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VIDEO| How to fill out online customs forms

Effective Aug. 13, hand-written U.S. customs forms will no longer be accepted at any military post office.
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The impossible task of parenting young adults

I used to have a good grasp on parenting. From the time our three children were infants, through toddlerhood, the primary school years and even the dreaded teenage years, I used a fairly successful combination of expert-recommended techniques, mother’s intuition and common sense to raise our children.
Airman Faith Coffelt, 192nd Medical Group Detachment 1 medical technician, decontaminates her chemical suit June 9, 2020, at Paramount Senior Living in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Coffelt is part of a regional team mobilized to conduct COVID-19 testing at point prevalence sites throughout the state.
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Air Force medical technician drawn to caring for others

“My dad is a paramedic at home in Boyce, Virginia. Growing up, he would come home and tell stories about what he had seen and the calls he had run, so I developed a fascination for medical things.
AF Ventures Fellowship Fall Cohort is accepting applications until Aug. 7, 2020. AF Ventures Fellowship Fall Cohort is managed by Shift, a San Francisco-based tech startup, via a Small Business Innovation Research Open Topic contract and in coordination with AFWERX to expose Airmen to concepts including design thinking, leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship. (AFWERX courtesy graphic)
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AFVentures Fellowship fall cohort now accepting applications

The AFVentures Fellowship Fall Cohort, a collaboration between AFWERX, Defense Innovation Unit, NavalX and PEO Digital, is now accepting applications until Aug. 7.
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New country show coming to AFN 360 Internet Radio

One of the top syndicated country music shows in the United States, CMT After MidNite with Cody Alan, is coming to AFN 360’s Best Country streaming internet service this Tuesday.
Fitness Infusion participants perform kettlebell goblet squats with weights of their choice. The exercises target every single muscle in the body with a mix of cardiovascular to improve endurance. (Photo Credit: Laura Lee)
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Kelly Fitness Center at USAG Daegu offers a new 60-minute fitness class

The Kelly Fitness Center at USAG Daegu offers a new 60-minute fitness class that welcomes members of all physicality to join a group of highly motivated individuals who are in for some sweat — and some good times.
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VIDEO| Speakin’ Korean lesson: May I borrow your sunscreen?

When you want to tell someone “Can I borrow your sunscreen?” you can use this expression.
Photo by Amabilia Payen, William Beaumont Army Medical Center
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Military Health System experts discuss COVID-19 innovations

Rapid innovation serves as a cornerstone of the Military Health System, allowing for advances that improve the health and safety of service members and beneficiaries, according to Dr. Paul Cordts, chief medical officer at the Defense Health Agency in Falls Church, Virginia.
Retired Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Trae King-Latimer and her husband Jerome Latimer believe they contracted COVID-19 around the time of their first-year wedding anniversary. After fully recovering from COVID-19, they wanted to help those still fighting the disease and donated convalescent plasma together. (Courtesy Photo)
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In this together: Military couple recovers from COVID-19, donates convalescent plasma

The COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Collection Program (CCP) is a Department of Defense effort to collect 10,000 units of convalescent plasma donated by members of the military community who have recovered from the disease.
MAJ Jaree Johnson (far right) and her team conducted field insecticidal resistance surveillance to establish a baseline for potential resistant mosquitoes on Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.
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AFHSB tracks bugs worldwide to protect service members

Ticks, mosquitoes, and other blood-feeding arthropods can transmit dangerous pathogens to U.S. military personnel.
Sarahi Wilson, a phlebotomist assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego, Calif., draws blood from a volunteer, July 14, 2020. The medical center employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians and contractors in Southern California. (Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Erwin Jacob V. Miciano.)
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Marines donate plasma in fight against COVID-19

Marines assigned to Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in California who have tested positive for COVID-19 donated plasma at Naval Medical Center San Diego.
Official Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Meagan Christoph, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs)
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McCaffery offers HA perspective to COVID-19

As it became increasingly clear that the highly contagious respiratory infection COVID-19 would span the globe, leadership within the Department of Defense quickly tapped its own experts for potential solutions.
The U.S. Air Force Comptroller Service Portal will provide a virtual means for service members to access finance related tasks that are similar to working with finance technicians in person.
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First in PACAF: Comptroller Service Portal debuts at Osan

Team Osan will be the first in U.S. Pacific Air Forces to access the new Comptroller Service Portal starting on August 3, which will mimic the same services you would get in person. Members can make a profile and submit queries all from a CAC enabled computer, adding a level of convenience not just for customers, but for the comptroller...
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Florida Georgia Line joins USO Virtual Summer Music Series

Coming off a successful Fourth of July kick off of its debut virtual summer music series, the USO announced today the award-winning, multiplatinum duo Florida Georgia Line will headline the nonprofit’s next Military Virtual Programming (MVP) episode on Saturday, Aug. 1. 12 pm ET.
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Association of Military Spouse Entrepreneurs and Stars and Stripes set to publish a Military Spouse Entrepreneur Guide on military bases around the globe

The Military Spouse Entrepreneur Guide will be the go-to resource for military spouses wanting to build a business. 
Electronics Equipment Specialist Samuel Murdock installs an antenna feed on a Satellite Transportable Terminal to begin final testing. The system will be returned to the warfighter once testing is complete. Murdock is assigned to Tobyhanna Army Depot’s Field Logistics Support Directorate’s Korea Division. (U.S. Army photo)
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Tobyhanna Army Depot mitigation strategy sustains Soldier readiness overseas

The far-reaching power of the Army’s organic industrial base sustains Soldier readiness on a global scale.