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Send a congratulatory note to the Class of 2019! Deadline: May 20

High school graduation is a special time, and Stars and Stripes is pleased to once again be putting together our annual Grad Tab, highlighting information on all of the Pacific DoDEA high schools and their graduating classes.
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Time to vote for the Best of the Pacific 2019

The holidays are behind us and it’s time once again to turn your attention to the yearly tradition unlike any other – Best of the Pacific voting season!
For the past 18 years, our annual Best of the Pacific magazine has been the authority on the best places YOU need to go in the Pacific. How do we know? Because you told us so!
Sophomore Abigail Irwin is one of two players vying for Kubasaki's girls soccer team's goalkeeping job. DAVE ORNAUER/STARS AND STRIPES
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Girls Soccer: Stars return for several teams with high hopes

A slew of Pacific girls soccer stars are back for encore performances and appear primed to lead their teams to prominence.
Senior Kai Lange of Matthew C. Perry, right, set a Pacific single-season record with 85 goals last season. VANESSA BADIOLA/SPECIAL TO STRIPES
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Boys Soccer: Perry, Kadena start off seasons experimenting

Why mess with success? To achieve even more success, or at least that’s the theory of two of DODEA-Pacific’s top soccer programs.
Photo courtesy of Ryuku Middle School
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Ryuku Middle School students gather supplies, help Okinawa non-profit

The Ryukyu Middle School Student Council recently held a supply drive to benefit Hearts for Okinawa from February 11th to March 1st.
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How a military family can save for a child’s college fund

The moment your child is born the clock starts ticking towards the thought of higher education and what the future may bring.
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Get the Facts on Getting College Credit for Service

ACE analyzes each MOS or Rating and associated ranks and grades to determine if the required knowledge and skills meet the academic requirements college credit.
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Where to start college?

College and university systems can vary greatly from state to state and from public to private schools. Although this may be frustrating at first, the different answers you receive will begin to help you find the best school for you.
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How military spouses pay for college

You made the decision to go back to school and retool. Good on you. But you are a military spouse. You and your service member have the rent, a car loan, some credit card debt and maybe only one income. 
How do you pay for college when you haven't got a dime?
Members of Team USA and Team Rising Sun greet one another after the Tomodachi Bowl at Reid Memorial Stadium, Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, March 10, 2019. DAVE ORNAUER/STARS AND STRIPES
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Friendly football matchup forged after tragedy continues to unite Americans, Japanese

While the Tomodachi Bowl is a competitive football game, it also resonates as a cultural experience and a lifelong memory for the Americans and Japanese who go head to head the second Sunday of each March.
Eric McCarter of Kadena High School, Okinawa, outruns Yuto Okano of Aoyama Gakuin University for a touchdown during the Tomodachi Bowl at Reid Memorial Stadium, Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, March 10, 2019. DAVE ORNAUER/STARS AND STRIPES
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Football: Defense rules the day as Team USA routs Rising Sun in eighth Tomodachi Bowl

If the best offense is a good defense, as the saying goes, then Team USA hit the mother lode Sunday and snapped a two-game Tomodachi Bowl losing streak in the process.
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Life as a military child

Fifteen years. Six schools.
And loved ones who stuck with me,
through every moment.
WASHINGTON (March 6, 2019) A screen image of the new Advancement Dashboard, a dynamic, user-friendly, web-based dashboard on MyNavy Portal (MNP) to give Sailors a detailed personal view of their eligibility status for advancement, and instructions and documentation to prepare for the advancement process. (U.S. Navy Graphic/Released)
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Going Digital: MyNavy Portal Introduces Advancement Dashboard for Enlisted Sailors

It just got a lot easier for Sailors preparing for the Navy-wide Advancement Exam (NWAE) with the roll-out of the Advancement Dashboard on MyNavy Portal (MNP), March 8.
Air Force Gen. Paul Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to students with the U.S. Senate Youth Program at the Pentagon, March 8, 2019. (Photo by EJ Hersom)
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Military Officers Guide Students Through Weeklong Senate Youth Program

For Navy Lt. Bradley Lentz, this is the second time he’s spent a week here as part of the U.S. Senate Youth Program. This time, he served as a mentor for the program. The first time, he was a high school participant.
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson tours the STEM demonstration prior to a screening of the movie “Captain Marvel” in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2019. The demonstration was held to inspire children to serve in the Air Force or STEM-related careers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rusty Frank)
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Air Force STEM event inspires next generation of innovators, explorers prior to ‘Captain Marvel’ screening

The Air Force hosted a STEM outreach event to lead into the screening of Disney’s “Captain Marvel” at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum March 7, in Washington, D.C.
High school basketball requires skill and rigorous training. In rare but highly publicized cases, it can also bring cardiac issues to the surface. (U.S. Army photo by Chuck Gannon)
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Sudden cardiac death in young athletes

In January, a student athlete at Spartanburg High School in South Carolina collapsed after a basketball game against rival Riverside. Two coaches performed CPR and used a defibrillator until paramedics arrived. The teenager survived.