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  • Texting while driving -- could be your last

    The minimum amount of time it takes to text someone is five seconds; at 55 mph, in five seconds a car travels the length of a football field. It's not hard to figure out texting and driving is dangerous. But many people still continue to do it on and off base. "Even as a cop who sees fatalities, I

  • Yokota Airman applies SABC training to save hiker

    What was supposed to be a routine hike on Mt. Takao turned out to be a life-saving day for an Airman stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan.Staff Sgt. Michael Cruikshank, 374th Operations Support Squadron airfield manager, used his Self Aid Buddy Care skills to save a critically injured hiker."I saw

  • Andersen aids research, helps students turn mulch into master's degrees

    The 36th Civil Engineer Squadron Environmental Flight has been aiding a team at the University of Guam with a research project this year, strengthening the base's community ties from the ground up with something as simple as mulch.Mohammad Golabi, UOG associate professor of soil and environmental

  • Yokota takes a stand against sexual assault

    Team Yokota stood together to observe a sexual assault prevention and response stand-down day June 21, 2013. The event reinforced the Department of Defense's commitment to eliminate incidents of sexual assault through awareness and prevention training, education, victim advocacy, response, reporting

  • Have you had Mr. Z's chicken?

    Mr. Z's Finger Lickin' Baked Chicken, a cornflake-covered piece of poultry, is an Air Force Food Services recipe that has crossed the road far and wide in its quest to serve hungry service members here and on the other side.This is not a normal fried chicken. These low fat, high-protein delicacies,

  • JBER, 3rd Wing host 43rd TFS's 43rd reunion

    Almost 43 years to the day after the 43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron was activated on what was then Elmendorf Air Force Base, a group of its founding members reunited on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to catch up with old friends and relive their days spent in Alaska.The 12 fighter pilots and one

  • CE provides runway quick-fix

    U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 35th Fighter Wing participated in a week-long Operational Readiness Exercise at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 12-19, 2013. OREs are designed to test Airmen on their knowledge of individual duty requirements and proper wartime techniques, and are divided into two phases

  • 18th Security Forces hosts atypical retirement, honors service

    "Present, arms!" shouted the Airman from the line of flag bearers, signaling crisp, polished movements from the honor guard detail.As the notes of the Japanese and U.S. national anthems rang through the room, service members and their families stood frozen in silent respect for the flags and for

  • PACAF implements campaign to recognize Airmen for cost-saving ideas

    As Air Force budgets continue to be affected by sequestration, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces implemented its Every Dollar Counts campaign June 3, 2013, as a long-term spin-off of the one-month Air Force effort in May.PACAF is continuing the Every Dollar Counts campaign to allow PACAF Airmen the

  • Triple amputee gives words of wisdom during visit to Okinawa

    Bryan Anderson, a triple amputee and Purple Heart recipient, visited Okinawa June 12-19 to deliver his message of perseverance and determination to service members and their families across the island."His reach is much more beyond the military and wounded Soldiers," said Dick McLane, Anderson's