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  • Okinawa Veterinary Treatment Facility hosts leash cutting ceremony

    The remodeled Okinawa Veterinary Treatment Facility held an official leash cutting ceremony at their original location, on Kadena Air Base, May 18. The original building started life as a warehouse in 1962 and split use between Army Veterinary Services and Air Force Public Health.Maj. Kent Vince,

  • 'Victims' bring reality to LORE

    Team Kadena has been participating in Beverly High 11-4, a "fight the base" local operational readiness exercise, this week, where participants had to ward off numerous attack scenarios. But while Airmen on the base faced everything from simulated mortar incidents, rocket-propelled grenade events,

  • Marine Corps 'Devil Dogs' train with RED HORSE Airmen

    As the Department of Defense moves towards more judicious fiscal spending, Kadena's 554th RED HORSE Squadron partnered with Engineer Operations Company Marines from Camp Foster's Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, battling budget woes by conducting joint training at Kadena's Silver Flag site.The

  • AFSO21 saves Kadena millions in parts, energy bills

    In the past, Kadena's Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration shop has had to replace large, outdoor, energy-wasting chiller units for buildings' AC systems on military installations across the island nearly every three years.However, because of the tropical climate of Okinawa, it

  • KARC reaches $100,000 in relief donations

    Since the devastating earthquake and following tsunami struck the island of Honshu, Japan (commonly referred to as mainland Japan), March 11, service members and their spouses at Kadena have been working tirelessly to accumulate donations for the victims.Thanks to their efforts, in little more than

  • Kadena "plays" hard

    In an instant, a gunman bursts through the office door opening fire on an unexpecting Airman close by.Despite the chaos that has consumed the building in a conflagration of bullets and screams, the wounded Airman is relying on his wingmen to save his life. This is only one type of scenario Emergency

  • LORE scenarios keep Airmen battle ready

    Kadena is participating in Beverly High 11-4, a local operational readiness exercise, this week which shifts gears for Kadena and focuses on training Airmen for possible emergency situations.During each LORE different scenarios are enacted to build the skills Airmen need if they encounter a

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, May 18

     To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, please email 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

  • Air Force officials announce civilian hiring controls

    Air Force leaders announced that hiring controls were instituted May 12 to reduce projected growth of the civilian workforce.The Air Force-wide efforts to stem the civilian personnel growth are a result of Secretary of Defense Robert Gate's efficiency initiatives to maintain civilian manning at

  • Air traffic controllers discuss road ahead

    Ten U.S. Air Force and Army air traffic controllers advising their Iraqi counterparts at major installations around Iraq convened here April 28 to discuss airfield plans for the final months before U.S. troops exit under the Dec. 31, 2011, mandate. "[The meeting] was an excellent opportunity to see