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Coronavirus updates in Japan: Some venues reopen while sporting events still on hold

Due to ongoing coronavirus concerns, officials in Japan on Feb. 26 called for the cancellation, postponement or scale down of upcoming major events for the next few weeks.
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Send a congratulatory note to the Class of 2020! Deadline May 15

High school graduation is a special time, and Stars and Stripes is pleased to once again be putting together our annual Grad Tab, highlighting information on all of the Pacific DoDEA high schools and their graduating classes.
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If trend continues, is draft inevitable?

The place where our family lived the longest was Virginia Beach, Va. Our first house, a vinyl-sided Dutch Colonial on a cul-de-sac, was close enough to the elementary school to hear the morning announcements from our porch.
Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, Commissary staff serve customers. (DeCA photo)
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Commissaries, support facilities designated mission-critical as part of DOD’s COVID-19 response By DeCA Corporate Communications

The Defense Commissary Agency’s (DeCA) stores, central distribution centers and its central meat processing plant have been designated mission-critical in DOD’s response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
For the first time ever, Team Yokota conducted a C-130J assault landing on the Foxtrot taxiway March 26. This training is conducted to guarantee our airfield team is ready to perform skilled landings on short, narrow, crowded and even unmarked strips of land.
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Yokota performs first-ever C-130J assault landing on Foxtrot taxiway

For the first time ever, Team Yokota conducted a C-130J assault landing on the Foxtrot taxiway March 26.
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Report: Two Yokosuka sailors who tested positive for coronavirus are assigned to USS Ronald Reagan

A major U.S. news broadcaster reported over the weekend that two sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan tested positive for coronavirus.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan M. Breeden
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Defense Health Agency takes action against COVID-19

A swift response is needed to deal with an emerging virus like the one that causes COVID-19.
A soldier relaxes in his room on the Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, while restricted to the installation during the coronavirus outbreak. Under new hardship duty pay, service members who are required to self-isolate but can?t do so at home or in government-provided quarters, could receive $100 a day for up to 15 days each month. JORDAN HUMPHRIES/U.S. ARMY
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Special pay authorized for some service members isolated in temporary lodging

Service members could receive extra money for hardships caused by coronavirus quarantines, self-isolation or restricted movement, under new Defense Department pay guidance.
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Yokota Spring Asian Bazaar online sales platform extended until April 12

The YSCs’ team of volunteers have worked very hard to get the site up and running! They’ve built the site, worked with vendors to secure inventory, descriptions, photos, delivery options, and more, in order to bring the bazaar to the Community. 
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Gratitude in a time of uncertainty, fear

By the time you read this, what I’ve written will be a mere time capsule — a frozen moment in our ever-changing sociological and physiological status.
SOUTH CHINA SEA - U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Daniel Majtan, currently assigned to the III MEF in Okinawa, Japan, embarked the USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) during the ship’s port visit there last month. 7th Fleet serves with III MEF to continually execute missions that enable maritime superiority through effective command and control, prosecution of naval fires, and operational maneuvers.
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III MEF and 7th Fleet JAGs join forces aboard Blue Ridge

Judge advocates from the U.S. 7th Fleet and III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) staff came together at sea aboard 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19).
This undated photo from the National Archives depicts the Marine Corps' 27th Regiment, 2nd Battalion landing on Iwo Jima in 1945. BOB CAMPBELL/U.S. MARINE CORPS
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Carnage on Iwo Jima remains seared into veterans’ memories 75 years after hellacious battle

Roy Earle chuckles as he recalls his “memorable” 21st birthday laying communication lines on Iwo Jima 75 years ago.
Medical soldiers from the 230th Brigade Support Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina National Guard, host a blood drive at Fort Bliss, Texas. The need for donated blood is especially critical during the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Cindi King)
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Need for blood donations constant despite COVID-19

The Military Health System is calling healthy donors to a vital and crucial task: help maintain the blood supply to meet current and future patient needs.
Dr. Andrew Schicho, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division mechanical engineer, led one of the five teams by building a ventilator prototype in support of the Department of Defense Hack-a-Vent Innovation Challenge. (U.S. Navy photo by Eddie Green)
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Military scientists, engineers develop ventilator prototype in response to COVID-19

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) are developing low-cost, easily-assembled, non FDA-approved ventilators that can be rapidly prototyped and used in both hospital and field settings.
A floor decal inside the post office at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo encourages social distancing, Friday, March 27, 2020. THERON GODBOLD/STARS AND STRIPES
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Coronavirus cases surge for US military in Japan; three sailors, two airmen, Army dependent test positive

Commanders ordered people to shelter in place and enacted other safety measures for U.S. personnel in Japan, where five active-duty service members and one dependent have tested positive for coronavirus since Thursday.
Plexiglass shields shown at the K-16 Airfield Commissary in South Korea. (DeCA photo)
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Commissaries installing plexiglass panels in checkout lanes to add extra protection amid COVID-19 pandemic

Military commissaries worldwide are installing plexiglass sneeze shields in all regular checkout lanes to add extra protection for customers and cashiers during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.