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Month of the Military Child: Military children, tell us your story!

Hey, all you kids in the military community need to read this. Seriously! So, please put down your iPad, iPhone or other digital device for the next couple of minutes. You’ll survive, and I promise no one will take them.

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Softball: Guam’s Brinnlyn Hardt wins softball MVP pitching for George Washington

Guam High School didn’t have enough players to field a team. So in the days leading up to the island season, it was a question not of whether Brinnlyn Hardt would play her favorite sport.

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Yokota students participate in resiliency focus event

Yokota High School students interact during a lesson to the students of the Youth Center during a resiliency focus event at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 12, 2025.

Photo Of Members of Camp Zama’s Keystone Club prepare to provide hot food, snacks and other items to homeless people in Yokohama during a volunteer outreach event Jan. 11.

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Camp Zama youth volunteer time to feed homeless in Yokohama

Fifteen youths from Camp Zama volunteered their time last month to provide hot food, snacks and other items to about 150 homeless people in the area here.

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Cheerleading: Guam High and Zama cap cheerleading seasons with Far East titles

Zama and Guam High capped their respective cheerleading seasons by bringing home team banners in last week’s Far East clinic and competition at Yokota Air Base, Japan.

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Ambitious teens soaring to new heights: Misawa CAP Cadets take flight

Civil Air Patrol (CAP) cadets from the Misawa Cadet Squadron recently embarked on a unique aviation training experience at Yokota Air Base, where they had the opportunity to fly the Diamond DA-40 aircraft.

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5 last-minute homemade card ideas for valentines

My son’s first Valentine’s Day at school in Germany left me scrambling at the last minute. I’d made it to the base Exchange too late — the traditional boxes of themed sign-and-tear cards I remember giving away to my classmates when I was a little girl had long-since been sold out.

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Planting the SEED: Growing connections between U.S., Japanese students at Misawa AB

Misawa Air Base hosted a Student Educational Exchange and Dialogue (SEED) project, a collaborative initiative between Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), at Edgren Middle-High School, Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 1-2, 2025.

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Basketball: Trojans get a little revenge on way to championship

Eight days earlier, Zama watched a 10-point lead evaporate in a two-point defeat at Yokota.

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Basketball: Kadena back on the throne again after nine-year absence

Hobbling around on a walking boot in late November, the result of an injury during volleyball, Jazlene Vergara said she wasn’t sure when – or if – she could finally suit up for Kadena’s basketball team.

Photo Of Children from the Biko-en Orphanage pose for a group photo at Misawa Air Base, Japan.

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Misawa Chapel holiday visit; a long lived tradition

Carrying on a tradition that dates back to the 1960s, members of the Misawa Chapel team visited Biko-en Orphanage in Shichinohe, Japan, this past holiday season, bringing gifts donated by the Misawa Air Base community.

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Basketball: Kinnick wins another heart-stopper to repeat

Far East Division I boys basketball finals have definitely been fit to put grey hair on Nile C. Kinnick coach Robert Stovall.

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Wrestling: Titans’ first tourney win comes at season-ending duals

If it wasn’t an injury, it was an illness. And another. And another. Some wrestlers sidelined for weeks at a time.

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Wrestling: Mustangs nip St. Mary’s at the post to end long title drought

On a day in which multiple Far East weight-class champions shined and others were dethroned, American School In Japan snapped a 30-year Far East wrestling Division I title drought.

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