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Submit your Month of the Military Child story by April 15

Let’s celebrate Month of the Military Child by sharing your story. Your stories don’t have to be long, but don’t feel like it has to be short, either. Just tell us what’s on your mind.
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Time to vote for the Best of the Pacific 2021

A new year is upon us, and it’s time once again to turn your attention to the yearly tradition unlike any other – Best of the Pacific voting season!
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Q&A about Indie Film STAY with Filmmaker Darryl Wharton-Rigby

My name is Darryl Wharton-Rigby. I am an American filmmaker originally from Baltimore, Maryland who now lives in Japan.
An aerial view of damage to Sukuiso, Japan, a week after an earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the area. DYLAN MCCORD/U.S. NAVY PHOTO
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March 11, 2011: A day to remember in Japan

In the early afternoon of March 11th of 2011, Japan was rocked by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake that caused widespread damage across the country.
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Service Reflections: Army veteran recalls serving in Iraq war with son, daughter

As a young man, I had no father figure in my life. My father passed away at the early age of 37 (I was 7 at the time). As I was entering my teenage years, my mother dated a retired Air Force Colonel who got me thinking about joining the military.
Photo by Nathan A. Bailey, Stars and Stripes
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10 years later, a reminder to prepare

Ten years have passed since the East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. The unprecedented 9.0-magnitude earthquake, subsequent tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown struck the eastern coast and caused significant damage nationwide.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jan David De Luna Mercado
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VP-8 Flight OPS

A P-8A Poseidon, assigned to the “Fighting Tigers” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 8, takes off from Misawa Air Base.
Photo by Ensign Emilio Mackie
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USS Barry named Navy's top Pacific Fleet Sub Hunter

Commander, Naval Surface Forces awarded forward-deployed, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) the 2020 Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Bloodhound Award for the Pacific Fleet, Feb. 22.
Navy Hospitalman Benjamin Mason, a Hospital Corpsman assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Corpus Christi locates a prescription refill before delivering it to a patient at the Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi drive-thru pharmacy. Drive-thru pharmacy service is just one of the measures in place at NHC Corpus Christi aimed at keeping staff and patients safe during the COVID-19 pandemic (Photo by: Dale Davis, Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi, Texas).
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DOD officials provide COVID-19 response update

Three Defense Department officials spoke at a recent Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the department's support for the COVID-19 response.
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Speakin' Japanese: Just ask

To ask for, wish or encourage something in Japanese, the following phrases will help you.
Airmen from the 60th Surgical Operations Squadron, 60th Inpatient Squadron, 60th Healthcare Operations Squadron and 60th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron are cleared through a three-step process to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 22, 2020, at Travis Air Force Base, California. The Airmen were among the first to receive the vaccine at David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center, the Air Force’s largest medical facility (Photo by: Air Force Senior Airman Cameron Otte).
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COVID-19: DOD vaccinates more than 1 million beneficiaries worldwide

The Department of Defense has administered more than one million COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Yokota Spring Asian Bazaar back on from March 20-21

The Yokota Spouse’s Club (YSC) will host their annual spring bazaar at the Taiyo Community Center on March 20-21.
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Video| Speakin' Japanese: Hinamatsuri - Doll Festival March 3

In Japan, March 3 marks Hinamatsuri, or Girl’s Day, a traditional holiday to celebrate the nation’s girls.
Marlon Manley (left), Misawa community member, presents his display to two judges, U.S. Air Force Col. Jesse Friedel, 35th Fighter Wing commander, (center) and Chief Master Sgt. Steven Creek, 35th Medical Group command chief (right), for the Black History Month Museum Display Contest at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 5, 2021. The contest encouraged units to create a display highlighting a Black figure that had an influence on their career field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jao'Torey Johnson)
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Commentary: Black Pride?

Thinking back to my childhood, there was never a time I can recall being proud of my dark skin.
From left, Shannon Vo, director of the Camp Zama Army Wellness Center; U.S. Army Medical Department Activity – Japan Command Sgt. Maj. Tanya Boudreaux; Col. Tanya Peacock, commander of MEDDAC-J; and U.S. Army Japan Command Sgt. Maj. Jerry Dodson, cut the ribbon at the grand reopening of the Camp Zama AWC in Bldg. 379, Camp Zama, Japan, Feb. 25. (Photo Credit: Winifred Brown)
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Camp Zama Army Wellness Center reopens in larger, renovated facility

The Camp Zama Army Wellness Center held a grand reopening ceremony here Feb. 25 to celebrate moving into a renovated, larger and more centrally located facility.
Michelle Pribble, Naval Medical Center San Diego's (NMCSD) lead nuclear medicine technologist, administers an IV to a patient before a positron emission tomography (PET) scan in the hospital's Nuclear Medicine Department in October 2020. A PET scan is used for revealing or evaluating conditions like heart conditions, cancers, and brain disorders (Photo by: Navy Seaman Luke Cunningham, Naval Medical Center San Diego).
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Cardiovascular providers counter pandemic-induced sedentary lifestyle

The fear of encountering COVID-19 at civilian hospitals and emergency rooms is likely keeping patients away even if they are having a cardiac event, according to Air Force Col. (Dr.) Bryan White, a cardiovascular specialist at the Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center located aboard Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.