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Senior Airman Nadirah McKnight highlights the mission of the 21st Medical Support Squadron pharmacy section at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, in September, explaining the new MHS GENESIS Patient Portal. In its third phase of development, the future Virtual Education Center will be integrated into the Patient Portal (Video clip from Staff Sgt. Alexandra Longfellow, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado).
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Future patient health education portal will be 'source of truth'

The Defense Health Agency is prototyping a new Virtual Education Center to provide Military Health System patients with a slate of personalized, vetted, and timely medical information to address...
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Online courses will take you where you want to go

Long before the Coronavirus turned our lives upside down, online instruction has helped millions around the world gain competency and credits toward certification and academic degrees.
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An explanation of education advancement exams

You’ve been tested before and have the determination it takes to study hard and be prepared. Doing so on education advancement exams, which assess your skills, can help you earn your degree faster.
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Infosec Announces $120,000 in New Cybersecurity Education Scholarship Opportunities

Infosec today announced $120,000 in new cybersecurity education scholarship opportunities to help veterans, students and underrepresented groups in security launch and advance their careers.
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GODAC: Deep dive into island’s oceanic wonders

Have you ever wondered what it takes to get to the bottom of the ocean and how on earth people find those sea creatures that don’t need any light to survive?
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Check out this new website for military teens!

Bloom is a website made entirely by military teens, for military teens. Military life can be uncertain, chaotic, difficult, challenging and unpredictable. Moving is especially hard for teenagers, leaving their friends, school and all that they have known behind, and starting a new life in another state or country.
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Increase your skills and education from home during the COVID-19 pandemic

Make the most of the unexpected time you have at home because of the coronavirus disease 2019. Explore the wide range of education resources the Department of Defense offers for service members and their families. They include:
MONTEREY, Calif (Feb. 19, 2020) Department of the Navy Chief Learning Officer (CLO) John Kroger, right, and Vice Adm. Stuart B. Munsch, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Development (OPNAV N7), engage with Naval Postgraduate School leadership during discussions of the forthcoming Naval Education Strategy during a visit to the NPS campus, Feb. 19. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tom Tonthat)
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Department of the Navy releases Education for Seapower Strategy

The Department of the Navy (DON) released its new Education for Seapower Strategy 2020 today, providing a clear plan to help Sailors, Marines, and Department of the Navy civil servants develop the knowledge, critical thinking skills, and strategic perspectives necessary to prevail against any adversary across the full spectrum of conflict.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Karis Mattingly
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SMP hosts a Japanese 101 class

Jesika Long teaches U.S. service members how to speak Japanese during a language class at the Camp Foster Single Marine Program (SMP), Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 8, 2019.
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Military Child

Being a military child is difficult
When parents leave to catch criminals.
Photos by Shoji Kudaka
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Taste of Okinawa: Pizza Sun serves up delicious pie

Following a recommendation from one of our readers, I was on a quest for some good eats at Pizza Sun Okinawa.
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VIDEO| Taste of Okinawa: Making island's delicious doughnuts

Want to have some fun in the kitchen? Well, you should make her some Okinawan doughnuts. Sata Andagi are very simple to make, even if you are not an expert in the kitchen. It’s time to put on an apron and get cooking!
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Cuisine: Indian, Japanese

VIDEO| Quick and tasty Japanese curry in a bag

These pouches are a great way to add a little Japanese curry into your weeknight dinner menu repertoire.
Photos by Shoji Kudaka
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VIDEO| Okinawa Kitchen: Cooking up island's famous braised pork belly

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.
Photos by Shoji Kudaka
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Cuisine: Japanese

VIDEO| Not feeling good? Japanese comfort foods perfect cure!

Winter is the time where there are more chances of getting sick than in any other seasons. This winter looks no less unforgiving with a very contagious variant of COVID-19 adding another obstacle to the already difficult season.
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My Faves: Okinawan snacks that bring the heat

Unlike in South Korea or Bhutan, winter in Okinawa doesn’t take a lot of spicy hot-pot-type dishes to get through.