Stripes Today
Japanese neighborhood preserves memory of WWII crash and its cost
About 75 people, including approximately 30 Marines and sailors from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, attended the annual Marukoyama Memorial Ceremony.
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.
WWII human remains, artifacts discovered on Ie Shima during Okinawa film shoot
A landscaper working on a historical film about the Battle of Okinawa uncovered human remains last summer on Ie Shima, marking the first such discovery on the island in more than 20 years, according to Japanese officials.
DNA collection nears mark needed to exhume USS Arizona unknowns from Hawaii cemetery
A Virginia real estate agent is close to finishing a self-appointed mission aimed at collecting enough DNA to meet the threshold for exhuming dozens of unknown Pearl Harbor victims who were serving aboard the USS Arizona.
Guam infantry unit is first of its kind to win Army’s prestigious Hamilton Award
A Guam Army National Guard company made history on April 12 by becoming the first infantry unit to earn the Alexander Hamilton Award, an honor typically reserved for artillery units.