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  • SABC training: preserving life, limb and eyesight

    Imagine you and a wingman are deployed and your base has undergone heavy rocket fire all day. As you finish up a post attack reconnaissance sweep you notice an Airman lying on the ground, bleeding -- what do you do?Knowing how to perform Self-Aid and Buddy Care immediately after a traumatic event

  • Kadena facility numbers to be replaced by March 31

    Due to the expiration of the Verizon communication contract through the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, numbers beginning with "959" will no longer be available as of March 31.Many numbers throughout AAFES and 18th Force Support Squadron facilities have already been replaced, while base housing

  • Firing range scheduled to close July 1

    The 18th Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms firing range is scheduled to close for renovation July 1 here. The purpose of the closure is to ensure the building and the firing range meet building and safety standards, and will take approximately a year and a half to two years to complete. During

  • Kadena High School warms up to Operation Snowball

    Getting students to come to school on a weekday can be a challenge at times, but getting them to come to school at 8 a.m. on a Saturday for an all-day event about healthy choices and communication makes the weekday challenge of getting kids to come to school look like child's play.On March 22,

  • Kadena Top 3, KMS give a ton back to community

    Kadena Top 3's Okinawa Outreach program teamed up with Kadena Middle School to donate approximately 2,000 pounds of non-perishable goods to two local welfare associations. In addition to items collected at donation spots at Kadena's shoppettes, post office and gas stations, Okinawa Outreach received

  • Kadena hosting events for Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April

    This year Kadena's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program has set up an array of events for Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April.Since 2004, the SAPR program has sponsored SAAM to raise awareness against sexual assault in the military."SAAM is organized in the U.S. with civilian and

  • 2014 Road Tax collections to start May 2

    Service members, civilians and other Status of Forces Agreement personnel can pay the annual road tax for their personal vehicles from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. May 19-23 at the Keystone Theater here. Other tax collection locations, dates and times are as follows:Camp Kinser, Surf Side: 9:30 a.m. to

  • Five things you may not know about the CCRI

    (Editor's note: This is the second feature article in a three-part series highlighting the Command Compliance Readiness Inspection within the 18th Communications Squadron and how it is essential to the mission of Kadena Air Base and security of our base networks. This article will focus on things

  • 26 Selected for promotion to SMSgt

    More than 20 of Kadena's promotion-eligible master sergeants were selected to become senior master sergeants following the Air Force Personnel Center's release on March 20, 2014.This year's promotion cycles included 14,823 eligible master sergeants Air Force-wide, and out of them, 999 were selected

  • Kadena hosts healthy cooking class

    The Health and Wellness Center hosts a cooking class for the Airmen at Kadena Air Base annually in celebration of National Nutrition Month, with the most recent class being March 19 here.This event encourages Airmen to learn healthy cooking techniques that are not only quick, but affordable. For