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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Sarah Eaton
Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Leonard Adams

Blue Ridge/7th Fleet Sailors take Advancement Exam

Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Leonard Adams, from Detroit, participates in the Navywide E-7 advancement examination on the mess decks of U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19).Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Leonard Adams, from Detroit, participates in the Navywide E-7 advancement examination on the mess decks of U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19).

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Sarah Eaton
Machinist's Mate Fireman Jamie Thornton

Blue Ridge and 7th Fleet Sailors hard at work

Machinist's Mate Fireman Jamie Thornton, from Atlanta, receives descaling compound during stores onload aboard U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19).

Yoko Dazely

Zama Personality Feature - Yoko Dazely

Eighty-four-year-old Yoko Dazely, the widowed spouse of a Soldier she met 60 years ago at Camp Zama, lived with her husband in San Francisco until he passed away.

Eiko Kato, a cataloguer at the Camp Zama Library, participates in her second tai chi class at the Yano Fitness Center at Camp Zama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2020.
Eiko Kato

Camp Zama tai chi class offers wide range of benefits

If there is one fact Michael Hammond has learned since he began practicing tai chi here four years ago, it’s that the more he learns, the more he realizes what he doesn’t know.

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Airman 1st Class Andre Patterson, a 14th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew member, directs his ‘three man’ during the placement of the jammer at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Jan. 7, 2020. The three-man team is responsible for making sure the munitions are safe and match mission requirements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
Airman 1st Class Andre Patterson

14th AMU Airmen load today to fight tomorrow

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Taylor DiMartino
Damage Controlman 3rd Class Caitlin Dunn

Sailors Aboard USS Milius (DDG 69) Participate in a Live-Fire Gunnery Exercsie

Kaoru Hashiguchi, an accounting technician with the 78th Signal Battalion at Camp Zama, Japan, works out Nov. 5 at the Yano Fitness Center there. Hashiguchi, 56, began training eight years ago to be a competitive bodybuilder and works out daily at Yano. (Photo Credit: Noriko Kudo, U.S. Army Garrison Japan Public Affairs)
Kaoru Hashiguchi

Japanese employee at Camp Zama's 'life-changing' journey leads to bodybuilding success

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brieana E. Bolfing

Yokota MWD team train with Tokyo Customs

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock
Airman 1st Class Holly Villalta

Misawa defenders aim high and win big

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Douglas Smits, the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal operations section chief, pauses for a photo with his family on the Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, June 10, 2018. Smits initially wanted to complete a marathon after a year of healing from a back surgery, but instead completed an Ironman World Championship. (Courtesy photo)
Master Sgt. Douglas Smits

Misawa EOD Airman forges path to recovery

Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler R. Fraser/Released
Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Jared Brenmanpaffumi

2019 Traffic Safety Mochi-Pounding Ceremony

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Matt Hall
Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Royston Pitt

Blue Ridge Sailor checks pump

Staff Sgt Mason Hart

Airlifter of the Week: Staff Sgt Mason Hart

Utilitiesman 1st Class (UT1) Sonia Deputee, Yeoman 2nd Class (YN2) Kendall Gerrish, and Construction Electrician Constructionman (CECN) Hunter Vicknair were selected as Sailor, Junior Sailor, and Blue Jacket Sailor of the Year, respectively.
UT1 Sonia Deputee, YN2 Kendall Gerrish & CECN Hunter Vicknair

NAVFAC Far East Sailors of Year FY 2019 announced

U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita
Col. Todd Wydra

Future JASDF maintenance officers tour Yokota AB

U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Collette Brooks
Airman 1st Class Eric Stern

Pacific Air Forces commander engages with Misawa Airmen

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Adam Cook, left, the kennel master for the Provost Marshal Office with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, conducts military working dog detection training at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Nov. 20, 2019. The training was part of a joint force detection exercise with Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) soldiers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Triton Lai)
Staff Sgt. Adam Cook

U.S. Marines and JMSDF Soldiers conduct MWD detection training exercises

Masakazu Takahashi

Meet a valued member of our Camp Zama family

Norio Muroi began working for Stars and Stripes’ Tokyo office as a copy boy in 1977 and began working in the library in 1979. THERON GODBOLD/STARS AND STRIPES
Norio Muroi

VIDEO| Stars and Stripes Pacific Librarian retires after 42 years