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  • Space-A travel can provide a unique, rewarding, experience

    Picture this. You pack your bags and make your way down to the Air Mobility Command passenger terminal only to hear over the public address system as you arrive, "Sorry folks, the mission to Hawaii has been delayed twelve more hours due to maintenance issues." It may be frustrating to hear that your

  • DBIDS implementation date fast approaches

    Beginning March 1, full implementation of the Defense Biometric Identification System will be in effect. This means every individual who comes through any gate on Kadena will have their passes or ID's scanned using the DBIDS system. After that date, five courtesy entries will be given to those who

  • 'Okinawan First' Vendor Showcase helps Kadena units save money, time

    The "Okinawan First" Vendor Showcase, coordinated by the 18th Contracting Squadron and the Okinawa Public Corporation for Industry Promotion, was held Feb. 15 at the Schilling Community Center.The event brought in Okinawan vendors to showcase locally-made products to the Government Purchase

  • Kadena Airmen join Soldiers in Joint Dawn

    About two dozen contracting airmen descended onto this home of the 101st Airborne Division to get a taste of contracting operations in a contingency environment.The airmen came from as far away as Japan, Alaska and Hawaii to participate in the U.S. Army Expeditionary Contracting Command Operation

  • TRICARE to extend coverage up to age 26

    The signing of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of fiscal year 2011 into law enables TRICARE to extend coverage to eligible adult children up to age 26. A premium-based TRICARE Young Adult program is expected to be in place later this spring.The Patient Protection and Affordable Care

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Jan. 26

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, please email a short paragraph (NOT bullets) containing essential information (who, what, when, where, why, and how) to kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil. Announcements typically run for two weeks beginning two weeks prior to an event. Submissions

  • Team Kadena demonstrates capabilities during life-like exercise

    Team Kadena is participating in Beverly High 11-02, a local operational readiness exercise, this week.During the LORE, units from across the base are presented with scenarios that test their ability to react and respond to different situations and emergencies on-base.In one scenario Jan. 19,

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Jan. 19

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, please email a short paragraph (NOT bullets) containing essential information (who, what, when, where, why, and how) to kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil. Announcements typically run for two weeks beginning two weeks prior to an event. Submissions

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Jan. 12

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, please email a short paragraph (NOT bullets) containing essential information (who, what, when, where, why, and how) to kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil. Announcements typically run for two weeks beginning two weeks prior to an event. Submissions

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Dec. 22

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, please email a short paragraph (NOT bullets) containing essential information (who, what, when, where, why, and how) to kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil. Announcements typically run for two weeks beginning two weeks prior to an event. Submissions

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Dec. 15

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, please email a short paragraph (NOT bullets) containing essential information (who, what, when, where, why, and how) to kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil.  Announcements typically run for two weeks beginning two weeks prior to an event. Submissions

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Dec. 8

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, please email a short paragraph (NOT bullets) containing essential information (who, what, when, where, why, and how) to kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil. Announcements typically run for two weeks beginning two weeks prior to an event. Submissions

  • Kadena servicemembers commemorate Veterans Day

    As the notes of Taps played, hundreds of servicemembers from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan stood silent, waiting for that final tone and for the command of "dismissed" to be ordered.This sequence closed the 2010 Veteran's Day remembrance ceremony at the base flag pole in front of 18th Wing

  • AADD 'drives' DUIs off streets

    Imagine it's late Friday night after a long day at work. You and your friends decide to visit some clubs off-base and go drinking. Although the original plan includes a designated driver, it eventually gets misinterpreted and the driver has a few drinks as well. As the base curfew nears, everybody

  • American Red Cross, Dental Clinic offer Dental Assistant Training

    The American Red Cross and 18th Dental Squadron host a Dental Assistant Training Program beginning Nov. 15. The Red Cross Dental Assistant Program is a free, six-month training course designed to provide dental assistant training and experience to civilian volunteers. The course provides 900 hours