This website was created and maintained from May 2020 to May 2021 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Stars and Stripes operations in the Pacific.
It will no longer be updated, but we encourage you to explore the site and view content we felt best illustrated Stars and Stripes' continued support of the Pacific theater since 1945.
Great East Japan Earthquake
From Tohoku to Tyndall, Air Force dependent faced down two historic natural disasters
Brianne Engle may be one of the few people affiliated with the U.S. military to be front and center for two historic natural disasters in two parts of the world, seven years apart.
Suburban sprawl, downtown struggles challenge Tohoku’s tsunami recovery
Any American from a city with a forgotten Main Street would recognize what is happening in Ishinomaki.
Spurred by help from military families, tsunami victims aid others in need
Take papers dyed in springtime colors, fold them into dozens of flower shapes and sew them into a single ball.
Yokosuka makes changes after learning lesson from last year's quake
When the shaking began on the ninth floor of Sakura Tower at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2011, Melissa Lindfors wasn’t sure if it was the sort of thing her family would just have to get used to at their new duty station in Japan.
U.S. military aid arrives in Japan amid concerns for nuclear plants
U.S. military manpower and equipment started arriving in Japan on Saturday to assist in rescue and humanitarian operations, as the death toll from Friday’s 8.9-magnitude earthquake and powerful tsunami mounted along with concerns about the safety of nuclear power facilities in northern Japan.
Military begins voluntary evacuation of families in Japan
The U.S. military authorized voluntary evacuations of eligible family members of Defense Department personnel Thursday from bases in mainland Japan following increasing worries over nuclear reactors damaged in the country’s largest recorded earthquake.
Tsunami relief missions coming to an end for Misawa volunteer program
After more than six weeks of work, Misawa base residents are tackling their last major cleanup project along the tsunami-battered Japanese coast.
