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We’ve come a long way with autism awareness

In 1998, our son, Hayden, was diagnosed with “atypical autism.” After recovering from the shock, my husband and I inundated ourselves with information, desperate to provide our 3-year-old boy with whatever might help him lead a relatively normal life.
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Pet of the week: Rollie

Call G.A.I.N. (Guam Animals in Need) Animal Shelter in Yigo at 653-4246 or visit for more information on adopting this pet. G.A.I.N. is a shelter-based humane society with a mission to prevent cruelty to animals, educate the public and promote good animal laws. Under Water World will donate one adult admission for every Pet of the Week adopted.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Special Agent Charles Raterman, Guam Customs Officer Ike Reyes, NOAA Enforcement Officer John Evangelista, former Naval Facilities Engineering Command Marianas Natural Resources Specialist Tammy Summers and Guam Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources Biologist C.J. Cayanan display some of the messaging used to educate the public.
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Be kind to Guam’s endangered marine life

Federal and local environmental experts are raising awareness about proper care and appropriate safety precautions around marine animals in Guam’s waters.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Crouch
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Fire in Southern Guam contained by HSC-25

The Guam-based “Island Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 provided aerial firefighting for southern Guam, along the northeastern edge of the Naval Magazine, when a brush fire quickly began to spread and threaten local homes of Santa Rita.
U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, Defense Health Agency director, speaks with members of the 42nd Medical Group about upcoming changes to military treatment facilities April 12, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The DHA will be responsible for all facilities with respect to budgetary matters, information technology, health care administration and management, administrative policy and procedure and military medical construction. (U.S. Air Force photo by William Birchfield)
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Changes coming to military medical treatment facilities

The medical field is an ever-changing, ever-growing area. Whether this change is from methods of care, shiny and new equipment or even streamlining the administrative side, the goal is always the same: providing for the needs of the patients.
A U.S. Army Apache helicopter pilot assigned to Task Force Viper 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade makes final checks before departing Zagan Poland Training Area on June 21, 2018. The Army wants to boost flight pay and award pilots with incentive money for career achievements to stem a historic attrition rate in its aviation community. CHARLES ROSEMOND/U.S. ARMY
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Army considers better pay for aviation as pilots and crews leave at record rate

The Army wants to boost flight pay and award pilots with incentive money for career achievements in a bid to stem a record 10% attrition rate due largely to aging air crews and competition from commercial airlines.
Eric Williams is promoted to first lieutenant by Lt. Col. Laketter Cannon, 184th Sustainment Command, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, March 11, 2019. The Army is revamping its promotion board processes to focus promotions on merit, not time served. It is the first major overhaul of the system since 1969, the Army said.
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Merit over seniority: Army revamping 50-year-old centralized promotion board

The Army will revamp its centralized promotion board processes over the next few years to focus on advancing senior noncommissioned officers on merit, not time served.
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Military housing crisis sparks outreach effort to contact every Marine about living conditions

Almost 7,000 Marines requested that their commanders visit their homes as part of a nearly completed outreach effort to address the U.S. military housing crisis.
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Air Force to display F-16s at Guam Airport

The public is invited to a free static display of U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets at the A.B. Won Pat International Airport Guam April 23, from 4:15-6 p.m.
BARRIGADA, Guam (November 14, 2017) - U.S. Naval Hospital Guam Sailors volunteer to speak about their Navy experiences during Career Day at Tiyan High School, Barrigada (U.S. Navy photo by USNH Guam Public Affairs)
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U.S. Naval Hospital Guam wins five flagship awards

U.S. Naval Hospital Guam (USNH Guam) wins five flagship awards under the Navy’s Community Service Program (NCSP). The program is designed to encourage and promote involvement of Navy volunteers in the communities in which they live and work.
Photo courtesy of Jose T. Quan, Ginen Marianas
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Matson Community Support in Guam/Micronesia totaled $357,000 in 2018

Matson contributed a total of $3.6 million in cash and in-kind donations to more than 850 charitable organizations and non-profit programs in the communities it serves during 2018, including $357,000 in support for 96 organizations in Guam and Micronesia.
Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Richard Derrick, assigned to the Island Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 speaks with a medical representative. HSC-25 maintains a 24-hour search and rescue and medical evacuation alert posture, directly supporting the U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Guam and Joint Region Marianas. HSC-25 ensures maritime peace and security in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (Photo by Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25)
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HSC-25 provides medical care for mariner at sea following explosion

The Guam-based “Island Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 responded to a mariner in distress aboard M/V APL Saipan on April 17.
Air Force Maj. Gen. Lee Payne (right) is escorted into Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms by hospital commanding officer, Navy Capt. Nadji Hariri, for a site visit on the launch of MHS GENESIS, the military's new electronic record-keeping system, April 17. (U.S. Navy photo by Dave Marks)
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New electronic health record integrates all aspects of care

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Two basic rules of life are: 1. Change is inevitable. 2. Everybody resists change. That’s according to business management guru, E. Edwards Deming.
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Here's how Guam came to be the shape it is today

With the southern and northern ends being robust and the central being as narrow as it is, the geography of the island is unique, to say the least.
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30 NCR, III MEF tighten naval engineering relationship

The Guam-based 30th Naval Construction Regiment (30NCR) and III Marine Expeditionary Forces (III MEF) established the Engineers Functional Working Group (EFWG) for the Indo-Pacific Theater April 18.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication 1st Class Timmy Wakefield/Released
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Konetzni Hall: COMSUBRON 15 dedicates building to historic submariner

Commander, Submarine Squadron Fifteen formally dedicated Konetzni Hall during a ceremony April 19, in Piti, Guam. The building, named after Vice Adm. (ret.) Albert Konetzni, has served as the CSS-15 and Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific Detachment Guam headquarters building since 2013 although it was never formally named.