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  • Updated jogging policy released

    Kadena's policy letter for jogging safety has recently been changed.Here are a few highlights of the new letter:- Individuals ans small groups are highly encouraged to use the Risner Fitness Center track, the jogging track at Marek Park or the jogging path in the Jennings Housing area.- If jogging

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Feb. 29

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, please e-mail a short paragraph (NOT bullets or attachments) containing essential information (who, what, when, where, why, and how and who to contact for more information) to kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil.Announcements typically run for two weeks

  • NCO exchange program brings understanding, friendship

    From the post office to the flight line, there were some new faces around Kadena this last week. "Kadena is very big, with a good atmosphere of airmen and sergeants," said Staff Sgt. Shuzo, Masuda, Japan Air Self-Defense Force.Masuda was one of the participants in this year's non-commissioned

  • Army Reserve bishop comes to Okinawa

    Bishop Frank Richard Spencer, 41 years and still going strong, is the only bishop still in uniform in the U.S. Army Reserves, although the majority of his career was spent on active duty he also served in the National Guard.Spencer started wearing the uniform in 1969, commissioned as an Army officer

  • Ryukyu Middle School nurse selected as OSHNA School Nurse of the Year

    Holly Gouldman, a school nurse with the Department of Defense Education Activity Pacific, was recently selected as the Overseas School Health Nurses Association 2012 School Nurse of the Year.Gouldman, a registered nurse at Ryukyu Middle School on Kadena Air Base, has been a nurse with DoDEA Pacific

  • Kadena Airmen wrap up largest, longest ATR

    Kadena Airmen forged strategic partnerships with their Japanese and Australian counterparts while participating in a three week-long multinational exercise at Anderson Air Base, Guam. "The exercise has significantly improved our relationship with our Australian and Japanese counterparts, not just in

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Feb. 22

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, please e-mail a short paragraph (NOT bullets or attachments) containing essential information (who, what, when, where, why, and how and who to contact for more information) to kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil.Announcements typically run for two weeks

  • Kadena provides road, runners, volunteers for 2012 Okinawa Marathon

    Team Kadena supported the 2012 Okinawa Marathon, Feb. 19, by providing 2.8 kilometers of the 42 kilometer marathon route, and hundreds of volunteers to support the more than 11,000 runners. This is the 20th year in a row Kadena has supported the Okinawa Marathon.More than 200 military members,

  • JAAGA Civic Leaders visit Kadena

    The Japan-American Air Force Goodwill Association, or JAAGA, recently paid a visit to Team Kadena for a civic leader tour to learn about the Shogun mission, talk with Airmen and to take a tour of the base.JAAGA is an organization composed mainly of JASDF veterans. Founded in 1996, the goal of the

  • Medics provide intensive care from above

    People may have seen the aftermath of a horrific car wreck and thought about what happened to the passengers inside, but Capt. Tina Hall, a critical care nurse, knows all too well what happens after the blaring sirens and flashing lights streak out of sight."One of my most challenging missions

  • Kadena's 'Fighting Cocks' named premiere fighter squadron in USAF

    On Feb. 16, Gen. Norton Schwartz, Air Force chief of staff, announced that Kadena's 67th Fighter Squadron "Fighting Cocks" the winner of the Raytheon Trophy for 2011.The annual award, originally started by the Hughes Aircraft Company in 1953, is now sponsored by Raytheon Systems Corporation and is