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U.S. Air Force pararescuemen prepare to fast-rope from a helicopter Oct. 3, 2015, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. These Airmen demonstrate methods of retrieval during Rescue Fest, a yearly event that displays the capabilities of the 31st and 33rd Rescue Squadrons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Emerick)

Kadena Air Base hosts Rescue Fest 2015

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen prepare to fast-rope from a helicopter Oct. 3, 2015, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. These Airmen demonstrate methods of retrieval during Rescue Fest, a yearly event that displays the capabilities of the 31st and 33rd Rescue Squadrons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Emerick)

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Augmentees from the 18th Wing pack up after the non-combatant evacuation operation exercise concluded at the Risner Fitness Center on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 28, 2015. As the Keystone of the Pacific, constant readiness is critical to accomplishing Kadena’s mission of providing support to allies in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Emerick)

Participants and augmentees simulate a “bed-down” in the Risner Fitness Center on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 28, 2015. The focus of a NEO exercise is to gauge Kadena’s ability to receive evacuees from other points within the Indo-Asia-Pacific region as well as evacuate Kadena’s non-combatants in times of crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Emerick)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Todd Bacon, 718th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron composite tool kit custodian, receives the John L. Levitow Award from Chief Master Sgt. Charles Hoffman, 18th Wing command chief, with Master Sgt. Edith Smith, 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron Maintenance Operations Flight chief, during the graduation ceremony for ALS Class 15-G on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 26, 2015. The John L. Levitow Award is presented to the Airman who most demonstrates outstanding leadership and scholastic achievement during Airmen Leadership School. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Emerick)

Kiyonobu Kuda, 18th Communications Squadron postal clerk, sorts and labels a large pile of packages at the Kadena Post Office Oct. 22, 2015, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. With the holidays approaching, the post office’s hours are changing; starting Nov. 28 the pick-up window’s hours will be Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Zackary A. Henry)

Yasuto Iha, 18th Communications Squadron postal clerk (left), assists Masahiro Iha, 18th CS postal clerk, in working through a pile of newly received packages at the Kadena Post Office Oct. 22, 2015, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. As the holidays draw closer, customers are asked to check their mailboxes daily to ensure there is room for the influx of packages expected to arrive on island over the next few months. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Zackary A. Henry)

Yoshitomo Shimabukuo, 18th Communications Squadron postal clerk, labels a box number on the side of a received package at the Kadena Post Office Oct. 22, 2015, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. The post office offers a variety of services ranging from mailing out parcels, money orders, parcel pick up and an email notification system, as well as an official mailing center for mission-related shipments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Zackary A. Henry)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Adam Vandyke, 18th Communications Squadron postal clerk, assists Capt. Alex Khutoryan, 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron deputy chief of weapons and tactics, with his parcel at the Kadena Post Office Oct. 22, 2015, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. As the holidays draw closer, customers are asked to check their mailboxes daily to ensure there is room for the influx of packages expected to arrive on island over the next few months. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Zackary A. Henry)

According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, prescription drugs are the second-most abused category of drugs after marijuana among young people. ONDCP continues by stating that illicit drug use in the U.S. military has increased from 5 percent to 12 percent among active duty service members from 2005 to 2008, primarily due to non-medical use of prescription drugs. The latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that over 70 percent of people who abused prescription pain relievers got them from friends or relatives, while approximately 5 percent got them from a drug dealer or over the Internet. For more information about prescription drug abuse and prevention visit: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/prescription-drug-abuse (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. Amber E. N. Jacobs)

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 67th Fighter Squadron receive the Top Fighter Squadron Award at the 2015 Turkey Shoot awards ceremony Oct. 9, 2015, on Kadena Air Base Japan. The award was presented to the 67th FS as a result of a series of scenarios including academic knowledge tests and tactical attack and defense simulations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Corey M. Pettis)

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman with the 31st Rescue Squadron demonstrates cutting a car apart to retrieve any injured as part of Rescue Fest on Oct. 3, 2015, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Rescue Fest is a yearly event where the 31st and 33rd Rescue Squadrons demonstrate their capabilities. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Emerick)

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