Shogun Warriors host BHM gospel extravaganza

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jermaine Boyd, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron equipment operations superintendent, speaks to the congregation during the Black History Month Gospel Extravaganza at Chapel Three on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 24, 2013. Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United States, when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History announced the second week of February to be "Negro History Week." (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Justin Veazie)

Shoguns host BHM gospel extravaganza

Amanda Hite sings during the Black History Month Gospel Extravaganza at Chapel Three on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 24, 2013. Hite performed a "newer generation" rendition of the gospel song "Thank You Lord," which became famous by Walter Hawkins in 1990. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Justin Veazie)

Joint Readiness Training Center

U.S. Air Force Capt. Stefanie Ledford, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse, Kadena Air Base, Japan, records patient vital signs on board a C-130 Hercules aircraft above Alexandria, La., Feb. 22, 2013, in support of Joint Readiness Training Center aeromedical evacuation training. Service members at JRTC 13-04 are educated in combat patient care and aeromedical evacuation in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John R. Nimmo Sr.)

Joint Readiness Training Center

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kenneth Benavides, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, checks on a simulated patient on board a C-130 Hercules aircraft in Alexandria, La., Feb. 22, 2013, in support of Joint Readiness Training Center aeromedical evacuation training. Service members at JRTC 13-04 are educated in combat patient care and aeromedical evacuation in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John R. Nimmo Sr.)

Joint Readiness Training Center

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ross Rudolph, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron medical technician, Kadena Air Base, Japan, configures a C-130 Hercules aircraft to receive simulated patients in Alexandria, La., Feb. 21, 2013, in support of Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) aeromedical evacuation training. Service members at JRTC 13-04 are educated in combat patient care and aeromedical evacuation in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John R. Nimmo, Sr./RELEASED) DIGITAL

Kadena library receives media donation

Airmen from the 18th Wing and library staff members display media donations the library recently received. Movies, television series, documentaries, mini-series, music CDs and video games were donated to the library by Project Hollywood Cares, a charitable organization that distributes products of the entertainment industry to support America's military personnel. The library is scheduled to have the items ready for check out by March. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. James Bermudez)