Jonathan Snyder

Jonathan Snyder is a reporter at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. Most of his career was spent as an aerial combat photojournalist with the 3rd Combat Camera Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He is also a Syracuse Military Photojournalism Program and Eddie Adams Workshop alumnus.

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The JS Akishio, a decommissioned Japanese submarine, is the centerpiece of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force museum in Kure, Japan.

Explore inside a submarine at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force museum

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kure Museum opened on April 5, 2007, and is the only museum in Japan where you can board a real submarine. The JDS Akishio, commissioned in 1986, was in service until March 3, 2004.

Charges pending in Japan against Marine suspected of car theft, home intrusion

Japanese pedestrians walk on a street in front of lighted merchandise stalls and trees festooned with white lights.

Japanese police hold US service member on alleged bar assault

An American man poses with a signed Japanese flag held by a Japanese pair.

Army veteran returns WWII ‘good luck’ flag to Japanese soldier’s family

Air Force Master Sgt. John Chapman died during the Battle of Takur Ghar in Afghanistan, March 4, 2002. He was the first airman to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War, and the 19th in the service’s history.

Critics say Medal of Honor museum shortchanges airman’s achievements

A petition calling for the National Medal of Honor Museum to include a dedicated exhibit for Air Force Master Sgt. John Chapman has revived longstanding criticism that the Navy SEAL community sought to “diminish his contributions.”

Chief Enrico Dagsindal holds a small model of an F-35C Lighting II while Petty Officer 1st Class Caroline Lui works on the snow sculpture for the 75th Annual Sapporo Snow Festival.

US Navy sailors sculpt F-35C stealth fighter for Japan’s iconic snow festival

U.S. Navy sailors carved a replica of an F-35C Lightning II for their entry in the 75th annual Sapporo Snow Festival on Japan’s northernmost main island.

A pavements and construction equipment duty identifier patch is seen on a U.S. airman’s uniform.

Air Force chief of staff nixes 57 shades of nail polish, career field ID patches

Career field identifier patches and 57 colors of nail polish are out, gig lines and short hair are in, according to an Air Force order that reverses dress and appearance regulations loosened just one year ago.

A study published last year in Military Medicine found that Air Force shaving waivers are associated with longer times to promotion, which disproportionately affects Black service members.

Air Force reins in shaving waivers for airmen and guardians

The Air Force is resetting the expiration dates on waivers for airmen and guardians with shaving exemptions, or profiles, according to a memo from service’s surgeon general.

A man in a green snow suit and white helmet skis down a snowy slope.

Air Force eliminates subsidies for popular quality-of-life program

The Air Force has again cut funding for the popular Recharge for Resiliency program that provides airmen and their families substantial discounts for recreational trips and other activities.

A pharmacy technician with the 18th Medical Support Squadron hands a prescription to a patient at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Nov. 16, 2021.

Overseas military pharmacies are moving to interactive phone-in refills

U.S. military pharmacies overseas are instituting an interactive, voice-response system for prescription refills, the Defense Health Agency said.

A man holds out four 20 dollar bills in his hands.

DOD expands eligibility for flexible spending accounts to some Guard members

National Guard troops on full-time active duty are now eligible to enroll in a tax-advantaged, health care flexible spending account, according to a spokesman for the Department of Defense.

Two children sit in a cardboard box and peak over the edge.

Navy to tailor assignments for sailors with special-needs family members

The Navy is changing its Exceptional Family Member Program to help tailor individual sailors’ duty assignments to the services available to their special-needs family members, rather than relying on blanket categories to determine the assignment process.

The lift lines are usually tolerable at Megahira Ski Resort, near Hiroshima, Japan.

Megahira Ski Resort: Close enough to MCAS Iwakuni for day-trip skiing

The closest and most accessible ski resort to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni is Megahira Ski Resort, just over a 1½-hour drive depending on road conditions. It’s not a destination resort, but if you’re stationed in southern Japan, the convenience and cost of the lift passes make it worthwhile.

A hand holds a cellphone with the AFN app on it.

AFN marks 7-figure milestone for its overseas streaming service

U.S. service members, Defense Department civilians, military retirees and their families living overseas together have watched more than 1 million hours of American Forces Network streaming TV since the service launched two years ago, according to the DOD.

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