U.S. Navy Lt. Springli Payeur, a medical officer assigned to 3d Medical Battalion, 3d Marine Logistics Group, tends to a simulated critical care patient during Remote Island Disaster Exercise 2021,...
III Marine Expeditionary Force will participate in the 03 Remote Island Disaster Exercise (RIDEX), a bilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) exercise, on Ukibaru-Jima Nov. 2, 2021.
As a kid, every New Year I would look forward to a sweet jelly called kouhaku kanten. Kanten is a jelly made from boiled tengusa algae and seaweed. It is known for being low-calorie and rich in fiber, so it is often used as a healthy alternative to regular sweets.
Turmeric, or “ukon” in Japanese, is a kind of ginger, known as a spice for Indian curry, and in Japan, it is mostly recognized as a food that can help avoid hangover.
It has been said that food is the soul of a country. This couldn’t be truer for Okinawa. A mix of favorable natural conditions and diverse foreign influences produced unique eating habits and a cooking style that is now known as “Okinawan cuisine”.
