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USAG Daegu Commander hosts the Garrison’s Chuseok Holiday Reception

U.S. Army Garrison Daegu invited dozens of Chilgok County officials, community leaders, Korean Army officers and local Korean friends and neighbors to the Garrison’s Chuseok Holiday Reception at El Guerrero’s restaurant on Camp Carroll Sept. 20.
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CNO to Visit U.S. 7th Fleet

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday is scheduled to visit Sailors assigned to the Navy’s 7th Fleet area of operations, Sept. 22-25.
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AMC commander talks readiness, transformation at Air, Space and Cyber Conference

Throughout the Air Force Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference, Sept. 16-18, in National Harbor, Maryland, defense and Air Force leaders spoke about the need for change as the Department of Defense focuses its attention on great power competition at the direction of the 2018 National Defense Strategy.
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Timothy Lynch, commander of 5th Battalion 3rd Field Artillery Regiment shakes hands with the battalion commander of Western Army Field Artillery of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force at Yausubetsu Training Area, Japan, Sept. 16. (Photo Credit: Capt. Rachael Jeffcoat)
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G-8: Army operations in the Pacific crucial to future battlefield success

As the Army prepares to potentially allocate $8.6 billion toward its six modernization priorities in fiscal year 2020, a senior Army leader said the service should recognize Soldiers' ongoing work in the Pacific.
A labor and delivery room at the new Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital on Camp Humphreys, South Korea. (MATTHEW KEELER/STARS AND STRIPES)
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After a long wait, US military dedicates new $275 million hospital at Camp Humphreys

After years of delays, the U.S. military held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday for a new, $275 million hospital, marking a turning point in the relocation of most American forces to this expanded base south of Seoul.
Members of the U.N. Command security battalion watch as North Koreans work on repairing damage from a typhoon earlier this month at the Joint Security Area on the Korean border. (UNITED NATIONS COMMAND)
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Typhoon damage at DMZ truce village brings North Koreans, UN Command together

A deadly typhoon that tore through the Korean Peninsula earlier this month didn’t spare the truce village of Panmunjom that straddles the border between North and South.
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Tropical Storm 18W (Tapah), # 17: Sasebo enters TCCOR 2

1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, Japan time: Fleet Activities Sasebo has directed Tropical Cyclone Condtiion of Readiness 2. Destructive winds of 58 mph or greater are anticipated within 24 hours.
Airman 1st Class William Lemon, 8th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon crew chief, served 18 years as a volunteer firefighter at the Brentwood Volunteer Fire Department in Long Island, New York, before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force in 2017. (Courtesy Photo)
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Memories of 9/11, 18 years later

The morning of September 11, 2001, was beautiful and clear, a picture-perfect day, not a cloud in sight. New Yorkers made their way to work, filling the sidewalks of Manhattan, horns honking, birds chirping.
Senior Airman Chris Barrier from the 124th Security Forces Squadron gets his waist measured during his annual fitness assessment in Apr. 2015. The Air Force is considering administering the abdominal circumference test at a separate time from the rest of the physical fitness assessment. CASSIE MORLOCK/U.S. AIR FORCE
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Air Force mulls fitness assessment changes to reduce risks from rapid weight loss

The Air Force is considering changes to the way it conducts fitness assessments to prevent airmen from over-taxing their bodies to try to meet test standards, the service’s top enlisted leader said.
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The skin and diet connection

Suffering from pesky skin issues? You have tried every cream, remedy, and topical solution on the market, and to no avail. Surprisingly, next step in addressing skin conditions is assessing your diet.
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“The Phantom of the Opera” to open in Busan’s Dream Theatre in December

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” is set to open in Busan’s Dream Theatre in December.
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Osan Air Power Day 2019

A pilot from the Republic of Korea Air Force’s 53d Air Demonstration Group Black Eagles arrives Sept. 18, 2019, at Osan Air Base, ROK.
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NFL Week 3 (Sept. 19-23) schedule and NCAA Football games (Sept. 20-22) on AFN

Schedule subject to change. Check myafn.net/ScheduleSports.aspx for the most up-to-date information.
Navy Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Sebastian Castano, an assistant suicide prevention coordinator assigned to Naval Station Mayport, ties a yellow ribbon around a tree at Mayport Memorial Park in recognition of Suicide Awareness Month. Participants tied yellow ribbons to represent the 46 active duty Sailors lost to suicide in 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alana Langdon)
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Suicide prevention is a year-round effort

While September is the month when individuals and organizations across the nation raise awareness about suicide, efforts to promote psychological health and prevent suicide are an ongoing evolution that happen every month of the year at commands throughout the Navy Medicine West (NMW) region.
South Koreans take time to appreciate the cherry blossoms during a tour inside Yongsan Garrison, South Korea, on Tuesday, April 9. 2019. MATT KEELER/STARS AND STRIPES
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Pressured to speed returns, the US military says South Korea can have 15 bases now

The U.S. military wants to set the record straight as it faces South Korean pressure to expedite the handover of bases as part of a drawn-out relocation plan.
U.S. servicemembers, civilians and partner nations participate in the Cyber Flag exercise in June in Suffolk, Va. U.S. CYBER COMMAND
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Virtual training ground in the works as Army pushes ahead with cyberwarfare plan

The U.S. Army is adding more cyberdefense teams and intensifying the training required of its high-tech operators to better equip them to take on 21st-century adversaries, the head of U.S. Cyber Command said.