Student-athletes at Department of Defense Education Activity schools in the Pacific resumed travel Thursday for spring-season away games after a brief funding freeze.

Ramstein and Stuttgart have dominated D-I play for years and Naples has had a stranglehold over the small-schools division.

The resulting temporary funding extension, known as a continuing resolution, will force the military services to operate with substantially less money than they expected, causing disruptions in programs and modernization efforts, according to service leaders.

“We have been given authority to relook at some of the funding and how we travel to see what might be possible for this weekend,” Jessica Tackaberry, Department of Defense Education Activity Europe spokeswoman, told Stars and Stripes on Wednesday night.

The Army’s U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command, which administers the entrance exam for all branches of the military, can no longer transport test proctors to all testing sites due to the department’s recent requirement that travel by civilian employees be curtailed.

Last year’s champions — Ramstein, Naples and AFNORTH — lost a lot. But they’re still among the favorites in their respective divisions in girls soccer.

Other than a seeming Italian-flavored lock on the D-II championship race, large turnovers have many teams feeling that this might be their season to shine.

Art Schallock spent three years as a radio operator on the USS Coral Sea, an aircraft carrier deployed in the Pacific Ocean, including Iwo Jima and Okinawa, Japan.

NASCAR hosted two Gold Star families at the United Rentals 300 and 67th DAYTONA 500 in Florida on Feb. 15 and 16 in commemoration of its official IMPACT partnership with Honor and Remember — a nonprofit organization that publicly recognizes fallen service members.

The complete schedules for the 2025 DODEA-Europe soccer season.