Joseph Ditzler

Editor at Pacific Stars and Stripes

hamura, tokyo, japan

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Making a "strong positive impact" in staff development for 20 years as a team leader and editor in newsrooms from Florida to Alaska to Japan. A go-to writer and editor who can cover breaking news, investigations and features, and coach other writers do the same.

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Air Force brings back duty identifier patches a year after discarding them | Stars and Stripes

Duty identifier patches, the shoulder patches bearing abbreviated career field descriptions like MX, PA and PJ and relegated to the dust bin a year ago, are back. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ken Wilsbach ordered the patches returned to service Friday as... See more

stripes.com•Joseph Ditzler•Jan 12, 2026

Johnny Depp's 'A Bunch of Stuff' makes a Tokyo collage of actor's cluttered spaces | Stars and Stripes

Cinematic chameleon Johnny Depp has played a pirate, a gonzo journalist (twice) and an 18th century New York police detective, among his many roles, but his least recognized parts may be as real-life visual artist and musician. “A Bunch of Stuff,” Depp’s ... See more

stripes.com•Joseph Ditzler•Dec 25, 2025

Dust off a Civil War classic, reissued 50 years after its first edition | Stars and Stripes

By one estimate, more than 65,000 books were published about the American Civil War in the first 130 years following its conclusion in April 1865, and they keep coming. One new volume this year focuses just on the weather during the three-day battle in Ju... See more

stripes.com•Joseph Ditzler•Oct 24, 2025

Tests for pesticide show water at military bases on Guam 'safe to drink,' command says | Stars and Stripes

Expedited tests of all water sources at U.S. military bases on Guam found only a minute presence of a banned pesticide at two wells at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, according to Joint Region Marianas. The command administered nine tests Sept. 25 across 19 ... See more

stripes.com•Joseph Ditzler•Oct 9, 2025

'Let Only Red Flowers Bloom' creates a gallery of contemporary resistance in China | Stars and Stripes

Ethnic minorities rooted out and sent to camps. Book sellers “disappeared,” or convicted of crimes against the state. Dissenters targeted and harassed, even in the United States. This is life for the noncompliant, minorities and civil rights advocates in ... See more

stripes.com•Joseph Ditzler•Oct 2, 2025

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Master Of Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies, International Relations at University Of OklahomaGraduated: 2010

Writing at University Of Southern CaliforniaGraduated: 1992

Bachelor Of Arts, Journalism at Penn State UniversityGraduated: 1985

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Air Force brings back duty identifier patches a year after discarding them | Stars and Stripes

Johnny Depp's 'A Bunch of Stuff' makes a Tokyo collage of actor's cluttered spaces | Stars and Stripes

Dust off a Civil War classic, reissued 50 years after its first edition | Stars and Stripes

Tests for pesticide show water at military bases on Guam 'safe to drink,' command says | Stars and Stripes

'Let Only Red Flowers Bloom' creates a gallery of contemporary resistance in China | Stars and Stripes

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Air Force brings back duty identifier patches a year after discarding them | Stars and Stripes

Johnny Depp's 'A Bunch of Stuff' makes a Tokyo collage of actor's cluttered spaces | Stars and Stripes

Dust off a Civil War classic, reissued 50 years after its first edition | Stars and Stripes

Tests for pesticide show water at military bases on Guam 'safe to drink,' command says | Stars and Stripes

'Let Only Red Flowers Bloom' creates a gallery of contemporary resistance in China | Stars and Stripes