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Pacific Daily News View Comments Sailors and civilians from U.S. Naval Base Guam and various tenant commands have continued working at the Guam Veterans Cemetery in Piti to prepare it for Memorial Day. Nearly 150 sailors and civilians have spent the past month removing debris and weed from gravesites, power washing the mausoleums and areas surrounding the cemetery chapel, cutting grass, and cleaning and shining the bronze grave markers throughout the cemetery.

3 APRA HARBOR, Guam (May 25, 2021) – The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) conducted a change of command ceremony aboard the ship, May 25. Capt. Andrew Ring, from Wilmore, Kansas, relieved Capt. Michael Luckett, from Banning, California, as Land’s commanding officer during the ceremony. “I have been privileged and honored to serve as your captain, leading this incredibly talented and skilled hybrid crew of Sailors and civilian mariners,” said Luckett. “Through all of these ups and downs, you’ve always done your duty with honor -- trusting the shipmate to...

By JOSEPH DITZLER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 19, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. TOKYO – U.S. Army Japan joined the other service branches Wednesday and relaxed its coronavirus mask order for fully vaccinated people. The order signed Tuesday by Maj. Gen. Viet Luong, commander of U.S. Army Japan, and publicized Wednesday permits anyone fully vaccinated on an Army base to remove thei...

More than 5,000 veterans, their spouses and children are buried at the cemetery, including Navy Steward Mate 1st Class Ignacio C. Farfan, 21, of Hagåtña. Farfan's remains were identified in 2015 and returned to Guam in 2018, 77 years after he was killed in the attacks in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.  Farfan was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewme...

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: April 26, 2021 April 26, 2021 11:09 AM USNI News Graphic These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of April 26, 2021, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. Total U.S. Navy Battle Force: 296 In Japan Seaman Zhihao Luo, from San Francisco, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6), secures a line during small boat op...