ATO 101: What every Amn should know about an Air Tasking Order

Master Sgt. Bohdan Pywowarczuk, Lt. Cdr. William Nink, (top) Sgt. Christopher Generette and SrA Sean Tinsley perform a quality check on an Air Tasking Order prior to publication, Aug. 24. during Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2011 exercise on Osan Air Base, Rupublic of Korea. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kimberly Spinner)

Pacific Unity 11-4

In support of Engineering Civic Action Program (ENCAP) Operation Pacific Unity 11-4, U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, Gulfport, Miss., and U.S. Air Force Reserve Prime BEEF Airmen from the 624th Civil Engineer Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, make improvements to three Vietnamese medical clinics in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam on August 17th. The operation includes more than 60 U.S. and Vietnamese service members, local contractors and support personnel, and showcases the potential of Total Force Integration and multinational interoperability. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. John Herrick)(Released).

Pacific Unity 11-4

In support of Engineering Civic Action Program (ENCAP) Operation Pacific Unity 11-4, U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, Gulfport, Miss., and U.S. Air Force Reserve Prime BEEF Airmen from the 624th Civil Engineer Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, make improvements to three Vietnamese medical clinics in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam on August 17th. The operation includes more than 60 U.S. and Vietnamese service members, local contractors and support personnel, and showcases the potential of Total Force Integration and multinational interoperability. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. John Herrick)(Released).

Pacific Unity 11-4

In support of Engineering Civic Action Program (ENCAP) Operation Pacific Unity 11-4, U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, Gulfport, Miss., and U.S. Air Force Reserve Prime BEEF Airmen from the 624th Civil Engineer Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, make improvements to three Vietnamese medical clinics in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam on August 17th. The operation includes more than 60 U.S. and Vietnamese service members, local contractors and support personnel, and showcases the potential of Total Force Integration and multinational interoperability. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. John Herrick)(Released).

Pacific Unity 11-4

In support of Engineering Civic Action Program (ENCAP) Operation Pacific Unity 11-4, U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, Gulfport, Miss., and U.S. Air Force Reserve Prime BEEF Airmen from the 624th Civil Engineer Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, make improvements to three Vietnamese medical clinics in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam on August 17th. The operation includes more than 60 U.S. and Vietnamese service members, local contractors and support personnel, and showcases the potential of Total Force Integration and multinational interoperability. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. John Herrick)(Released).

Pacific Unity 11-4

In support of Engineering Civic Action Program (ENCAP) Operation Pacific Unity 11-4, U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, Gulfport, Miss., and U.S. Air Force Reserve Prime BEEF Airmen from the 624th Civil Engineer Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, make improvements to three Vietnamese medical clinics in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam on August 17th. The operation includes more than 60 U.S. and Vietnamese service members, local contractors and support personnel, and showcases the potential of Total Force Integration and multinational interoperability. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. John Herrick)(Released).

2011 Japanese-American Friendship Festival

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Visitors to the Japanese-American Friendship Festival view a wide variety of aircraft on display at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 21, 2011. The aircraft on display ranged from the U.S. Air Force's smallest fighter jets and helicopters to its largest cargo jets, and included aircraft from other services and nations as well. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)

2011 Japanese-American Friendship Festival

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Visitors enter the Japanese-American Friendship Festival held at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 21, 2011. This two-day festival attracted approximately 117,000 visitors and offered a wide variety of American and Japanese entertainment, food and games. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)

374th SFS visits orphanage

TACHIKAWA, Japan -- An Airman from the 374th Security Forces Squadron plays baseball with a child from the Shisei Gakusha children's home at Tachikawa, Japan, Aug. 16, 2011. 374th SFS Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, donated toys, clothing and food for the children, in an act of good will towards their off-base neighbors . (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)

374th SFS visits orphanage

TACHIKAWA, Japan -- A child from the Shisei Gakusha children's home kicks a ball to an Airman from the 374th Security Forces Squadron in Tachikawa, Japan, Aug. 16, 2011. 374th SFS Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, donated toys, clothing and food for the children, in an act of good will towards their off-base neighbors. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)

Kadena firefighters heat up fundraising

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)

NHK visits Yokota

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The Nippon Hoso Kyokai international broadcasting company visited the Commissary at Yokota Air Base, Japan to tape an episode of the Pre-Eigo, or Pre-Basic English television program, Aug. 9, 2011. The premise of the episode was to show English words of common supermarket items to approximately 15 Japanese speaking children having them looking through the commissary to find them. The children are receiving help finding tissues from Airman John Partlow, Journalist, 374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stacy Moless)