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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Preparation key to success in upcoming LORE

    If you're an Airman on Kadena Air Base you probably know there's a local operational readiness exercise scheduled for Aug. 23-25. What you may not know is you should be preparing for it now.As with most other things in life, preparation is the key to success in the upcoming LORE."It's important to

  • Youth Center offers pre-school gymnastics to keep kids active

    Getting your child involved in an extra-curricular program can benefit their physical and social development. The Kadena Air Base Youth Center offers a variety of classes including judo, piano, guitar, dance and even Daddy or Mommy and Me pre-school classes. Pre-school gymnastics is one of the more

  • SECDEF announces major Pentagon reforms

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is putting meat on the bones of his initiative to reform the way the Pentagon does business and to eliminate duplicative, unnecessary overhead costs.During a Pentagon news conference today, Gates said the steps he is taking will help the