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  • Alcohol, safety, summertime and you

    Summertime on Okinawa is the perfect time for all of your favorite outdoor activities. There are countless campsites, just as many hiking trails and if you walk in one direction for long enough you are guaranteed to end up at a beach.This summer on Okinawa is different for Status of Forces Agreement

  • Shogun Stories: Kadena sergeant pursues music career

    For many, life is like a sheet of music. The piece begins with a tone, a key and a pace, usually dependent on nearby influences.However, as time goes on, the tune changes, the tempo may slow or quicken, and before long, the song may have become something else entirely.For one rapping NCO at the

  • Less Than a Beer: Exploring Hamahiga Island

    (Editor's Note: This is the third in a series of stories built on the challenge of "less than a beer." The goal is to provide the Kadena Air Base community with information on interesting places to explore on Okinawa that are cheaper to visit than buying one beer.)Looking for another off-base

  • Untangling myths on options for divorce in Japan

    One of the most common questions judge advocates face when providing legal assistance is, "How do I get a divorce while stationed here in Okinawa?"  This question is sometimes followed up by, "I have heard [insert myth here]."The purpose of this article is to untangle these myths and inform you of

  • Good Neighbors: Airmen build friendship on the court

    Airmen took to the volleyball court to help strengthen local friendships during an invitational tourney here Feb. 28, 2015.Members of the Company Grade Officer Council and Airmen Committed to Excellence challenged two local teams to a day of sportsmanship and camaraderie at the Risner Fitness

  • New Year’s fitness challenge enters final weeks

    Participants in the 2015 New Year Extreme Fitness Challenge - me included - have entered their final month of competition.I'm not sure about my competitors, but I know that I slipped a bit on my fitness goals in the last few weeks. A nagging knee injury, a heavy work schedule, and life got in the

  • Less Than A Beer: Sefa-utaki sacred site

    (Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of stories built on the challenge of "less than a beer." The goal is to provide the Kadena Air Base community with information on interesting places to explore on Okinawa that are cheaper to visit than buying one beer.)During a recent off-base

  • Less than a beer: Katsuren Castle

    Less than a beer -- that was my challenge last weekend. I wanted to explore Okinawa and find something cool to do that would cost less than one beer.Why? Because some people here are wasting their time being wasted. Some people are throwing away a once-in-a-lifetime chance to experience this

  • Caring for people by caring for machines

    If aircraft parts aren't properly taken care of, the results can be disastrous. Lives can be lost, people can be seriously hurt and the mission can be adversely affected. The same can be said for improperly maintained medical equipment.On a routine visit to the 18th Medical Group, a patient's