Car technicians provide vehicle maintenance for Andersen

Life at Base X

Retired and active duty military members participate in annual Eco Challenge

Hikers, runners, kayakers and bike riders started their day at 9 a.m. July 19 to participate in the Eco Challenge hosted here every year by the 673d Force Support Squadron.The Eco Challenge was created to boost morale and give participants an alternative to sitting on the couch, said Linda Neely,

18th Wing NCO has Nhu story to tell

Think of taking time off, leave, or going abroad. What comes to mind? Perhaps some time for you, a way to reinvigorate or reenergize? For one staff sergeant, time away from the day-to-day grind was spent reinvigorating a children's home in Thailand.As Staff Sgt. Eric Gargus, 18th Civil Engineer

JMSDF Staff College students visit Kadena

He fought to live so he could live to fight

"The doctor told me I had cancer in the top of my shin bone," said Staff Sgt. Robert Timms, 8th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron unit fitness program manager. "Two days later, I was medically evacuated to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., to begin my treatment."Timms is the squadron's

15th Wing partners with 154th Wing for Operational Readiness Exercise

Deployed 961st AACS service members return to Kadena

Twenty-four service members assigned to the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron returned to home station late July 19 after being deployed to Southwest Asia for roughly 90 days. Kristen Burciaga, wife of returning 1st Lt. Jesus Burciaga, said she's just happy to see her husband again."I'm very, very

Motivation, dedication

A handful of service members here take on a task few will attempt in their lifetime. It requires countless hours of practice no one sees, and if they don't execute perfectly when it's show time, there's no hiding their mistakes.They are a group of service members who have volunteered to display a

JTAGS, first defense against ballistic missiles