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Stars and Stripes, December 2, 2011 CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — School lunch prices will increase more than 15 percent at overseas military bases next year due to a new federal law designed to improve nutrition and fight childhood obesity, the Defense Department announced Friday. School meal prices will jump by 35 cents to $2.40 for elementary students and $2.5 ...
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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 ...
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Stars and Stripes, November 2, 2011 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — An enthusiastic group of first-graders from Yokota’s Joan K. Mendel Elementary School went behind the scenes Tuesday to check out base operations. The students were given a tour of the flight line, air traffic control tower and fire department. They also got a short demonstration of the military ...
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By Erik Slavin Stars and Stripes, November 1, 2011 YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan – A former Yokota Air Base elementary school teacher who was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday for producing child pornography also took pictures of his students’ faces and superimposed them on existing pornographic images, according to federal court records. Justin M. Colem ...
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Cid Standifer - Staff writer, Wednesday Oct 26, 2011 17:11:51 EDT The Marines Corps has retreated from the tuition assistance cuts the service announced less than two weeks ago, according to a Marine Corps administrative message released Wednesday, but they are warning that TA funds will probably run out well before the end of fiscal 2012. The administrati ...
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By Travis J. Tritten Stars and Stripes, October 24, 2011 CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – The Department of Defense said it will launch fresh investigations into abuses of power by fired schools director Shirley Miles, including federal audit findings that she inappropriately hired the current Japan district superintendent. The Inspector General’s Office recently fo ...
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Misawa: Children from Cheli School Age Program participate in 'Wired for Wind' project MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan 10/18/2011 Children from the Cheli School Age Program test their windmills for the 'Wired for Wind' project during Federal Energy Awareness month here Oct. 18. 'Wired for Wind' is an in-depth look at renewable ener ...
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By Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 2011 – Pentagon officials are reviewing the Defense Department’s tuition assistance policy, and no DOD-wide decision has been made to change benefits, officials said today. All military services are providing input to the DOD review, officials said. Any recommended changes, they added, must ...
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