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Official U.S. Navy file photo of hiring event for service members, veterans and military spouses.
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Service Secretaries tackle employment challenges for overseas spouses

All three military service secretaries signed a memorandum today to jointly explore how military spouses can find employment and sustain careers at overseas bases.
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Now hiring! Yokota Exchange seeking to fill retail, food jobs

The Yokota Exchange has immediate job opportunities for people with a passion for serving the best customers in the world.
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Now hiring! Misawa Exchange seeking to fill retail, food jobs

The Misawa Exchange has immediate job opportunities for people with a passion for serving the best customers in the world.
The FINRA Foundation Military Spouse Fellowship Program offers free financial counseling accreditation to military spouses so they may in turn provide financial counseling and education to fellow members of the military community. (Photo Credit: Ms. Mary Ann Davis (IMCOM))
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Military spouses can boost job skills with free finance certification

Now through April 19, military spouses can apply for the opportunity to earn a free financial counselor accreditation to help them find employment at any military installation or in the civilian sector.
Yoshi Nakamura, 374th Force Support Squadron outdoor recreation tour guide, left, and a Naguri Canoe Atelier member give a safety briefing to Yokota Air Base members before canoeing near the Arima Dam, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Oct. 14, 2017. They showed personnel the basics of how to properly use a canoe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
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Supporting warfighters: Two workforces come together with one mission in mind

Child care, golf, bowling, community center, lodging operations and outdoor recreation. These operations, and many more, are designed to support the morale, welfare and recreation of Airmen and their families and rely heavily on one thing to make them tick … nonappropriated fund, or NAF, employees.
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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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Go Nuts for Doughnuts… At Home

I’ve never made doughnuts before. This was my first time. I’m sure they will only get better the more I make them. So I started by doing a bit of research. Then I figured out what kind of doughnut I wanted and got to work.
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Dim Sum & Then Some in Hong Kong

I like to eat. No. I love to eat. But there were a few things I’d heard are particularly good in Hong Kong that I absolutely had to try.
Photos by Takahiro Takiguchi
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Meet with lovable reptiles in Yokohama

At Anettaisakan, or subtropical teahouse, aka Reptiles Café, you can make friends with various snakes, turtles and other reptiles while sipping on some Chinese tea.
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Get it all at a Japan convenience store

Located throughout Japan, convenience stores sell virtually everything you need in daily life.
Undoubtedly you’ve seen the many stores, or maybe used one to pay your bills, receive an Amazon shipment or withdraw cash at an ATM.
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How sake is categorized

Sake is classified according to the amount of the rice grain that has been polished away - the rice polishing ratio.
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Enjoy tasty Cajun-style cuisine, fine wine near Yokosuka

With full-flavored Cajun food and a well-stocked wine list, Razio has the perfect pairings to make your mouth water.
Located near Kanazawa Bunko Station of the Keikyu Line, if you are at Yokosuka Naval Base, the rapid express from Yokosuka Chuo Station gets you there in just two stops.