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  • Team Kadena recognizes 2013 second-quarter award winners

    The partner unit group, 18th Wing and Team Kadena 2013 second-quarter award ceremony was held at the Keystone Theater here July 26.Congratulations to the partner unit group, 18th Wing and Team Kadena first-quarter award winners.The partner unit group winners are: Airman/Junior Enlisted: Senior

  • AF major assumes command of DLA Energy

    Service members and local nationals from around Okinawa joined the Defense Logistics Agency Energy Pacific at Okinawa in welcoming its first Air Force commander on Marine Corps Camp Courtney, Japan, July 25.Capt. Christopher Bower, DLA Energy Pacific commander, highlighted the DLA Energy Pacific at

  • Fukushima Iitate Village 6th graders visit Kadena

    Two fire trucks stood by on a bright and clear summer morning as buses made their way to the Kadena Air Base fire station headquarters. Water arches and rainbows welcomed 49 sixth-graders and 11 escorts from Iitate Village to the base July 24. As part of an educational trip, the sixth-graders were

  • Air Force takes swift action against sexual assault

    It's not an overstatement to say that the past many years have been challenging for those in the military working to prevent sexual assault and sexual trauma. However, for those who've been victimized it has been much worse, and we should never forget that. The harm in this crime is not just

  • 18th Wing NCO has Nhu story to tell

    Think of taking time off, leave, or going abroad. What comes to mind? Perhaps some time for you, a way to reinvigorate or reenergize? For one staff sergeant, time away from the day-to-day grind was spent reinvigorating a children's home in Thailand.As Staff Sgt. Eric Gargus, 18th Civil Engineer

  • Deployed 961st AACS service members return to Kadena

    Twenty-four service members assigned to the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron returned to home station late July 19 after being deployed to Southwest Asia for roughly 90 days. Kristen Burciaga, wife of returning 1st Lt. Jesus Burciaga, said she's just happy to see her husband again."I'm very, very

  • JASDF, 5th AF commanders participate in bilateral refueling training

    The 909th Air Refueling Squadron took to the skies July 11 for a bilateral refueling mission to help prepare Japan Air Self Defense Force pilots for an upcoming training exercise, Red Flag Alaska.This mission had added emphasis; three top commanders participated in the mission aboard one of Kadena's

  • Air Force Surgeon General visits 18th MDG

    The Air Force Surgeon General visited Kadena's 18th Medical Group July 16 to speak with the group's Airmen about their experiences and goals as well as coin some of their top performers.Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Thomas Travis visited the 18th Wing as a part of a Pacific theater tour.The visit included a tour

  • Kadena Airmen support Talisman Saber 2013

    Airmen from Kadena Air Base, Japan, are currently supporting Exercise Talisman Saber 2013 in Australia.Talisman Saber is a biennial combined Australian and United States training activity, designed to train the respective military forces in planning and conducting combined task force operations to

  • NCOA Class 13-5 graduates

    NCO Academy Class 13-5 graduated at the Erwin Professional Military Education Center July 12.Congratulations to the following graduates of Class 13-5:John L. Levitow Honor Graduate Award:Tech. Sgt. Evan Miller, Detachment 402, Air Force Technical Applications Center, Yokota Air Base, JapanAcademic

  • PCS season brings newcomers to Okinawa

    (Editor's note: This is the final article of a series of articles about peak moving season on Okinawa.)The newness of living on Okinawa can overwhelm many people who have freshly arrived to Kadena. Newcomers here have many options available to explore the island and take advantage of base programs.