Rapid Improvement Event category in the 2025 Naval Medical Forces Pacific Continuous Process Improvement Project Competition with their project “Improve Central Booking Effectiveness.”

Celebrate Independence Day with a bang at Camp Foster on July 5-6.

I introduced to myself the rule of “one hamburger per week.” That normally means a hamburger on Saturday, most likely at an A&W restaurant.

If you go to Gate 2 Street near Kadena AB regularly, Tesio may already be on your radar.This shop dedicated to specialty German-style sausages, has garnered much media attention since it opened in 2017.

With the summer arriving in Okinawa, fireworks and eisa dance festivals are making their way back.

One day after the rainy season was declared over in Okinawa, I was walking on the boardwalk by the Mihama American Village, still unable to embrace the unusually early arrival of the summer.

There are many taco joints on Okinawa, but Mexico is arguably one of the most famous. Since its debut in 1977, this joint has been known for serving only one simple menu item: “taco.”

Last year I visited Kissa Gitano, an eatery in the Sunabe Seawall known for their tasty Cuban sandwiches, a go-to when I lived in South Florida almost 10 years ago.

I will still occasionally go off the rails for a special hamburger like I did at BURGER’S TIME IMUA in Chatan, Okinawa.

Sailors assigned to Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa (CFAO), CFAO tenant commands, and U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa take a group photo after a Japan Self-Defense Force-hosted cleanup at Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa, Japan, June 7, 2025.