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Personnel Support Specialist 1st Class Kara Campbell
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Sailor 360 Training at CFAO

Personnel Support Specialist 1st Class Kara Campbell, selected for promotion to chief petty officer and assigned to Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa administrative department, leads a Sailor 360...
DUKW unloading at Biak - free image of Hyperwar, a database of the US-military.
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HAVE YOU EVER…: A poem by a WWII sailor

Cindy Pearson Gates sent this Stars and Stripes. Here’s what she had to say: “Hello, my father, now passed, was a Boatswain's Mate on an LST in the Battle of Biak. When he was 19, he wrote a poem after the battle that is poignant and raw and honest. In his honor, I am putting it out there for you, in case you would be interested in it.” Cindy, we...
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CNO speaks to the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2024

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday visited the United States Naval Academy and spoke to the Class of 2024, Aug. 7, 2020.
Japanese police say three U.S. service members have been arrested on Okinawa in separate incidents that resulted in assault and shoplifting charges. PIXABAY
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Sailor, two Marines arrested in separate assault and theft incidents on Okinawa

Three U.S. service members were recently arrested on Okinawa in separate incidents that resulted in assault and shoplifting charges.
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.
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Florida Native to receive Senior Sailor of the Quarter Award

Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Stephen R. Berger, a native of Hollywood, Florida, has been designated the Senior Sailor of the Quarter for the second quarter of 2019 by Commander Robert Wilkerson, Commanding Officer of Patrol Squadron (VP) 5.
Okinawa police said the bodies of a U.S. Navy sailor and a Japanese woman were found in a unit of this apartment building around 7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 13, 2019. AYA ICHIHASHI/STARS AND STRIPES
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Okinawa police: Sailor who stabbed woman in apparent slaying-suicide had a history of domestic violence

The 3rd Marine Division sailor apparently responsible for killing a woman and then himself on Okinawa over the weekend had a pattern of domestic violence known to local and military police.
Okinawa police said the bodies of a U.S. Navy sailor and a Japanese woman were found in a unit of this apartment building around 7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 13, 2019. AYA ICHIHASHI/STARS AND STRIPES
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Japan says US sailor kills woman, self on Okinawa

A U.S. sailor fatally stabbed a Japanese woman and then killed himself on Okinawa, Japanese officials said.
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Okinawa-based sailor sentenced to five years for attempted rape of a child, other charges

A Japan-based sailor was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted in a court-martial last week of charges stemming from the attempted sexual abuse of two children, according to court documents.
Harrisburg, Penn. - Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 3rd Class Kayla Pomroy gets a hug from her mother, Devon Pomroy, after surprising her with a visit from Japan to Harrisburg, Penn. The Yokosuka-based Sailor used a new Morale, Wellfare and Recreation travel website known as American Forces Travel to book her trip. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
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New Pentagon MWR program offers sailors leisure travel savings

When Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 3rd Class Kayla Pomroy was considering taking leave to travel from Japan to be with family in Pennsylvania this past Christmas, she checked out a new website called American ForcesTravel.com.
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VIDEO| Speakin’ Japanese lesson: Let’s enjoy seasonal autumn food!

Summer is almost coming to an end, but there is no need feel sad!
Mozuku soba, photos by Shoji Kudaka
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How, where to slurp noodles like Okinawans

You may have heard that it’s OK to slurp noodles in Japan.
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The season of Japan's miso making

Yayoi Minowa talks about the long manual process in which miso is made.
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Discover tasty wonders of Okinawa's only depachika

As you see more and more shopping malls and super markets open on Okinawa these days, the word Depachika seems a little outdated, especially to those who are more used to casually shopping at shopping malls.
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Kampai to Okinawa's famous Awamori alcohol

The French have their wine, you can’t get more American than beer and everybody knows Japan is all about the sake, right?
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KISSA GITANO’s irresistible Cuban sandwich a taste of South Florida on Okinawa

After Typhoon Khanun was finally gone, I felt like getting out of the house to visit Okinawa’s Sunabe Seawall area for some rays and relaxation.