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  • Air Force rolls with motorcycle safety

    Every year someone in the Air Force community loses a loved one, friend or coworker due to a motorcycle accident. To combat these losses and in hopes of saving treasured lives, the Air Force recognizes Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month throughout May. Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month is a

  • LRS, MXG validate their hard work

    The 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron and 35th Maintenance Group celebrated passing scores released earlier today following a week of Logistics Compliance Assessment Program inspections that took place here April 22 to 26.During the inspection process, the Logistics Compliance Assessment Team,

  • Kadena welcomes new 18th Wing commander

    Brig. Gen. James B. Hecker assumed command of the 18th Wing during a change of command ceremony at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 13.Lt. Gen. Salvatore Angelella, U.S. Forces, Japan, and 5th Air Force commander, presided over the event held inside Kadena's Airborne Warning and Control System hangar

  • Military Mother's Day

    Being a mother in the military can be a difficult job, and Mother's Day is a day to recognize mothers and all they do for their children.Staff Sgt. Kirsten Roberts, 36th Force Support Squadron Gateway Inn front desk supervisor, balances a life of being an imagination pilgrim with her daughter and

  • Reach out to Guam's Pacific neighbors, donate water

    About three weeks ago, severe drought conditions were issued for 13 islands and atolls in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Team Andersen members, with support from the local community, are currently gathering water to deliver as soon as possible.Tech. Sgt. Paul Alfred, 36th Operations

  • Misawa's new golf greens save green

    It's the time of year to dig through the garage, brush the dust off the clubs and make the long awaited, snow-belated trip to Gosser Memorial Golf Course here to release the winter's pent-up energy. This routine is common for hundreds of Misawa golfers every year, and over time the course has felt

  • Pilot For a Day: Damon Hall-Kaneakua

    A 16-year-old boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy "deployed" across the island of Oahu last Friday to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam as part of the Air Force "Pilot for a Day" program.Damon Hall-Kaneakua, his mother, grandparents, three sisters and brother, were guests of the 15th Wing, who devoted

  • Kadena prepares for bug season

    (Editor's note: This is the first article of a series of articles about summer pests and rodents on Okinawa.)As the summer months creep up on Okinawa, insects and other pests make their way out of their hibernating areas and into the community.Warmer weather brings more outside activity within the

  • Medal of Honor recipient discusses leadership with Andersen Airmen

    A Medal of Honor recipient toured Andersen Air Force Base, and spoke to members of Andersen's Top Three, May 3.Retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Don Jenkins, one of the 85 living Medal of Honor recipients, spoke to approximately 40 senior NCOs about his experiences as a young soldier and expressed his