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  • Kadena Base Bulletin, April 10

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, email a completed bulletin form to: kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil. Announcements typically run for two weeks beginning two weeks prior to an event. Submissions must be received by 5 p.m. Monday to be included in the weekly bulletin email sent on

  • Shogun challenge concludes

    (This is the second part in a series of "fitness challenge" articles.)The 2013 Extreme Fitness Challenge, which kicked off Jan. 7 on Kadena Air Base, Japan, came to a close April 1. The fitness challenge consisted of two categories, individual and teams. Participants competed against each other as

  • NCOA Class 13-3 graduates

    NCO Academy Class 13-3 graduated at the Rocker NCO Club here April 4, 2013. Congratulations to the following graduates of Class 13-3:John L. Levitow Honor Graduate Award:Tech. Sgt. James Nolan, 301st Intelligence Squadron, Misawa Air BaseAcademic Achievement Award:Tech. Sgt. Michael Johnson, 36th

  • Okinawan children from local orphanages spend day at Kadena

    More than 50 children from several Okinawan orphanages spent the day at Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 29 to learn about Kadena's mission, see different demonstrations and interact with American children their own ages.Operation Sakura, named after the Japanese word meaning cherry blossom, gave the

  • ALS Class 13-C graduates

    Airman Leadership School Class 13-C graduated March 29 at the Rocker NCO Club on Kadena Air Base, Japan. Congratulations to the following graduates of Airman Leadership School Class 13-C:John L. Levitow awardSenior Airman Larson Chun, 18th Operations Support SquadronDistinguished Graduates Senior

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, April 3

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, email a completed bulletin form to: kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil. Announcements typically run for two weeks beginning two weeks prior to an event. Submissions must be received by 5 p.m. Monday to be included in the weekly bulletin email sent on

  • 18th Wing recognizes time to remember

    April 8 marks 2013's Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, which kicks off the annual Days of Remembrance established by the U.S. Congress in 1982 to recognize those who perished in the Holocaust. The week of remembrance stretches from the Sunday before Holocaust Remembrance Day through the

  • Sexual assault has no place in DOD, official says

    Sexual assault has no place in the Defense Department, a senior Pentagon official said April 2 here, calling on the workforce to be part of the solution.In a keynote address kicking off Aberdeen Proving Ground's observance of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, acting

  • Follow public health tips to ensure safe, healthy home

    Public health is in every corner of people's homes. It's in the safe food in the fridge, the carbon monoxide and smoke detectors affixed to the ceiling, and in the child-proof latches that keep dangerous chemicals out of little hands. Home is also where people learn healthy behaviors, such as eating