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Stars and Stripes Job Announcements

Do you think the First Amendment is important and should be protected? Would you like to follow in the footsteps of journalists Andy Rooney and Steve Croft? Comic book illustrator Tom Sutton? Authors Gustav Hasford and Ralph G. Martin?

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Time to vote for the Best of the Pacific 2019

The holidays are behind us and it’s time once again to turn your attention to the yearly tradition unlike any other – Best of the Pacific voting season!
For the past 18 years, our annual Best of the Pacific magazine has been the authority on the best places YOU need to go in the Pacific. How do we know? Because you told us so!

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Look what's happening on your base!

Editor's note: Many events, trips, classes, games, and much more are happening on base, so take a look! Events are as accurate as possible at press time. Since times or event schedules can change, please verify events before attending. (This was updated Feb. 22)

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COPE North Airmen demonstrate agility during Typhoon Wutip evacuation

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- COPE North 2019 paused Feb. 22 as a precautionary measure due to hazardous conditions and potentially damaging winds caused by Typhoon Wutip.

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Use scalpel, not cleaver on medical billets, USUHS chief urges

Like many military physician colleagues, Dr. Richard W. Thomas, a retired Army major general, ear-nose-throat surgeon and current president of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, is worried about tentative Defense Department plans to eliminate more than 17,000 uniformed medical billets across the military health system...

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Wilson and Goldfein order commanders to conduct ‘100% review’ of all base housing

Responding to reports of poorly maintained and unsafe housing across several installations, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson and Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein on Feb. 19 directed commanders at every base worldwide to conduct a “100 percent review” of the condition and safety of all military housing by March 1.

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On suicides, Air Force’s top chaplain preaches hope over darkness to Yokota airmen

Even a two-star general has “moments of darkness,” the Air Force chief of chaplains told servicemembers Thursday at the home of U.S. Forces Japan in western Tokyo.

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Misawa propulsion Airmen speed up F-16 engine delivery to PACAF bases

The 35th Maintenance Squadron propulsion centralized repair flight received keys to a new storage facility that stores all F-16 Fighting Falcons engines for U.S. Pacific Air Forces installations in January 2019, enabling the team to provide engines to its sister aircraft bases more quickly.

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Military health care transitions to new life support training provider

The Military Health System is in the process of transitioning from the American Heart Association resuscitation training – basic life support, advanced cardiac life support, and pediatric advanced life support – to American Red Cross training courses.

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Did you know?: History of American Village

The location of American Village used to be under the water. In 1981, Hamby Airfield, which was used as a US Marine helicopter base during the Vietnam War was returned to Okinawa.

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Exchange brings Girl Scout cookies to military families overseas

A taste of home goes a long way for military families living in Europe and the Pacific. For more than 20 years, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service has supported Girl Scout troops by shipping their famous cookies to military installations outside of the United States in time for their annual selling season.

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Study's focus: Mending hearts broken by deaths of military loved ones

Family members of those serving in the nation's armed forces endure many hardships, including long separations, frequent moves, and limited job opportunities.

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Taking care of your heart with TRICARE benefits

Are you ready for Heart Health Month? This is the time to listen to – and take care of – your heart. You can do so by getting familiar with the risk factors of heart disease and taking action to reduce your risk.

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Tips for creating a healthy lifestyle

We all know that trying to find time to exercise and eat clean can be difficult to add onto our preexisting to-do list. At the same time, it can be exhausting rushing to get fit just in time for summer or trying to slim down before a big event.

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Get moving: 5 ways to help make working out a priority

Life doesn’t get any less busy so you find time for the things you deem important. Despite knowing how vital it is to stay in shape, many people tend to put working out on the back burner. Exercising isn’t the most appealing activity when you’re dripping in sweat, red in the face and huffing and puffing.