Kadena Facebook site gives real-time storm updates

Typhoon Kompasu may not have punched much of a storm surge here, but there was a tidal wave of activity on the Kadena Air Base Facebook page.Kadena's official Facebook page swelled from around 400 "friends" before the storm to nearly 1,500 "friends" Tuesday morning demonstrating just how powerful

Okuma reservations cancelled due to typhoon damage

Due to damage caused by the typhoon this week, reservations for the Okuma Recreation Area in northern Okinawa are cancelled for at least this weekend.More information will be released as it becomes available.For more information, visit the Okuma web site here.

Kadena back to school traffic

Starting Monday, students will head back to their Kadena classrooms for the start of another school year. In preparation for this, the 18th Security Forces Squadron would like to remind everyone that safety is the standard. Gate 5 will be open for school-related traffic 0615 - 0845 & 1315 - 1645 on

Back to school safety tips

The first day of school for students in the Pacific is August 30th. The start of a new school year creates more traffic congestion, and pedestrian traffic in and around our schools. Children rely on walking, riding a bicycle, riding with parents or riding the school bus in order to get to school.

LORE tests Kadena's ability to deploy

Airmen from the Air Force's largest combat air wing were evaluated this week on their readiness to mobilize, deploy, and regenerate personnel, cargo and aircraft. The wing participated in a Local Readiness Exercise Beverly High 10-04, Aug 22-25, designed to test, train and evaluate the base's

Suicide is everyone’s problem, prevention is everyone’s responsibility

Commanders, first sergeants, flight surgeons, mental health technicians, chaplains and many other Airmen are dying needlessly, not because of roadside bombs, mortar attacks or enemy fire, but because of suicide. Suicide is an issue in every branch of service, every job and every rank and it's

Sunset in the land of the rising sun

Practice makes perfect in BH 10-04

Kadena Air Base members ready themselves to support real world contingencies by practicing operations and honing military tactics. Kadena base exercise Beverly High 10-04 gives Airmen an opportunity to perform deployed actions in a controlled environment so that when the time comes, the Airmen can

Cupcakes bring community together

Kadena senior airmen selected for promotion to staff sergeant

More than 350 of Kadena's promotion-eligible senior airmen were selected to become staff sergeants following the Air Force Personnel Center's release Aug. 19, 2010.Overall, Air Force officials selected 13,518 of 28,510 eligible senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant for a selection rate of

Construction projects improve quality of life for Kadena Airmen

More than 130 projects are under construction this year to improve quality of life and meet aging infrastructure needs.Kadena officials hope the projects, worth approximately $921 million, will make the base a better place to live, work and play."The overall goal of these projects," said Lt. Col.

Base pays $30,000 for good IDEAs

Kadena Air Base just paid out $30,000 for three submissions through the base's IDEA Program. The Innovative Development through Employee Awareness (IDEA) program encourages innovative, creative thinking by both military and Department of Defense civilian personnel. The program is designed to

Kadena vet clinic keeps military working dogs in top shape

In the military you are taught to never leave a fellow warrior behind. In some cases this applies even if your partner isn't of the same species. For military working dogs and their handlers, their effectiveness depends on both team members being in top shape. Keeping the furry half of the team

Okinawans observe centuries-old tradition

Many Okinawans will celebrate a centuries-old Buddhist holiday called Obon, Aug. 22-24. Obon is held to celebrate life among family members, and to reunite with the spirits of families' ancestors.Each year, Okinawans pay homage to their passed relatives with praying, Eisa dancing, singing and dining

Summer Hire Program Pays Off

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, summer employment of teens is now the lowest it has been since 1948. Lance Cpl Nate Carberry shows us how teens on Okinawa have the chance to get jobs they may not have been offered back in the states.