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  • Are You Ready?

    When I was growing up, we used to play hide and seek outside. When the child who was "it" finished counting, they would say, "ready or not, here I come." Some children who were indecisive about finding a hiding spot would sometimes say "I'm not ready." Unfortunately, ready or not meant just that. In

  • Batcats earn Meritorious Unit Award

    The 353rd Special Operations Group was awarded the Meritorious Unit Award Dec. 16 for their exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service from Oct. 1, 2010 to Sept. 30, 2012.Superior performance of the day-to-day mission alone does not satisfy the requirements needed to

  • 2013 brings big surprise for new family

    A new year brings many good things. For one happy couple, the New Year delivered a new bundle of joy. On Jan 3, just three short days into the new year, Staff Sgt. Shangjung Chiu, 35th Maintenance Operations Squadron, production analyst, and his wife Christi-June, celebrated the birth of their first

  • Red Devils take on the snow

    When snow fell at Kunsan Dec. 28, the 8th Civil Engineer Squadron immediately kicked into high gear to make sure the base stayed operational.At the top of their snow removal list was the flightline. They went to work with snow plows and snow blowers to make sure the base's F-16 Fighting Falcons

  • First Sergeants deliver gifts to Yokota's angels

    'Tis the season for giving to those in need, and the First Sergeants' Council is doing just that throughout Yokota Air Base, Japan. Sixty-three children, otherwise known as angels, received gifts this Christmas courtesy of anonymous donors in the Yokota community."Everyone has a time when they need

  • AFSA brings cheer to underprivileged kids

    Children from the Misato Children's Home wanted a normal Christmas like any child with family members snug in their homes. To give them the Christmas they've dreamed of, Kadena's local Air Force Sergeants Association chapter donated more than 500 toys to more than 300 children for the holidays.

  • 1st ECEG provides full-spectrum engineering resources for AFCENT

    In March, the previous commander of the 577th Expeditionary Prime BEEF Group unveiled a new operational concept in the civil engineer community; the merger of the 1st Expeditionary RED HORSE Group, deployed from Andersen Air Force Base, and the 577th EPBG to create the 1st Expeditionary Civil