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  • U.S., Japanese children's holiday art brings two communities together

    Japanese and U.S. people cast their votes for their favorite holiday murals on display Dec. 22 on Park Avenue outside Kadena Air Base, Japan.The murals were for the 2013 Okinawa City Japan-US Kids Holiday Art Fest painted by 12 groups of children from Kadena, Bob Hope, and Stearley Heights

  • Wired Bean open for holidays

    Being on an island during the holidays can be tough, especially if it's a first duty station, or the first time someone has been away from home. However, service members don't have to be alone this holiday season; the Wired Bean began 24 hour operations Dec. 20 here. The purpose of opening for 24

  • Kadena leaders to hold town hall meetings on force management

    Kadena is hosting several informational town hall meetings due to the announcement and release of the Force Management plan from Headquarters Air Force. Kadena Airmen need to attend one of the briefings as they are mandatory.Times and locations were sent via email earlier today. Airmen should

  • Chairman, SEAC roll out first NCO and Petty Officer Book to the Armed Forces

    Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs (SEAC), will host an Inaugural book release ceremony on Dec. 17 at 10 a.m. in the Pentagon Auditorium. Keynote speaker is Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of

  • Komatsu ATR wraps up

    The 67th Fighter Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, concluded a week-long Aviation Training Relocation Program with Japan Air Self Defense Force members at Komatsu Air Base in western Japan, Dec. 14.Approximately 90 Airmen and six F-15 Eagles were deployed from Kadena to Komatsu for the ATR where

  • SARC, SVC provide aid to victims

    How different are sexual harassment and sexual assault? Or better yet, what are the definitions for these crimes, according to the Air Force?Sexual harassment is defined as a form of sexual discrimination that involves unwelcomed sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, verbal or physical

  • 18th OSS provides vital support

    Several F-15 Eagle aircraft sat at the end of a runway. Then, in what seemed like a blink of an eye, they zoomed across the landscape and took to the air soaring high into the gray morning sky here Dec. 11.This scene is the bedrock of the U.S. Air Force's operations, but before the pilot can step

  • 18th SFS take additional DUI/DWI measures

    I can have one drink and be fine...I am a big guy; it takes more to get me drunk...Beer affects me differently than liquor...How many times have we heard these sayings? Having even just one drink could raise your blood alcohol content level high enough to land you with a driving while drinking

  • ALS Class 14-A graduates

    Airman Leadership School Class 14-A graduated Dec. 11 at the Rocker NCO Club. Congratulations to the following graduates of ALS Class 14-A:John L. Levitow AwardSenior Airman Mahlon Wilkes, 390th Intelligence SquadronDistinguished Graduates Sgt. Kenneth Richardson, Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron