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  • Beverly High 08-2 tests Airmen, Marines

    Airmen from the 18th Wing joined with elements from the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing to conduct a joint operational readiness exercise here Dec. 3-7. During the week-long exercise, Kadena's Shoguns and their Marine counterparts were tested on their ability to execute their wartime taskings, generate

  • Team Kadena tends to their wounded during local exercise

    Airmen assigned to the 18th Medical Group Patient Care Team tested their skills here Wednesday as they sorted through victims of a fire scenario during the Beverly High 08-02 Local Operational Readiness Exercise. The patient care team performs the role of triage, sorting through the wounded and

  • Ghastly make-up improves Kadena training

    Tech. Sgt. Jay McLaren, 18th Dental Squadron Exercise Evaluation Team member, puts the finishing touches on a ghastly masterpiece - an Airman with a bloody piece of wood protruding from his eye. Through the injury looks painful, the subject is calm knowing his "injury" will help add realism to the

  • Air Postal Squadron keeps pace with holiday packages

    Through rain, wind and long hours, a dedicated team of mail professionals here are working hard to make sure everyone is able to send and receive their holiday mail on time. Starting in mid-November every year, members of Detachment 3 Pacific Air Forces Air Postal Squadron process two semi-truck

  • Spouses tour 18th OSS

    The 18th Operations Support Squadron opened its doors Nov. 30 to provide unit spouses a closer look into their daily activities. Spouses were treated with an all-day tour through various buildings and facilities where the 18th OSS mission is carried out. "It's a good thing for the spouses," said

  • Wing practices noncombatant evacuation

    The 18th Mission Support Squadron Airman and Family Readiness Center conducted a noncombatant evacuation operation--or NEO--exercise Nov. 30 to Dec. 3 at the Kadena Middle School here. The exercise helped military members and their families prepare for an event which may require evacuation from the

  • Air postal detachment delivers holiday mail

    Through rain, wind and long hours, a dedicated team of mail professionals here are working hard to make sure everyone is able to send and receive their holiday mail on time. Starting in mid-November every year, members of Detachment 3 Pacific Air Forces Air Postal Squadron process two semi-truck

  • Wing safety offers holiday decorating tips, policies

    As service members and their families prepare for the holidays, the 18th Wing Ground Safety office here wants to ensure everyone has a mishap-free holiday season. Many Americans are injured each year while decorating or as a result of the decorations themselves. About 8,700 people are injured each