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  • Kadena teen represents Air Force Teen Council

    Leadership: It's a crucial characteristic for military commanders, company CEOs, and sports coaches alike. It's a defining quality that can either break a group of people apart or bring them together under one unifying thought or idea. Without leadership, change is unattainable.Leadership is a

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Aug. 1

    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 on

  • Services go head-to-head in culinary cook-off

    U.S. Army, Japan, Okinawa, hosted the first inter-service island-wide cook off at the Camp Foster Field House July 28. Four members from each service participated in the four-hour program designed to test the culinary skills across the island from the U.S. Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy. The

  • 18th Wing History Office gives Airmen glimpse into WWII history

    The Americans sank their combat boots deeply into the black volcanic sand that lined the coast of Iwo Jima.For three days prior to the Feb. 19, 1945, invasion, U.S. naval ships in the surrounding waters shelled the tiny island from end to end in an attempt to eliminate most of their adversaries'

  • F-22 Raptors deploy to Kadena

    F-22A Raptors from the 1st Fighter Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., deployed to Kadena Air Base, Japan, and arrived July 28 local time. Pacific Air Forces Theater Security Package deployments to the Asia-Pacific region signify a continued commitment to regional stability and security, while

  • Local barber trims back time

    For a service member, everyday life requires them to follow rules and regulations, which includes keeping up with high standards of conduct and looking sharp.One of the many regulations all service members are required to uphold states that they "will be clean, well-groomed and present a

  • First sergeant position provides perspective

    The U.S. Air Force can easily be compared to a 5,000 piece jigsaw puzzle; it wouldn't be a whole picture if even one piece was missing. Airmen can get absorbed into their individual jobs and easily forget about how other puzzle pieces are helping to hold them together. "I've been a first sergeant

  • Big hearts for tiny patients

    The military likes to run on schedules. It allows for a streamline of production and quality control, but babies do not follow those guidelines. On the fifth floor of Camp Lester U.S. Naval Hospital, resides four neonatologists, 13 medical technicians and 18 neonatal nurses that help take care of

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, July 25

    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 on

  • Combat medic shares story about 'just doing his job'

    "We were used to getting hit," said Staff Sgt. Warren Williamson Jr., a medic with the 18th Medical Operations Squadron. "But that day...that day was different." Of the 300-plus combat missions he was a part of while deployed last year, Williamson recalls a day he will never forget, a day he could