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Okinawa welcomes new chiefs during Pinning Ceremony

Chief selects stood side by side in the Keystone Theater on Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, awaiting their anchors during the Okinawa FY20 Chief Pinning Ceremony Sept. 12.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald sits inside a dry dock in preparation for launch at the Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., April 16, 2019. SAMANTHA CRANE/U.S. NAVY
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Japan safety board backs Navy’s findings on cause of deadly USS Fitzgerald collision

The Japanese government has issued its report on the fatal USS Fitzgerald collision, more than two years after the destroyer ran into a commercial container ship.
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Shop, Win, Cheer: Exchange giving away tickets to Army-Navy Game

Military shoppers have a chance to cheer on the Army Black Knights and Navy Midshipmen in person at the 2019 Army-Navy Game just by shopping the Camp Foster Exchange or commissary with their MILITARY STAR® card.
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Shop, Win, Cheer: Exchange giving away tickets to Army-Navy Game

Military shoppers have a chance to cheer on the Army Black Knights and Navy Midshipmen in person at the 2019 Army-Navy Game just by shopping the Kadena Exchange or commissary with their MILITARY STAR® card.
This is the Naval Education and Training Command logo. The NETC mission statement is "Fleet readiness starts here."
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Navy announces FY-20 general military training requirements

The Navy announced fiscal year (FY) 2020 General Military Training (GMT) requirements via Naval Administrative Message (NAVADMIN) 191/19, released Aug. 13.
Pedestrians cross the crowded streets in Tokyo's Shibuya area in March 2014. A sailor was found not guilty Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, of sexually assaulting a fellow sailor after a night of drinking in the popular nightlife district. STARS AND STRIPES
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Okinawa-based hospital corpsman found not guilty of sexually assaulting fellow sailor

A hospital corpsman accused of sexually assaulting a fellow sailor was found not guilty by a jury of seven men and one woman on Wednesday.
Damage to the left side is visible as the destroyer USS John S. McCain steers towards Changi Naval Base, Singapore, following a collision with a merchant vessel on Aug. 21, 2017. The Navy is replacing touch-screen throttles and helms on destroyers with hand-held ones after determining that the McCain's controls caused confusion that contributed to the collision. JOSHUA FULTON/U.S. NAVY
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Navy to trade new technology for old to help avoid ship collisions

The Navy is replacing touch-screen throttles and helms on destroyers with hand-held ones after determining that the state-of-the-art controls caused confusion that contributed to the USS John S. McCain’s deadly collision in 2017.
WASHINGTON (Aug. 6, 2019) The Navy is expanding options and capabilities offered to further improve the permanent change of station (PCS) move experience for Sailors and their families. Sailors can use MyPCS Mobile to download their lean orders and to calculate their PCS entitlements. (U.S. Navy graphic/Released)
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More sailor-friendly options for PCS moves

Navy Personnel Command (NPC) leaders announced today that they are expanding options and capabilities offered to further improve the Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move experience for Sailors and their families.
U.S. Navy Photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist John Pearl/Released
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Navy Medicine West (NMW) tests emergency communications during Citadel Rumble 2019

Patrick Gooden and Dennis Yard of Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) test HAM and Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) capabilities during Citadel Rumble 2019 at Navy Medicine West (NMW).
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andy O. Martinez)
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Reserve Marines train at ITX 5-19 in preparation of deployment to Okinawa, Japan

Reserve U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, joined forces with their active duty counterparts to support Integrated Training Exercise 5-19, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 25- Aug. 22, 2019.
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Brown Sugar: Buy into the secret behind Okinawa’s sweet-savory cuisine

Okinawan brown sugar, made from sugarcane grown in fields blessed with strong southern-island sunlight and minerals delivered by the ocean spray, is very rich in flavor.
Non-alcoholic Orion Clear Free beer was among the beverages offered during a tasting at Orion Happy Park in Nago, Okinawa, Aug. 14, 2019. CARLOS VAZQUEZ/STARS AND STRIPES
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Malt and hops: Happy times at Okinawa’s Orion Happy Park brewery

If there is a recipe for happiness, it surely contains malt and hops — and there is plenty of that to go around at Orion Happy Park in Nago city.
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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.