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  • 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

  • Kadena FARP team fuels mission

    Military members know the difficulties of conducting basic tasks in a challenging environment; for certain career fields, there are even units that train specifically to face those challenges. For the logistics readiness squadron fuels Airmen, these Airmen are known as forward area refueling point

  • 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,