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  • Filling 5,000 sandbags

    The monsoon season typically begins in late June and runs for about a month. Nearly 50 percent of the area's annual precipitation will fall during this period. On June 29, units from the 8th Fighter Wing pitched in to help the 8th Civil Engineer Squadron fill 5,000 sandbags. The sandbags are

  • Creating smiles, one tooth at a time

    The dentist... what's the first thing that comes to mind? For some, it's the grinding noise, the fluoride treatment or even the conversation about the importance of flossing. For those with more serious teeth issues, going to the dentist causes even more worry and concern. Those patients at Yokota,

  • Bilateral relations strengthened; friendships created at Misawa Sports Day

    Distinguished members of the Misawa City community, United States Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force gathered at the base beach to get to know one another and become friends during Sports Day at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 30, 2012.Nine teams were compiled to compete in the day's events,

  • Airman saves local Korean man's life twice with CPR

    When Airman 1st Class Patrick Shemwell walked outside after eating dinner near Kunsan Air Base June 24, he saw a young Korean man lying on the ground and gasping for air.He shoved his way through the screaming bystanders and checked the man's pulse, but he had stopped breathing. "When I initially

  • First responders: They could save your life

    When people's lives are on the line in an emergency situation, first responders could be the difference between life and death. When someone else's life is in their hands, their skills must be on point. On June 26, Yokota hosted a first responders rodeo. The rodeo included emergency response

  • Airman ranger retires after 41 years

    Forty one years, 167 temporary duty assignments, 22 base assignments, six deployments and three wars later, Air Force Col. George W. Hays, director of Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems, HQ Alaskan Command, retires from active duty service July 1 as the longest-serving colonel in

  • Dirty Jobs: not all drains lead to the ocean

    With the discovery of waterborne diseases in the 1850s, the responsibility to shoulder the burden of public sanitation has expanded to become the streamlined process carried out by Airmen of the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron today."Without the proper treatment for wastewater, you'd get a lot of