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  • Okinawan ancestors rejoin families during Obon

    Obon, a Buddhist holiday tradition over 500 years old, will be celebrated all over Okinawa Aug. 12-14.This ancient annual holiday reunites family members with the spirits of their families' ancestors.Days before Obon begins, families gather to clean their ancestors' graves to show them they will

  • Kadena Airmen clean up after 60-hour typhoon

    Cabin fever, lock down and bored.These are just a few of the words that were being used to describe their time during Typhoon Muifa, but not for all Airmen. More than 125 Airmen from the 18th Civil Engineer Group were on duty during and after the slow-moving yet destructive typhoon."During the

  • Air Force CE caps off tour with Kadena visit

    Maj. Gen. Timothy A. Byers, Air Force Civil Engineer, wrapped up a five-base Pacific Air Forces tour recently with a capstone visit at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Accompanied by Chief Master Sgt. Pat Abbot, Office of the Civil Engineer, chief of enlisted matters, the pair got a first-hand view of the

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Aug. 10

    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) to kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil. Announcements typically run for two weeks beginning two weeks prior to an event.

  • Operation Purple Camp comes to Kadena Air Base

    On Aug. 1, 50 military youth of Okinawa began a week of fun in the sun at Okuma Recreation Facility planned by Dion Bass, Teen Center director, and Geoffrey Rinehart, Youth Center director, and courtesy of the National Military Family Association. Bass and Rinehart teamed up with the NMFA to bring

  • Stearley Heights Elementary School wraps up Summer Enrichment program

    The Department of Defense Education Activity four-week Voyager Summer Enrichment Program at Stearley Heights Elementary School June 27 through July 22 was a tremendous success! Teachers, parents and students were excited for the program because it encouraged team work, collaboration and leadership

  • Need to file personal property claim from Muifa?

    During typhoons, it's almost inevitable that property will be damaged, and Typhoon Muifa made no exceptions. For any Air Force personnel who suffered property damage from Muifa, the Kadena Claims Office will be conducting mass claims briefings to assist personnel in ensuring their claims are

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Aug 3

    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) to kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil  Announcements typically run for two weeks beginning two weeks prior to an event.

  • Kadena Airman helps keep aircraft in the fight at Bagram

    Bagram Airfield has some of the busiest air frames in the Air Force, but without fuel they can't fly, fight and win. The 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Management Flight brings fuel to the fight to keep Bagram's mission "responsive and precise." "We are responsible for all

  • 18th MUNS operates more than munitions

    Kadena's 18th Munitions Squadron operates the Air Force's largest conventional munitions storage area, a total of 5,900 acres, to support all U.S. military and Japan Ground and Air Self-Defense Force activities.The squadron provides the wing and associate units with munitions for more than 12,000

  • Properly assess emergencies to limit 911 calls

    Imagine you are playing a game of basketball on base with your friends, when a teammate is tripped and falls to the floor.His ankle hurts when he puts weight on it, but it isn't swelling or discolored and he is otherwise uninjured. What do you do?Though the best answer to this question is to use

  • Kadena family members attend Exhange Patriot Family focus group

    Kadena Air Base family members took the opportunity to make their voices heard while attending the Army and Air Force Exchange Service's first Pacific Region Patriot Family focus group session at Camp Foster July 22.The Exchange formed the focus group in coordination with garrison and wing