Story by Taylor Ardito | Naval Air Facility Atsugi | 08.01.2025
Bon Odori, the traditional Japanese summer dance festival held during Obon season, has a long and rich history in Japan. Bon Odori, celebrated throughout communities with music, dancing, and food, dates back approximately 500 years. For NAF Atsugi, the tradition dates back to 1959 when the base hosted its first Bon Odori event....
Story by Taylor Ardito | Naval Air Facility Atsugi | 08.01.2025
盆踊りは、日本の伝統的な夏の踊りの祭りであり、お盆の時期に行われる行事である。音楽や踊り、食を通じて地域の人々が集うこの祭りは、約500年前から続く長い歴史を持っている。 厚木基地での盆踊りの歴史は1959年に遡る。この年、基地内で初めての盆踊り大会が開催された。...
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 07.25.2016
If you served in the New York Army National Guard after 1950, Stephen Essex has your number—along with lots of other information about you. Essex, the inactive/active records officer for the New York Army National Guard personnel office since 2006, locates records for Soldiers who left service years ago, as well as those who are still in the Guard....
Story by Sarah Lazo | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 01.12.2016
The Veterans Curation Program provides five months of paid, intensive archaeological curation training to recently-separated Veterans, using collections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Veterans are not only helping the Corps rehabilitate vast archaeological collections to museum standards to aid in future research but are also learning important career-building skills. The......
Story by Michelle Gordon | Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling | 11.20.2014
Officers and enlisted men and women representing all branches of the military participated in President John F. Kennedy's final trip through the streets of Washington....
Story by Michelle Gordon | Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling | 11.13.2014
Editor's Note - This story originally appeared in the Bolling Air Force Base (BAFB) newspaper, Bolling Beam, November 14, 1969. The Department of Defense [DoD] is studying the possibilities and feasibilities of instituting an all-volunteer force for the military services. This study is being made at the behest of President Nixon in an attempt to better military life and eliminate the need......
Story by Leon Roberts | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 09.16.2014
An 1874 military map of Middle Tennessee and 1888 map of Muscle Shoals were recently restored and replicas of them are now being showcased in the Barlow Conference Room located at the headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District....
