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  • Bringing joy to Andersen through ballroom dance

    Having stood on stages around the world, winning awards and receiving praises from many audiences, dancing has been a passion of one military wife since she was a child. Now she spends her days teaching what has brought her life so much joy. Since Adriana Bruton arrived on Guam two years ago with

  • 18th MOS inactivates, unit spirit remains active

    The 18th Maintenance Operations Squadron was inactivated June 27 after approximately 12 years of providing analysis and quality assurance for all Kadena-assigned aircraft, monitoring total maintenance production efforts for the 18th Maintenance Group and more.After being inactive for approximately

  • Raptors take part in hurricane exercise

    Two F-22 Raptors and a KC-135 based out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam performed a short-notice four-day deployment to Wake Island June 21. "The deployment exercise not only tested our ability to rapidly respond to a crisis, it was also an impressive demonstration of the expeditionary

  • JBER troops undertake emergency management exercise

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson service members and Department of Defense employees conducted an emergency management exercise June 20 on the joint base. The exercise was meant to prepare for potential incidents including aircraft malfunctions, injured personnel or terrorist attacks.The exercise

  • Yokota welcomes new USFJ, 5th AF Command Chief

    Command Chief Master Sgt. James Laurent is no stranger to Airmen stationed in Japan. The former command chief of Misawa Air Base's 35th Fighter Wing recently took the helm and assumed command chief duties for both U.S. Forces, Japan and 5th Air Forces headquarters at Yokota Air Base. Laurent is the

  • 18th CES pest management works with local researcher, sets snake traps

    (Editor's note: This is the final article in a series of articles about the habu snake.)Approximately 49 snake traps were set throughout the 18th Munitions Squadron storage area here by Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment lab researchers June 25. 18th Civil Engineer Squadron pest