Story by Airman 1st Class Hunter Hites | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 09.10.2025
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Three Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson child and youth centers have earned accreditation from the Council on Accreditation, placing them among a small percentage of childcare institutions nationwide recognized for meeting rigorous quality standards....
Story by Winifred Brown | U.S. Army Garrison - Japan | 04.05.2021
Camp Zama's School Age Center kicked off the Month of the Military Child with the Olympic-themed competitions at Sagamihara Family Housing Area, Japan, April 1, 2021....
Story by Winifred Brown | U.S. Army Garrison - Japan | 02.12.2021
Sabrina Tsai, manager of the Camp Zama Arts and Crafts Center, couldn’t meet in-person with students at the School Age Center here due to COVID-19 restrictions, so she met with them virtually. Broadcasting live from the Camp Zama Library, Tsai taught two classes Feb. 9 on how to make Japanese “Hinamatsuri” dolls. Students could see and hear Tsai providing step-by-step instructions on......
Story by Winifred Brown | U.S. Army Garrison - Japan | 12.23.2020
Cast members of this year’s holiday play at the Camp Zama School Age Center wore masks, socially distanced in a large gym, and performed almost exclusively in front of a camera. They barely noticed the COVID-19 restrictions, however. Instead, cast members enthusiastically described the setting as a “winter wonderland” at the North Pole inhabited by a gingerbread girl, a snowman, a......
Story by Michael Strasser | Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs | 04.24.2020
To celebrate Month of the Military Child, children at the Fort Drum School Age Center and Chapel Child Development Center participated in a sidewalk chalk art project April 20....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Kamaile Casillas | Grand Forks Air Force Base | 03.12.2020
Effective April 1, 2020, the Grand Forks Air Force Base Child Development Center and Youth Program hours will change in order to improve quality of care....
Story by Cpl. Stephen Campbell | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 07.17.2019
Japanese child performers with the Aozora Kids Kagura Association based out of Hiroshima City, performed a Kagura dance for children with the School Age Center at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, July 15, 2019....
Story by Noriko Kudo | U.S. Army Garrison - Japan | 02.07.2019
CAMP ZAMA, Japan (Feb. 7, 2019) – A man in crisp chef’s whites approaches a table carrying two fresh-from-the-oven pepperoni pizzas. The eight girls seated there leap to their feet and cheer, eager to grab a slice, but equally proud to see the end result of their own efforts in the kitchen earlier that morning....
