5th graders at Bob Hope Elementary School participate in an activity led by Seabees from NAVFAC (Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command) Feb. 25, 2022.
A chief pinning ceremony was held onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa’s White Beach Naval Facility Jan. 29, 2021. Seven personnel who passed the chief initiation process were honored or pinned.
On Nov. 24, the Navy Exchange Service Command’s (NEXCOM) Navy Lodge Program reached 100,000 cumulative total room nights supporting Restriction of Movement (ROM) guests due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Brian Wolford, 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG) commanding general, speaks with Marines and Sailors during a town hall on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 22, 2020.
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Crystal Guillory, a career planner with 3rd Maintenance Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), and a native of Orange County, California, answers questions from Marines during a Health and Wellness Expo on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 21, 2020.
U.S. Marines Corps 1st Lt. Tianximg Hu an adjutant with 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, embraces his wife upon returning from deployment to Darwin, Australia, at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 15, 2020.
Last night, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday in a self-recorded video spoke to Sailors about the death of Mr. George Floyd and the subsequent unrest across the country.
As COVID free Sailors move aboard to prepare the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) to go back to sea and execute their mission, the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet Commander and the Fleet Master Chief visited the crew to see the operation firsthand and thank the Sailors for their resilience and dedication in getting the “Big Stick” back...
U.S. Marines and Sailors with 3rd Marine Division thank the medical, emergency and critical services personnel for their service to save lives, keep everyone safe and for keeping essential services going.
As you see more and more shopping malls and super markets open on Okinawa these days, the word Depachika seems a little outdated, especially to those who are more used to casually shopping at shopping malls.
As an island nation, Japan harvests numerous types of seaweed from all around the country, such as hijiki from the crevices of rocks by the sea, and kombu from the shallow waters off the coastline.