Mayumi Teruya, an administrative specialist in the Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa administrative department, is the CFAO Master Labor Contract Category “B” Employee of the Year for Fiscal Year...
A chief pinning ceremony was held onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa’s White Beach Naval Facility Jan. 29, 2021. Seven personnel who passed the chief initiation process were honored or pinned.
As I write this, the current lockdown is set to continue for a few more weeks and I don’t actually know what will be permitted or open again on February 14. But, I gather that we will most likely be home, like most other holidays this past year.
USO Okinawa created the hugely popular Operation Birthday Cake program in 2007. To date, nearly 7,000 cakes have been delivered to service members stationed in Okinawa as requested by family and friends back in the states.
My name is Jodie Allen. I was born in New Mexico but grew up in Missouri, making me a Midwest girl at heart. I went to college in Florida and studied political science. I completed my degree in 2017.
“Phil” VanEtten obtained his B.S. in Aviation Management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. He served as a Marine for 27 years in aircraft maintenance, aviation logistics, and installations logistics billets.
3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Force’s comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.
Jeff Pitt was born on July 16, 1955 in Yuma, Arizona. He was raised in Kearny, Arizona, a small copper mining town in Pinal County until he joined the US Navy in 1974.
Angela Tom is originally from Sacramento, California, and grew up with a big family - six siblings! And, growing up near the Bay Area, she’s a huge sports fan and loves the San Francisco Giants and 49ers!
If you have traveled to Okinawa, you may have stumbled across a dish fit for kings. It’s true, rafute, or braised pork belly, was served as a staple to Okinawan royalty.
