Summer Hire Program Pays Off Published Aug. 12, 2010 By Lance Cpl Nate Carberry American Forces Network, Okinawa KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- 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.