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  • Team Kadena recognizes 2014 fourth quarter winners

    The 2014 fourth quarter award ceremony for 18th Wing, partner unit, honor guard and Team Kadena personnel was held at the Keystone Theater here Jan. 23.Congratulations to the following award winners:Partner Unit:Airman/Junior Enlisted: Senior Airman Chelsy Kajiwara, 353rd Special Operations Support

  • Kadena Library offers new eReaders

    The Kadena Air Base library recently received 10 new electronic reader tablets as part of an Air Force test program to evaluate the usage and demand for eReaders by Air Force members.Each AERO U.S. Air Force eReader is preloaded with 200 titles from different genres such as science fiction,

  • What to expect from Kadena UEI

    Kadena Air Base is scheduled to have a unit effectiveness inspection Jan. 26-30.This biennial inspection evaluates readiness, economy, efficiency and the state of discipline for the 18th Wing.Approximately 50 Pacific Air Forces inspectors will be coming to Kadena and roughly 10 percent of the base

  • 44th FS commander accompanies predecessor on final journey

    In the middle of a dense jungle on Guadalcanal Island, a farmer made a startling discovery: the wreckage of a World War II-era U.S. Army Air Forces P-38 Lightning wreckage upside-down in the swamp.Upon closer inspection by a Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command team in 2013,

  • Kadena undergoes its first UEI

    Kadena Air Base is scheduled to have a unit effectiveness inspection Jan. 26-30.This biennial inspection evaluates readiness, economy, efficiency, and the state of discipline.The Pacific Air Forces Inspector General team is trying to gauge the 18th Wing Air Force Instruction compliance through four

  • Honoring the fight for civil rights

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is observed annually on the third Monday in January and marks the birthday of one of the most influential civil right activists in American history.For many, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. represents the positive changes that took place during the American civil rights

  • Joint Services Tax Center offers free services

    The Joint Services Tax Center, located in Bldg. 1460, is scheduled to open at the end of January and remain open until May 15.The center will operate on a walk-in basis from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, and will be able to help all Department of Defense ID card holders file Form 1040s

  • DeCA working to fix product shortages for overseas stores

    The Defense Commissary Agency is working to overcome challenges that have impacted the timely delivery of products to stores in Europe and the Pacific, the agency director and CEO said.In some instances commissary patrons experienced critical shortages in perishable products such as chilled juices,

  • Drinking safe abroad: Know the laws

    Being stationed in a foreign country can expose service members to new and unfamiliar traditions, customs and values.With a vast range of cultural differences to acclimate to comes additional foreign laws that should not be overlooked, particularly laws that are alcohol related."It's an important