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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!

U.S. Air Force retired Maj. Gen. Dondi Costin, prior Air Force Chief of Chaplains, speaks to attendees at a resiliency luncheon held by the 51st Fighter Wing Chaplain Corps at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 21, 2019. Costin now serves as the third president of Charleston Southern University, Charleston, South Carolina. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kelsey Tucker)

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51 FW Chaplain Corps hosts resiliency luncheon

The 51st Fighter Wing Chaplain Corps hosted a resiliency luncheon at the Officer’s Club at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 21.

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The Measles Vaccine required for all Active Duty service Members

There has been one reported case of Measles here in Dongducheon at the International school. Measles is a viral illness most commonly seen in the children that causes high fevers, runny nose, red watery eyes, cough, and a red rash on the skin.

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Exchanges, Commissaries brainstorm ideas for more joint sales events, promotions to bolster military resale benefit

Exchange and commissary shoppers will see more opportunities to save on the installation as military resale officials continue planning more joint sales.

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Survey Says: Majority of Spouses Satisfied With Military Life

The latest survey of active-duty and reserve-component service members’ spouses shows the spouses are, by and large, happy with the military lifestyles they lead.

Master Sgt. Adam Brady, right, and Master Sgt. Paul On visited Yokota Air Base eastside housing in Japan on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, to ask residents about issues with their single-story row homes. (ALLEN ONSTOTT/STARS AND STRIPES)

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Officials knock on doors to ask Pacific base residents about housing issues

Officials at U.S. military installations across the Far East are going door-to-door, holding meetings and seeking feedback from residents following recent testimony to Congress and media reports about health and safety issues in military housing.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Mark Lytle, vascular surgeon at Eglin Air Force Base's 96th Medical Group, observes orthopedic surgeon Lt. Andrew Wright's examination of Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle Benson during simulation at Naval Hospital Pensacola on Jan. 31, 2019. BRANNON DEUGAN/U.S. NAVY

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Use scalpel, not cleaver on medical billets, USUHS chief urges

Like many military physician colleagues, Dr. Richard W. Thomas, a retired Army major general, ear-nose-throat surgeon and current president of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, is worried about tentative Defense Department plans to eliminate more than 17,000 uniformed medical billets across the military health system...

A Royal Thai Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon taxis before take off for flying operations with the U.S. Air Force during Exercise Cobra Gold 2019 at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, Feb. 15, 2019. Cobra Gold is the largest Theater Security Cooperation exercise in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region and is an integral part of the U.S. commitment to strengthen engagement in the region. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Valencia McNeal, U.S. Army-Pacific)

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Cobra Gold 19: USAF executes full-spectrum readiness exercise, advancing Indo-Pacific partnerships

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 8th Fighter Wing, based out of Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, participated in the 38th iteration of Exercise Cobra Gold 2019 with the Royal Thai Air Force's Wing 1, at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base from Feb. 12 to 23.

Officials at Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, South Korea, have estimated that the Army installation has about 70 stray cats, and they want to contain the problem before that number multiplies in the spring. KIM GAMEL/STARS AND STRIPES

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Yongsan starts new program to keep stray cats from moving in as the Army moves out

U.S. military officials plan to launch a program aimed at slowing the growth of the stray cat population on this Army installation in the heart of Seoul.

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.