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(From left to right) Brig. Gen. Ken Wilsbach, 18th Wing commander, Dir. Gen. Susumu Matayoshi from the Okinawa Prefectural Government, Gen. Gary North, Pacific Air Forces commander and Rui Ramos, a former team Japan FIFA soccer star and beach soccer coach stand onstage during the opening ceremonies of the Kadena Special Olympics Nov. 6. (Courtesy photo by Chip Steitz)


COMPACAF visits Kadena

(From left to right) Brig. Gen. Ken Wilsbach, 18th Wing commander, Dir. Gen. Susumu Matayoshi from the Okinawa Prefectural Government, Gen. Gary North, Pacific Air Forces commander and Rui Ramos, a former team Japan FIFA soccer star and beach soccer coach stand onstage during the opening ceremonies of the Kadena Special Olympics Nov. 6. (Courtesy photo by Chip Steitz)

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“Sparky the Dog,” the Kadena fire and emergency services mascot, gives a hug to a young member of the Kadena Air Base, Japan, community during the annual “Fill the Boot” Kadena Special Olympics fundraiser outside of the base exchange Aug. 13. The organization raised over $23,000, more than they have ever risen in this annual charity event. (U.S. Army photo/Charles Steitz)
Members of the Kadena fire and emergency services held a “Fill the Boot” Kadena Special Olympics fundraiser to collect money outside of the base exchange at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 13. The organization raised over $23,000, more than they have ever risen in this annual charity event. (U.S. Army photo/Charles Steitz)
Students from Amelia Earhart Intermediate School on Kadena Air Base, Japan, get audience members involved in their performance by handing off their Taiko drums to spectators on July 23, 2011. The students demonstrated Taiko drumming, Eisa dances and songs for the kick-off event of the Kijimuna Festival. This annual, nine-day celebration is designed to showcase performing arts, workshops and other activities to youth. This year's event consists of performing arts companies from 14 countries and is the first time that American children have performed traditional Okinawan song and dance in this forum. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jocelyn Rich)
Students from Amelia Earhart Intermediate School on Kadena Air Base, Japan, perform Eisa dancing and Taiko drumming to locals, military members and their families in Okinawa City during the kick-off of the Kijimuna Festival on July 23, 2011. This annual, nine-day celebration is designed to showcase performing arts, workshops and other activities to youth. This year's event consists of performing arts companies from 14 countries and is the first time that American children have performed traditional Okinawan dance in this forum. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jocelyn Rich)
Children watch as students from Amelia Earhart Intermediate School on Kadena Air Base, Japan, perform Eisa dancing and Taiko drumming for locals, military members and their families in Okinawa City during the kick-off of the Kijimuna Festival on July 23, 2011. This annual, nine-day celebration is designed to showcase performing arts, workshops and other activities to youth. This year's event consists of performing arts companies from 14 countries and is the first time that American children have performed traditional Okinawan dance in this forum. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jocelyn Rich)
Students from Amelia Earhart Intermediate School on Kadena Air Base, Japan, perform Eisa dancing and Taiko drumming for locals, military members and their families in Okinawa City during the kick-off of the Kijimuna Festival on July 23, 2011. This annual, nine-day celebration is designed to showcase performing arts, workshops and other activities to youth. This year's event consists of performing arts companies from 14 countries and is the first time that American children have performed traditional Okinawan dance in this forum. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jocelyn Rich)
Ryo Oshiro, an Okinawan intern at the Risner Fitness Complex, checks out a basketball to a customer at the Risner on Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 14. Mr. Oshiro, a student from Kagamigaoka Special Education School who has been diagnosed with Marfanoid Hypermobility Syndrome which limits the mobility of his hands, lower back and legs, is working closely with both the Airmen and locally hired staff at the gym to gain further knowledge of American customs and the English language. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Maeson L. Elleman)
Residents of the Ie Shima Elderly home receive gifts from members of the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron as part of a program to solidify the relationship between the base and local Okinawan communities, April 20. The 18th LRS received the coveted Zenko Kai award for their significant community service in the local communities between March 2010 and March 2011. (Courtesy photo)
Students from the Zoological Enviromental Research Opportunity Club at Kadena Middle School plant cherry blossom trees at Marek Park April 22. The tree planting was part of an act of green for Earth Week that runs April 17-24. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
Students from the Zoological Enviromental Research Opportunity Club at Kadena Middle School plant cherry blossom trees at Marek Park April 22. The tree planting was part of an act of green for Earth Week that runs April 17-24. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
Brig. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, 18th Wing commander, and Tokujitsu Miyagi, former mayor of Kadena Town, plant a cherry blossom tree at Kenney Park April 22. The tree planting was part of celebrating Earth Day at Kadena.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
Martin Hansen, the Infrastructure Acquisition flight chief, receives the Secretary of the Air Force Professionalism in Contracting (non-supervisory) award from Brig. Gen. Ken Wilsbach, the 18th Wing commander, here at Kadena Air Basae, March 21. This was one of five individual awards the contracting squadron received. The 18th CONS was also named Outstanding Large Contracting Unit in the Pacific Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman George Halley)