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Basketball: Humphreys boys take two on the chin

They finished fourth, losing four times in the Kanto Classic last January. But coach Daisy Whitaker-Hayes called the three-day tournament at American School In Japan a “pivotal point” in Zama’s bid for its first DODEA-Japan and Far East Division II Tournament titles.
Connor Coyne, left, and Humphreys' boys basketball team will look to make it two straight titles in this weekend's American School In Japan Kanto Classic. KATRINA VASQUEZ/SPECIAL TO STRIPES
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Tournaments serve as tests for wrestling, basketball teams

They finished fourth, losing four times in the Kanto Classic last January. But coach Daisy Whitaker-Hayes called the three-day tournament at American School In Japan a “pivotal point” in Zama’s bid for its first DODEA-Japan and Far East Division II Tournament titles.
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Learn about three native plants: Ifit, duduk, saphora at UOG Native Plant Workshop Feb. 8

Learn about the native plants of Guam. Participants will learn the CHamoru, scientific, and common names of the selected plants. Plant identification and propagation will be demonstrated. Common uses of the selected plants will be discussed.
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Parenting and teen stress

Teens juggle many things: fitting in at school, managing classwork and clubs, the daily tidal wave of hormones, and the ups and downs of high school romances.
Congress in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act killed a Defense Department plan to do away with an upper limit for transferring service members' education benefits to their dependents. PIXABAY
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Congress overrules Pentagon plan to limit service members’ G.I. Bill benefits transfer to dependents

Service members with more than 16 years in the military may continue to transfer their G.I. Bill education benefits to their dependents, according to a Navy Personnel Command directive issued Friday.
NORFOLK (July 18, 2018) Chief Fire Controlman Robert J. Miller reenlists aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB 64), a retired Iowa-class battleship that is berthed permanently as a museum ship next to the Hampton Roads Naval Museum in Norfolk, Va. (U.S. Navy photo by Max Lonzanida)
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16-year-mark Cap Removed from GI-Bill Transferability Policy

Sailors who are serving beyond 16 years and meet service-commitment eligibility criteria now retain the option to transfer GI Bill benefits to dependents as outlined in NAVADMIN 006/20 announced Jan. 10.
University of Guam ROTC cadets (from right) Christopher Andrada, Corey Ayuyu, Collin Babauta, Justine Mallari, Henry Sandbergen, and Michael Schommer were commissioned as U.S. Army officers on Dec. 21. (Photo courtesy of the University of Guam)
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Six University of Guam ROTC cadets earn commissions as Army officers

Six cadets from the University of Guam’s ROTC program earned their commissions as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army at a commissioning ceremony on Dec. 21.
University of Guam ROTC cadets (from left) Christopher Andrada, Corey Ayuyu, Henry Sandbergen, Michael Schommer, Collin Babauta, and Justine Mallari will be commissioned as U.S. Army officers this Saturday. (Photo courtesy of the University of Guam)
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Six ROTC cadets to be commissioned as Army officers

The University of Guam’s ROTC program announces that six cadets will earn their commission this Saturday as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army.
After seven years on the shelf, the Rumble on the Rock wrestling tournament is back on the Okinawa mats for its seventh iteration. Here in the last Rumble held in February 2013, Micah Lopez of Guam's Father Duenas gets thrown to the mat by Kubasaki's Sho Green in a 158-pound bout. (ADAM FONDREN/SPECIAL TO STRIPES)
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Wrestlers set to Rumble again this weekend

After seven years on the shelf, the Rumble on the Rock wrestling tournament is back on the Okinawa mats, with four regular Far East tournament teams and local Japanese grapplers set for a full day’s action Saturday at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
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Okinawa book by military spouses picture perfect for youngsters

Military spouses Tara Johnson and Courtney Chauvin both fell in love with Okinawa. Neighbors in a Yomitan apartment complex and both mothers of two young children, the two were hoping to find an Okinawan children’s book to carry the memories of the idyllic paradise they called home.
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Ring the bell for ‘20/21: Scholarships for Military Children begins Dec. 16

The Scholarships for Military Children Program for the 2020 – 2021 school year kicks off Dec. 16, marking its 20th year of awarding grants to military families and celebrating the commissary’s role in enhancing their quality of life.
Junior Collin Metcalf has the burden of becoming the third sibling in his family to fill the shoes of the pillar in the center of it all. In Collin's case, filling the shoes of three-time Far East MVP Quintin Metcalf, now on the roster at St. Bonaventure (N.Y.). LILY AUSTINSON/SPECIAL TO STRIPES
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Boys Basketball: Can Humphreys duplicate a perfect season?

After winning all 33 games and a school-first Far East Division I boys basketball title, the question is: Can Humphreys do it all again?
Reigning Far East Division II Tournament Most Valuable Player Chloe Sterling, a sophomore, is back at point guard for defending champion Zama. DAVE ORNAUER/STARS AND STRIPES
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Girls Basketball: Zama has become the leader of the pack

What a difference that first championship season has made for Zama’s girls basketball team.
From two wrestlers two years ago and six last year, Osan's wrestling team now has as many as 26, four of them girls, pradticing in the school cafeteria daily. JESSICA MCCOLLUM/SPECIAL TO STRIPES
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Wrestling: Osan turns back the clock by filling out the lineup

There were just two wrestlers in the Osan practice room two years ago, setting off concerns about an “empty room syndrome” at some of the smaller programs in Korea.
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Triton Athletics and World Theater Productions partner to bring "Frozen Jr." to Guam

World Theater Productions (in conjunction with Step Up Entertainment & Dance Company and in partnership with UOG Triton Athletics) presents Disney's Frozen JR. on December 7 at the UOG Calvo Field House.
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Puengen Minagof Noche Buena, Christmas celebration at UOG Dec. 6

The Chamorro Studies Program at UOG Invites the Public to its 2019 Christmas Celebration, Puengen Minagof Noche Buena!