peterson led the Dragons with 13 tackles. Kadena edged Kubasaki 7-6. JAELYN FORBES/SPECIAL TO STRIPES
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Football: Kadena gets a scare, but stays unbeaten

With Kadena’s well of running backs thinning out due to injuries, coach Sergio Mendoza reached for a freshman who responded to the call.
Transitioning soldiers of the Central Texas College-Fort Hood SAP Cohort 2 class proudly display their certificates of completion from Central Texas College and St. Michael’s Learning Academy during a graduation ceremony at the CTC Fort Hood campus. Standing with the students are members of CTC and St. Michaels’s Academy administration and ceremony guest speakers.
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CTC recognizes second class of Fort Hood SAP graduates

Central Texas College (CTC) recently hosted a completion ceremony to recognize 11 graduates of the second CTC-Fort Hood Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing (SAP) cohort program.
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Commentary: The things that matter most

“The things that matter most must never be at the mercy of the things that matter least.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Micaiah Anthony
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Kadena Youth Center hosts culture exchange

Children from the Kadena Youth Center welcome Okinawan children for Cultural Exchange Day, Sept. 28, 2019, at Kadena Air Base, Japan.
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Spokesman for DODEA’s Pacific schools arrested on suspicion of driving drunk on Okinawa

The spokesman for all Department of Defense Education Activity schools in the Pacific region was arrested in Okinawa over the weekend on suspicion of drunken driving.
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 31st and 33rd Rescue Squadrons pose for a photo with local students during Air Force Immersion Day, Sept. 23, 2019, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Team Kadena invited 18 local university and vocational students to the base to participate in the interactive tour. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Micaiah Anthony)
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Kadena hosts tour for Okinawa students

Air Force Immersion Day is a new community engagement program developed to teach local college and vocational students about Kadena’s mission and its role in supporting the U.S. and Japanese alliance. Eighteen students visited the base for a tour Sept. 23.
Kadena's Alfonso Mendez tries to fend off American School In Japan's Nash Rasmussen. DAVE ORNAUER/STARS AND STRIPES
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Football: Kadena clinches spot in finals by beating ASIJ

Alfonso Mendez continuing his red-hot rushing attack was very much expected. What probably wasn’t was a relentless Kadena defense led by Jace Salas.
Hiroshi Toyama, Kadena Town mayor (seated left), U.S. Air Force Col. Thang T. Doan, 18th Mission Support Group commander (seated middle), and Hidekatsu Higa, Kadena Langage Institute dean (seated right), along with the latest members of the KLI internship program and coworkers on Kadena Air Base, Japan, pose for a photo Sept. 6, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff. Sgt. Micaiah Anthony)
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KLI celebrates successful internship program

After four weeks of internships across base, (number) Kadena Language Institute students, their family members, local community leaders and members of the 18th Wing enjoyed a farewell dinner together Sept. 6, 2019.
Nile C. Kinnick receiver Jahmari Jackson tries to shed the tackle of Kadena's Garron Lee. (SHEILA SUCKART/SPECIAL TO STRIPES)
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Kadena hands defending champ Kinnick first defeat

Friday’s game with Nile C. Kinnick wasn’t for the championship, the Panthers gained a measure of revenge for their defeat in last year’s Far East Division I final.
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Bad weather pushes ASIJ at Kubasaki football back

Friday’s American School In Japan at Kubasaki D-I football game was rescheduled for Nov. 1 due to Tropical Depression Tapah’s projected approach this weekend and forecast of high winds and heavy rain.
Senior running back Alfonso Mendez paced Kadena to its second victory last week, 6-0 over Humphreys. DAVE ORNAUER/STARS AND STRIPES
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Football: Kinnick hosts Kadena with something likely on the line again

Ask most Division I coaches in DODEA-Pacific football and they’ll tell you every game means something.
Lance Cpl. Luis A. Melendez Irizarry, a motor transport operator with Ie Shima Training, corrects student’s grammar Sept. 13 in Ie Village, Okinawa. The weekly cultural exchange started in February was initiated with the purpose of finding ways for students to practice the English they learned in class. (Photo by Nika Nashiro)
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Ie Village students learn English through interaction with Marines

Students at Ie Middle School hosted Marines from Ie Shima Training Facility for a cultural exchange Sept. 13 at the school in Ie Village, Okinawa. The Marines participated in two back-to-back English classes.
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Operation Homefront accepting 2020 Military Child of the Year® nominations and Military Child of the Year® Award for Innovation applications

Operation Homefront, the national nonprofit that builds strong, stable, and secure military families, is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Military Child of the Year® Awards, as well as applications for the 2020 Military Child of the Year® Award for Innovation.
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Only the essentials for college survival

“Mom! Where did you put the cups for my smoothie maker?!” my daughter, Anna, yelled from our basement last week while packing for her last year of college. An artsy fashion design major who considers orderliness boring, Anna was infamous in our family for losing things and accusing others of taking them.
Humphreys receiver Junior Gregory lsnags a pass against Kadena's Xavier Peace. TIA MCMILLAN/SPECIAL TO STRIPES
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Football: Kadena scores once ... and it's enough to beat Humphreys

With neither team able to generate much offense, Alfonso Mendez provided just enough scoring to give Kadena its second victory in as many tries.