18th CES Airmen and 3DMEDBN Sailors handle Okinawan snakes

U.S. Navy Seaman Zavier Jae Wallace, 3d Medical Battalion preventative medicine technician, handles a Hime Habu during a subject matter expert exchange at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 20, 2024. This SMEE helped medical entomologists and preventative medicine specialists identify the snakes found on and around Kadena Air Base so they may create a safer environment for service members living and working on base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Catherine Daniel)

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18th CES Airmen and 3DMEDBN Sailors handle Okinawan snakes

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chamu Chimhau 3d Medical Battalion preventative medicine technician, handles a Hime Habu during a subject matter expert exchange at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 20, 2024. The subject matter expert exchange between the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron and the 3DMEDBN allowed the Sailors more hands-on experience with local snakes and to strengthen relations between the sister service branches. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Catherine Daniel)

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18th CES Airmen and 3DMEDBN Sailors handle Okinawan snakes

U.S. Navy Lt. Adam Salyer, 3d Medical Battalion entomologist, handles a Taiwanese Beauty during a subject matter expert exchange at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 20, 2024. The subject matter expert exchange between the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron and the 3DMEDBN allowed the Sailors more hands-on experience with local snakes and to strengthen relations between the sister service branches. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Catherine Daniel)

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18th CES Airmen and 3DMEDBN Sailors handle Okinawan snakes

An Okinawan local snake, the Hime Habu, is displayed during a subject matter expert exchange at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 20, 2024. The Hime Habu can be identified by its arrow shaped head which indicates it is a venomous snake. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Catherine Daniel)

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18th CES Airmen and 3DMEDBN Sailors handle Okinawan snakes

U.S. Navy Lt. Riley Tedrow, left, 3d Medical Battalion preventative medicine technician, lowers a Taiwanese Beauty into a box during a subject matter expert exchange at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 20, 2024. Navy preventive medicine technicians learn operational preventive medicine, food service sanitation, water safety, entomology and deployment environmental surveillance in order to support service members’ health and safety. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Catherine Daniel)

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18th CES Airmen and 3DMEDBN Sailors handle Okinawan snakes

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jose Lopez Loya, left, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron pest management journeyman, trains U.S. Navy 3d Medical Battalion Seamen, to handle Taiwanese Beauty snakes during a subject matter expert exchange at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 20, 2024. Navy preventive medicine technicians learn operational preventive medicine, food service sanitation, water safety, entomology and deployment environmental surveillance in order to support service members’ health and safety. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Catherine Daniel)

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18th CES Airmen and 3DMEDBN Sailors handle Okinawan snakes

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Kerr, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron pest management non-commissioned officer in charge, right, and U.S. Navy Seaman Zavier Jae Wallace, 3d Medical Battalion preventative medicine technician, discuss the proper way to use snake tongs during a subject matter expert exchange at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 20, 2024. The subject matter expert exchange between the 18th CES and the 3DMEDBN allowed the Sailors more hands-on experience with local snakes and to strengthen relations between the sister service branches. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Catherine Daniel)

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18th CES Airmen and 3DMEDBN Sailors handle Okinawan snakes

Published Nov. 21, 2024
By Airman 1st Class Catherine Daniel
18th Wing Public Affairs

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan --

Pest Managers with the 18 Civil Engineer Squadron and 3d Medical Battalion preventive medicine specialists and entomologists practiced snake handling procedures Nov. 20, 2024. During the training, 18 CES Airmen and 3DMEDBN Sailors shared information and experience to build more capable and versatile service members across Okinawa.