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Time to vote for the Best of the Pacific 2019

The holidays are behind us and it’s time once again to turn your attention to the yearly tradition unlike any other – Best of the Pacific voting season!
For the past 18 years, our annual Best of the Pacific magazine has been the authority on the best places YOU need to go in the Pacific. How do we know? Because you told us so!

Navy Chief Petty Officer Wendy Wright, a hospital corpsman chief assigned to Expeditionary Medical Facility Great Lakes in Illinois, performs ventilation techniques on a practice mannequin while participating in a life support simulation in Savannah, Georgia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Caila Arahood)

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Military health care transitions to new life support training provider

The Military Health System is in the process of transitioning from the American Heart Association resuscitation training – basic life support, advanced cardiac life support, and pediatric advanced life support – to American Red Cross training courses.

CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea -- U.S. Army Maj. Daniel Romero (Center), executive officer for 123rd Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, facilitates a tour for Maj. Gen. Sung, Il (Left), deputy chief of staff, G4, for the ROK Army at the supply support activity area to set benchmarks for US and ROK Army initiatives at Camp Humphreys, Feb. 8. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Alon J. Humphrey, 3rd ABCT, 1st AD Public Affairs)

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Iron Support Battalion hosts ROK Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Sustainment

Katchi Kapshida! (We Go Together!); a call to action symbolizing the alliance fortified in the 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division.

Combat medic specialists with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division (Rotational), gather at U.S. Army Garrison Camp Humphreys for advanced medical training, Feb. 14. Suturing is a perishable skill that takes practice. An inexperienced combat medic specialist may leave a lasting scar. (Courtesy U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Yu Rhee, 3rd ABCT, 1st AD, Medical Operations NCO) (Photo Credit: Sgt. Alon Humphrey)

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Bulldogs engage in battle-focused medical training

Combat medic specialists with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division (Rotational), joined together for field care training.

Sakumoto Toshiro, tracker-trailer driver for the Okinawa Distribution Center, unloads boxes of Girl Scout cookies for expectant Girl Scouts volunteers. The Exchange has supported the Girl Scouts for more than 20 years by shipping cookies to overseas military installations in time for their annual selling season.

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Exchange brings Girl Scout cookies to military families overseas

A taste of home goes a long way for military families living in Europe and the Pacific. For more than 20 years, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service has supported Girl Scout troops by shipping their famous cookies to military installations outside of the United States in time for their annual selling season.

Young military family members at a Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Good Grief Camp in Denver, Colorado, created this collage to memorialize their lost loved ones. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Arielle Vasquez)

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Study's focus: Mending hearts broken by deaths of military loved ones

Family members of those serving in the nation's armed forces endure many hardships, including long separations, frequent moves, and limited job opportunities.

February is nationally recognized as American Heart Month, a time for the Department of Defense community to show its love for healthy living.

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Taking care of your heart with TRICARE benefits

Are you ready for Heart Health Month? This is the time to listen to – and take care of – your heart. You can do so by getting familiar with the risk factors of heart disease and taking action to reduce your risk.

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Did you know?: Come of age in Korea

In South Korea, when you turn 19 you can legally smoke, drink and vote. Like in the States, you will be asked to show ID before purchasing alcohol.

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Tips for creating a healthy lifestyle

We all know that trying to find time to exercise and eat clean can be difficult to add onto our preexisting to-do list. At the same time, it can be exhausting rushing to get fit just in time for summer or trying to slim down before a big event.

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Get moving: 5 ways to help make working out a priority

Life doesn’t get any less busy so you find time for the things you deem important. Despite knowing how vital it is to stay in shape, many people tend to put working out on the back burner. Exercising isn’t the most appealing activity when you’re dripping in sweat, red in the face and huffing and puffing.

The Eighth Army Band performed on Feb. 12, 2019, at Freedom Chapel on Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea. The band performed prior to African American History Month observance and also performed the Korean and American National Anthems.

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African American History Month observance at Camp Humphreys

“Defending the country, more often than not against invisible foes, against longtime friends, against pure evil and against weapons that are out of this world,” said Lt. Col. Natasha Clarke, commander, 194th Combat Support Battalion, 2nd Sustainment Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.

Royal Thai, Republic of Korea and U.S. reconnaissance Marines storm a beach during an amphibious assault exercise as part of exercise Cobra Gold at Hat Yao Beach, Sattahip, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 16, 2019. Cobra Gold demonstrates the commitment of the Kingdom of Thailand and the United States to our long-standing alliance, promotes regional partnerships and advances security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Bragg)

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Cobra Gold 19: US, Royal Thai and Republic of Korea service members conduct amphibious assault exercise

U.S., Royal Thai and Republic of Korea service members advanced on Hat Yao Beach in Sattahip, Kingdom of Thailand on Saturday.

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Navy updates medical waiver process

U.S. Navy surgeon general Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, on behalf of the Department of the Navy (DoN), instituted a new policy regarding the medical waiver process.

Seeing flashes of light or floating debris-like shapes appear in your field of vision should be reason to visit a provider, experts say. These symptoms can indicate retinal issues, which may lead to retinal detachment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Perry Aston)

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Gone in a flash: ‘Floaters’ in field of vision can warn of vision issue

At first, flashes of light or floating debris-like shapes appear in a person’s field of vision. If the condition progresses, a curtain of darkness can be seen as the field of vision narrows.

U.S. Army Recruiting Command dropped its newest music video "Giving All I Got," beckoning all potential recruits to step up and help strengthen the Army team. Sgts. 1st Class Arlondo Sutton and Jason Brenner Locke, who are assigned to the Atlanta and Houston recruiting battalions, respectively, wrote and produced the new single. (Photo Credit: Elliot Valdez)

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Rapping recruiters 'giving all' to share their Army story

In case you missed it, U.S. Army Recruiting Command dropped its newest music video "Giving All I Got," beckoning all potential recruits to step up and help strengthen the Army team.

U.S. Army photo by Steven Hoover

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AAFES hosts a grand opening celebration of the new Dual Food Court

The Army and Air Force Exchange Service hosted a grand opening celebration of the new Dual Food Court, which will house a Burger King and Popeye’s restaurant, Feb. 13.