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  • Kadena's Okinawa Outreach tackles tough volunteer project

    Volunteers with Okinawa Outreach pride themselves on their hard work and on the fact that no challenge is too big.The volunteers definitely surprised the man who lined up a recent project for them during a two-hour visit to an elderly care facility in Okinawa City May 30.  Katsuhiko Yamashiro,

  • USO Baby Shower delivers for Okinawa military community

    Nearly 200 women from the military community across Okinawa gathered in the Kadena Officer's Club earlier this month for Special Delivery Baby Showers, co-hosted by the USO and the What to Expect Foundation.Heidi Murkoff, author of the New York Times bestselling "What to Expect When You're

  • 200 Kadena Airmen selected for promotion to technical sergeant

    More than 200 of Kadena's promotion-eligible staff sergeants were selected to become technical sergeants following the Air Force Personnel Center's release Tuesday night.The Air Force selected 8,446 staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant, officials announced June 9. Selectees represent

  • Flag conditions on Okinawa

    On the sunny island of Okinawa, its inhabitants get to experience beaches, great hiking or even scuba diving.However, along with the beautiful scenery Okinawa is often home to flash floods, typhoons and what has been rising as the summer months take hold, the heat.To try and help keep the people of

  • Taking the Field

    Stadium lights silhouette a checkered ball as it flies through the air and rolls along a green field. Players in jerseys race up and down a field in pursuit. A player wearing a white jersey with the number nine on his back dribbles the ball.  The ball is passed to a teammate as he is challenged, he

  • Typhoon season begins

    On June 1, Kadena entered Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness 4, the default condition of readiness during typhoon season, which will last until November 30.Island residents experienced TCCOR 5 for the first time earlier this year, but this level of readiness is only used during the typhoon

  • 18th Dental Squadron keeps PACOM smiling

    KADENA AB, Japan - The Area Dental Lab here supports more than just Airmen and their families on Kadena; they support the entire Pacific Command.The second largest ADL, out of the three in the entire U.S. Air Force, belongs to the 18th Dental Squadron. Here, Airmen work diligently behind the scenes

  • 18th OSS weather flight ensures mission, recreational safety

    Okinawa is known for its sub-tropical climate and postcard-worthy beaches, but those who live here are no strangers to heavy rain, rough surf and even the occasional typhoon.In addition to its natural beauty, Okinawa serves an important role in the U.S. armed forces' operations in the Pacific and

  • 733 AMS Pacesetter Post Memorial Day Blood Drive

    The 733rd Air Mobility Squadron hosted a Pacesetter post Memorial Day blood drive at the passenger terminal here sponsored by the Armed Services Blood Bank Center from May 29.One pint of blood can save up to three lives and the blood drive is a way for military members to help give to those in

  • 2015 Okinawa First Vendor Showcase

    An 'Okinawa First' Vendor Showcase, coordinated by the 18th Contracting Squadron in coordination with the American Consulate General, was held from May 29 at the Schilling Community Center.The annual event allowed Okinawan vendors to showcase locally-made products to the Government Purchase