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  • Kadena safety officials offer holiday safety tips

    Kadena safety, fire and emergency service officials encourage everyone to follow a few safety tips during the holiday season. "Electrical safety and fire safety are some of the main concerns during the holiday season," said Staff Sgt. Brian Gunkel, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire and Emergency

  • U.S. military, Okinawan officials conduct table-top exercise

    Each of the U.S. military branches partnered with members from Okinawan government agencies and emergency services for a periodic table-top exercise at the Schilling Community Center here Dec. 4.The event was the eighth exercise based on a similar scenario between the U.S. military and Okinawan

  • Cryogenics for kids

    Every day, Kadena's Cryogenics Lab produces oxygen and nitrogen for different missions such as flight operations, the Special Operations Group and the hospital.  Senior Airman Raymond Borja tells us how they used food to teach Cub Scouts about the uses and dangers of hazardous chemicals.

  • Tinsel Town reigns in holiday season

    From beneath umbrellas and hooded coats, service members and their families brought in the holiday season with the annual Tinsel Town holiday festival at the Schilling Community Center Dec. 1.Despite dark skies and a constant Okinawan drizzle in the air, the event gave a merry light to the crowd

  • Free education offered by the University of Phoenix

    The University of Phoenix has reinvigorated a community outreach program to help foster education for military members across Okinawa."The program started because we felt the need to help advance education in the community," said Scott Goldberg, 18th Force Support Squadron faculty development

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Dec. 5

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, e-mail 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 e-mail sent

  • Changes to "blues Monday" policy

    Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III asked his major command commanders on Nov. 29th to decide which uniform their Airmen will wear in order to better perform their mission.Upon receiving the CSAF guidance, Pacific Air Forces Commander General Herbert "Hawk" Carlisle, announced that blues are no

  • American Airman travels to Africa

    Leave is something military members typically earn, with hard work, dedication and long hours. Those members usually use their precious time off to recharge their batteries and relax, not Airman 1st Class Jessica Tharp.Tharp, an aerospace propulsion journeyman assigned to the 18th Component

  • 353rd Special Ops maintainers earn DoD award

    The 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron was presented the 2012 Secretary of Defense Field-Level Maintenance Award in the small category Nov. 15 during the 2012 DoD Maintenance Symposium and Exhibition in Grand Rapids, Mich. Maj. Ronald Thomas, 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron