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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!
The I.G. Brown Training and Education Center's PCE Division announced that it is now called TEC University, effective Nov. 1, 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard illustration)
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Division of Air National Guard's education center changes its name, direction

The Air National Guard division that manages professional continuing education for thousands of Airmen has changed its name.
Basic Instructor Course students work through an exercise using collaborative and flexible workspace furniture at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Nov. 6, 2019. The 82nd Training Wing's Faculty Development Flight has transitioned from a rigid instructional setting to an evolutionary educational setting that encourages ownership among students and the potential for improved learning and higher information retention rates. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Ingle)
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Faculty development taking evolutionary steps in the classroom

Classrooms have long been a place of structure, chairs and desks neatly aligned in rows, books and binders stowed in an orderly fashion, from elementary school on up to the finest colleges and universities.
Lt. Gen. James B. Hecker, Air University commander and president, addresses a crowd during an assumption of command ceremony Nov. 22, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. As the new AU commander and president, Hecker will be responsible for leading the intellectual and leadership center of the U.S. Air Force, graduating more than 50,000 resident and 120,000 non-resident officers, enlisted and civilian personnel each year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Melanie Rodgers Cox)
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Air University welcomes Lt. Gen. Hecker as commander, president

Lt. Gen. James B. Hecker took over as the commander and president of Air University during an assumption of command ceremony Nov. 22, at Maxwell Air Force Base.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jordyn Diomede/Released
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USS Emory S. Land and USS Asheville Volunteer at Bagong Pag-Asa Youth Rehabilitation Center in Puerto Princes

Sailors assigned to the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) and Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Asheville (SSN 758) pose for a photo with children and staff at the Bagong Pag-Asa Youth Rehabilitation Center during a community relations event, Nov. 12.
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Thousands of student veterans will see change in living stipends next semester

About 21,000 student veterans will see lower living stipends next semester after the Department of Veterans Affairs finally implements a law that alters how students are paid when they attend satellite campuses.
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CTC among top five two-year Best for Vet schools

Central Texas College (CTC) was recently ranked as the fourth best two-year school for military veterans in the latest Military Times’ Best for Vets: Colleges rankings.
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Shop for locally made ceramics at UOG Isla Center for the Arts fundraiser Nov. 14-22

More than 250 pieces of ceramic artwork will be available for sale at Ceramic Celebration XII, a fundraising event for the University of Guam’s Isla Center for the Arts that launches tomorrow and runs until Nov. 22.
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The Guam Bus launches newest bilingual children's book - "Hu Guaiya Hao Taiguihi"

The Guam Bus is a creative collective run by brothers – Michael and Jack Lujan Bevacqua (Familian Kabesa yan Bittot) – that produces and publishes Chamoru-themed books, comics and other educational materials aimed at promoting the Chamoru language, culture.