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A bullet creased a Navy heart at Pearl Harbor and sparked a WWII love story
During their nearly 50 years together, Alice Darrow was fond of saying she filled the bullet-sized hole in her Navy husband’s heart from the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor with love.
Air Force teams up with Guam to control island’s ‘boonie dog’ population
The Guam government and U.S. military have reached a novel agreement that lets civil engineers work outside Andersen Air Force Base to help rein in the island’s stray dog population.
Troops repel mock beach assault in the Philippines amid South China Sea tensions
U.S., Filipino and Australian troops dug into beach dunes and unleashed a barrage of firepower — including high-powered rockets — during Balikatan training aimed this week at repelling an amphibious assault.
Intelligence Marines test civilian drones, paragliders in Okinawa warfighting drill
U.S. Marines demonstrated how they’re using civilian drone and powered paragliding technology to provide commanders with a clearer battlefield picture during a recent drill on this Okinawa island.
Okinawa-based Marines could move into new barracks on Guam this summer
Marines are expected to arrive at their new quarters at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, still a work in progress on Guam, as early as June, a base spokeswoman said Friday.
DODEA schools included in new Trump order to end race factors in disciplining
U.S. public schools, including those operated by the Defense Department on bases stateside and abroad, are being told by the White House to rework discipline policies that it says are based on racial considerations rather than behavior.
Guam plans state-of-the-art medical complex to address island’s health care challenges
Guam is advancing plans to build a $743 million medical complex aimed at improving health care for its civilian and military populations, according to a spokeswoman for Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero.