By Dustin Perry, Torii Editor An Army resiliency coach and Vietnam War veteran spoke to community members here last week in hopes of imparting to them a message of hope, inner strength, and facing life’s challenges head on. Dave Roever, a nationally recognized author and public speaker, was at Camp Zama Nov. 1 through Thursday to take part in the ins ...

By Dustin Perry, Torii Editor A health fair was held Friday for teachers and administrators at Camp Zama schools in an effort to promote wellness and provide them with on-campus information and resources, one representative said. The inaugural event included participation from several organizations throughout the installation and offered various heal ...

JGSDF’s 4th Engineer Group, Zama Sub-post mark anniversaries By Dustin Perry, Torii Editor The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s 4th Engineer Group and its headquarters celebrated nearly 80 collective years in existence during a ceremony held Saturday inside the Yano Fitness Center here. The observance marked both the 39th anniversary of the unit’s ...

Special-needs athletic event draws 5,000 to Okinawa for ‘story of victory, triumph’ By Chip Steitz, 10th Support Group Public Affairs KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa – Kadena Special Olympics celebrated its 12th year during a series of rain storms that left close to two inches of water at the event site. However, even as the rain came down, more than 5,000 specia ...

By Chip Steitz, 10th Support Group Public Affairs KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa – Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery, conducted a five-day joint quick reaction force training exercise with members of the Air Force’s 18th Wing here. The exercise was held as part of a comprehensive training initiative by the Army unit known as “O ...

By Dustin Perry, Torii Editor The thorough evaluation of the Camp Zama Dining Facility that will determine if it wins the Army’s most prestigious food service competition was conducted here on Oct. 21. Having once again advanced through the Installation Management Command – Pacific regional level of the Phillip A. Connelly Award, the Camp Zama DFAC i ...

By Tetsuo Nakahara, Torii Staff A pair of documents committing mutual assistance in case of a natural disaster was jointly signed here on Oct. 26 by the commander of U.S. Army Garrison Japan and the mayors of Sagamihara and Zama cities. The endorsement of the Memorandum of Understanding for Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Response Operations by Co ...

Stars and Stripes, October 25, 2011 SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan — Quarantine services at Yokosuka Naval Base’s Navy Exchange kennel temporarily have been shut down due to conditions that might be harmful to pets, Navy officials said Tuesday. The kennel is open for all other services, including boarding pets, but the quarantine facilities were shut down after ...