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  • Jolly Green Giants deploy

    The 33rd Rescue Squadron and 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit deployed over 75 personnel and 3 HH-60G's this past weekend. The team will spend six months conducting rescue missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Since 1998, the 33rd RQS has been credited with saving more than 400 civilian

  • Okinawans celebrate Obon holiday

    Kadena's neighbors will soon be welcoming back the spirits of their ancestors during Obon. The three-day holiday on Okinawa is a time for locals to pay homage to their ancestors by visiting the family's Buddhist altars and tombs. "Ancestor worship is an important part of life here on Okinawa and in

  • Don’t leave family members behind when you PCS

    You wouldn't pack up and move without your children (most days), but some leave other family members behind when they PCS - their pets. According to Government of Japan and wing policy, military members and civilians are required to register and deregister their pets, whether living on or off base.

  • Kadena students head back to school

    Summer vacation will officially end for nearly 4,300 children at Kadena when school begins Monday. School administrators hope for a good start to the academic year as children find their way to their new classes. Show time for students is 7:20 a.m. for Kadena Middle School, Ryuku Middle School, and

  • JAG Corps announces law school programs

    Do you like Law & Order? How about Boston Legal? CSI? Have you thought to yourself, "I could be a lawyer?" Well, for some of you, the Air Force may send you to law school, pay for it, and pay you while you go to school! There are two programs available to go to law school as an Air Force officer -

  • General North Addresses Pacific Airmen

    Fellow Airmen, I am grateful to return to Pacific Air Forces and for the opportunity to once again serve alongside many friends, partners and allies in this vast and important region. It has been my privilege to serve among America's finest Airmen throughout the region and alongside our counterparts

  • Kids learn theatre's bear necessities

    Things got a little primal at Kadena Air Base Aug. 22, as local youth performed a musical rendition of "The Jungle Book." The opportunity was provided by the Missoula Children's Theatre in conjunction with the Schilling Community Center and Kadena's School Age Program. The Missoula Children's

  • Gates, Mullen use new media to hear from troops, public

    Got questions you'd like to pose directly to the defense secretary or chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff? Now is your chance! Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen have launched interactive, virtual town hall sessions through the Internet. The initiatives are part of a broad administration

  • The skinny on CDC fees

    A number of Team Kadena members have expressed some confusion regarding the process by which the Child Development Center and School Age Program arrive at their rates. The rates for the CDC and SAP are determined by DoD policy and based on a family's total income. The total family income calculation

  • Far from home, Airmen and their families celebrate Ramadan

    "It's like planning for Christmas while everyone else is going about their business," said Tech. Sgt. Angela Errahimi, a combat communications chief with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, about preparing for Ramadan at Kadena Air Base. This same sense of dislocation is no doubt shared by many

  • 378 Kadena Airmen tapped for E-5

    "A person is not promoted for what they've done, but for what's now expected of them."Close to 400 Kadena Airman received the good news at 10 p.m. local time Aug. 20, that the Air Force is now going to be expecting more from them after Air Force Personnel Center officials released the 2009 E-5

  • Gen. North assumes command of Pacific Air Forces

    The command of Pacific Air Forces, celebrating 65 years of providing American airpower in the Pacific this month, was passed today from Gen. Howie Chandler to Gen. Gary North during a ceremony here on Freedom Tower Mall. General North assumed command after completing three and a half years of

  • Free/reduced priced lunches can save you money this school year

    It's been said that there is no such thing as a free lunch. This is not necessarily true on Okinawa, as eligible families can get their children's lunches for free or save 80 percent. The Okinawa District Free and Reduced Price Lunch Program differs from its stateside counterpart by allowing more

  • HAWC rolls out new fitness program

    Beginning Aug. 24, Kadena's Health and Wellness Center will begin a new initiative to improve the installation's Fitness Improvement Program. Members who are currently on, or are placed on the FIP program in the future, will be enrolled in a program at the HAWC to help them meet their fitness

  • VIDEO: New fitness testers

    Kadena Air Base has pumped up its fitness testing standards in an attempt to prepare its Airman for new Air Force initiatives. The 18th Wing Health and Wellness Center officials say too many inconsistencies among active duty physical training leaders led to the creation of the new policies. To