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Marine Corps Installations Pacific to hold Force Protection Exercise

This is a U.S. led exercise with participation from different units within Marine Corps Installations Pacific to include Marine Corps Base Butler and Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Gabriel Marrero, a fire directional control specialist with Headquarters Battery, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, stands security during Thunder Field Training Exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 18, 2019. The purpose of the exercise is to rehearse setting up an expeditionary combat operations center and refine procedures for doing so. Marrero is a native of Atlantic City, N.J. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Jamal Norris)
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2019 Thunder FTX

U.S. Marines with 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, practiced a command and control during exercise, Thunder Field Training Exercise, aboard Camp Hansen’s Central Training Area on Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 18, 2019.
U.S. Army Green Berets from 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), complete a land navigation exercise with Team Kadena Airmen from the 18th Wing, Aug. 20, 2019, at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Reft)
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Welcome to the Jungle

Throughout the Pacific Theater, U.S. military units must overcome jungle terrain riddled with cliffs, poisonous creatures, dense foliage yielding mere yards of visibility, and muddy slopes that threaten to launch anyone down 30-foot ravines of twisted roots and jagged rocks.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Reft
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Airfield Exercise boosts US-JPN Alliance

Airmen from the U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force huddle up prior to a rapid airfield damage repair exercise Aug. 30, 2019, at Naha Air Base, Japan.
Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force perform a care-under-fire demonstration during Orient Shield 2018 in Miyagi prefecture, Japan. JOSHUA SYBERG/U.S. ARMY
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US and Japanese troops set to begin annual Orient Shield live-fire exercise across Japan

A thousand U.S. soldiers will drill alongside 750 members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in military training areas all over Japan this month.
U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, participate in the Central Training Area High Mobility Artillery Rocket System field training exercise, known as CTA HIMARS, on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, from Aug. 15-30, 2019. The integration of HIMARS during this FTX helps refine tactics, techniques and procedures to enhance the Marine Corps’ readiness within the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ujian Gosun)
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3/12 participates in CTA HIMARS field training exercise

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, participated in Central Training Area High Mobility Artillery Rocket System field training exercise, known as CTA HIMARS, on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, from Aug. 15-30, 2019.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matthew B. Fredericks
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909th ARS participates in Red Flag-Alaska 19-3

A 67th Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle and 909th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker, both from Kadena Air Base, Japan, conduct aerial refueling during RED FLAG-Alaska 19-3 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 7, 2019.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Seefeldt
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Kadena Sentry keeps watch over Indo-Pacific

An E-3 Sentry from the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron flies during a training exercise July 10, 2019, out of Kadena Air Base, Japan.
Soldiers with the 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team and other Army units set up a perimeter around a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Palau International Airport during an exercise, April 13, 2019. Exercise Palau ran from April 13-19. It included several security cooperation training events, along with community and animal health outreach services at several sites. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class John Etheridge)
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Stryker BCT Soldiers bolster relationships through Pacific Pathways

More than 600 Soldiers with the 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat team helped build readiness and strengthen partnerships in Thailand, the Philippines and Palau, in support of Pacific Pathways 19-1.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mandy Foster
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Joint CBRN Exercise

Members of a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear response team collect samples of a hazardous substance found a simulated incident scene during the Joint and Coalition CBRN Response Exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 18, 2019.
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A-Danny: Curry house offers ultimate, tasty challenge in Chatan

If you’re looking to enjoy some delicious Indian cuisine and cold cocktails with a group of friends, look no further than Asian Dining Bar A-Danny.
The Popeyes chicken sandwich has been a subject of much discussion since it was released in August of 2019. POPEYES
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Want to try the new Popeyes chicken sandwich? It hasn’t deployed to overseas military bases

Troops and their families are wondering when they will get a taste of the fast-food chicken sandwich that last month launched the “chicken sandwich wars” on social media and drew mouth-watering reviews.
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Café & Sweets Sunroom brews up the right taste

Sunroom Café and Sweets is quietly nestled away on the 81. But that solitude, accompanied by its fresh bakery and delicious coffee, makes the quaint shop one of my top choices for food, drink, and peace.
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Hamaya near Kadena AB offers tasty Okinawan noodle

Located at Sunabe Seawall in Chatan Town, this 33-year-old Okinawa noodle shop is very popular with locals and tourists alike – one of the town’s most popular, according to a Chatan Town Visitors Association staffer.
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Okinawans really love their Spam

Spam, Spam, Spam – lovely Spam!
To most, it’s an old Monty Python skit. But if you’re on Okinawa, it’s a way of life.
Photos by Shoji Kudaka
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Roll up for a tasty burrito in Chatan, Okinawa

Burritos are not common in Japan. To top that, putting one together can prove a challenge.