Price of school lunch to increase

Starting Jan. 3, 2012, school lunch prices at all Department of Defense Education Activity schools Outside the Continental United States will increase. On Nov. 10, 2011, the military services approved an increase in the price of school lunches at DoDEA schools in order to keep pace with increasing

USO in a Box comes to Pacific

The United Services Organization unveiled its first Pacific "USO in a Box" Dec. 2 on the island of le Shima in the prefecture of Okinawa, Japan. This state-of-the-art USO tactical operations center will first be used to support troops participating in exercises throughout the Pacific region.USO in a

Kadena Integrated Delivery System to use incentive program to promote resiliency

The Integrated Delivery System here, a program linked by all helping agencies on base including the chapels, mental health and Airman and Family Readiness Center, is set to unveil a new plan for augmenting Airmen's resiliency in February 2012. Unlike the general mindset of "if it isn't broken, don't

Reenlistment goes South

Kadena Base Bulletin

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Holiday Safety Message 2011

Michael B. Donley, Secretary of the Air Force, Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, Air Force Chief of Staff, and Chief Master Sgt. James A. Roy, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force, send out a holiday safety message to all Airmen stationed at Kadena Air Base. To view the message, click here.

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force visits team Kadena

Keeping sight all right

Yellow school buses taking kids off to school, red lights when the traffic is already out of hand, and black coffee to give that extra boost in the morning.The human eye can distinguish about 10 million colors.Life would be pretty bland if not for our sight and the ophthalmic technicians and doctors

33rd HMU conducts first HH-60 phase inspection on Kadena in two years

Maintainers assigned to the 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit recently stood up an inspection section and are currently conducting the first HH-60 600-hour phase inspection accomplished on Kadena in two years. The inspection was performed at Kimhae Air Base near Pusan, South Korea, for the last two

AFRC volunteer program keeps cost down

Okinawans, Americans bond during Okinawa International Carnival

Okinawans and Americans spent time together during the annual Okinawan International Carnival, Nov. 26, 2011. The carnival was an opportunity to celebrate the more than two decades of history between Kadena and Okinawa. The carnival included a parade, food and a giant tug-of-war competition.

Okinawa history lives on Camp Kinser

The Battle for Okinawa lasted nearly three months with more than 200,000 military and civilians killed in the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific theater of the Second World War. Kadena Air Base was one of the primary objectives taken by American forces on April 1, 1945, during Operation

Kadena Base Bulletin, Nov. 23

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Tops in Blue entertains Kadena community

Charges referred to court-martial for Kadena Airman

The General Court-Martial Convening Authority and Commander of Fifth Air Force, Yokota AB, Japan, Lt. Gen. Burton M. Field, referred charges to court-martial regarding the accused, Staff Sgt. Nicholas R. Cron. The referred charges include premeditated murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and