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  • Husband, wife tackle first deployment together, support bomber presence

    B-52H Stratofortress teams have been rotating to Andersen AFB for the last 11 years to maintain the U.S. Pacific Command's Continuous Bomber Presence. Hundreds of Airmen deploy every six months to support this mission that strengthens regional security and stability of the Asia-Pacific region. Among

  • Local nationals visit family tombs in munitions storage area

    The 18th Munitions Squadron opened their gates to allow more than 400 Okinawans the opportunity to visit family tombs for the annual Shimi celebration here April 12.Shimi is a week-long festival to celebrate the New Year's Day for the dead. In the old days, Okinawans celebrated on the Lunar New Year

  • Asymmetric Threat Division trains 18th SFS on high risk response

    Instructors from the Asymmetric Threat Division of Analytic Services provided the 18th Security Forces Squadron with a five-day Pacific Air Forces High Risk Response Training here April 6 through 10.The training consisted of interactive academics covering the history of the active shooter, defensive

  • Team Osan begins 51 Days of Resiliency

    Team Osan kicked off their 51 Days of Resiliency campaign with an installation-wide formation followed by a fun run and family festivities April 10 at Osan Air Base.The campaign, designed to encourage the honing of mental, social, spiritual and physical resilience, will charge through May

  • 18th Wing conducts joint NEO exercise with Navy, Army

    Members from the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army processed 150 families while participating in a joint Non-combatant Evacuation Operation exercise here April 8.In an Okinawa-wide NEO, evacuees may have to go to the closest NEO point, which may not always be the military branch their family is with, so

  • SECDEF visits, talks to Team Osan

    Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter visited Team Osan April 9 at Osan Air Base.During the visit, Carter held a troop call in Hangar 1732 where he briefly spoke about the importance of the United States' role in Asia before taking questions from the crowd and then coining, and thanking, more than 200

  • AFIMSC activates first detachment in Pacific

    Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center activated the Detachment 2 in a ceremony here April 9.Maj. Gen. Theresa Carter, AFIMSC commander, presided over the ceremony as Col. Mickey Addison assumed command of the newly established Pacific detachment."I am proud the [Pacific Air Forces]

  • "Stay Safe" event educates JBPHH keiki on sexual assault prevention

    The Hickam Library hosted a special "Stay Safe" story time for JBPHH keiki April 8.In recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month, Month of the Military Child and Sexual Assault Awareness Prevention Month, the hour-long event featured special guest appearances from the 15th Wing Sexual Assault

  • SECDEF honors military children at Yokota AB

    Behind those who make up the greatest fighting force the world has ever known are families, many including children, who serve the nation around the world just as their parents do, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said April 8 in Japan.On his first official trip to Northeast Asia as defense secretary,