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  • Secretary of Defense addresses bilateral audience at Yokota

    U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta addressed approximately 200 U.S. and Japanese service members, Oct. 24, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. During his speech, Panetta thanked those who are serving and touched on many issues facing the military as well as its future endeavors throughout the

  • Commentary - Training to improve running speed

    The 8th Medical Group is the lead for the Wing Warrior Run on Nov. 11. This WWR is generally a 3-mile run. So this got me thinking about what we could do to improve speed and efficiency when participating in runs like this.We tend to place so much focus on 1.5-miles as a distance that we forget that

  • Commentary - Overcoming a life-ending disease: Cancer

    Over the years, eating habits have provoked scientific groups to study the nutritional value of food with regard to prevention of cancer as well as heart disease. My focus and attention to each of you is relaying the importance of the disease of cancer. My personal experience in relation to cancer

  • Synthetic Elements perform at Kunsan

    American rock band Synthetic Elements performed a concert for the Wolf Pack here Oct. 14 to promote unit morale and readiness.Before the show, the rock band took a tour of the base to check out quality of life for Airmen at one of the Air Force's last remote-short tour bases.Kunsan AB was but one

  • KEEN EDGE 12 planning progresses

    Lt. Gen. Ted Kresge, Commander, 13th Air Force met with Maj. Gen. Maehara, Director of Plans and Operations, Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self Defense Force), Oct. 17, 2011.This high-level meeting was one in a series between 13th Air Force and Koku Jieitai leadership leading up to exercise Keen Edge in

  • 374th MXS Fabrication shop completes DEPOT inspection

    After approximately one month of dismantling, measuring, consulting and building, the 374th Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight completed necessary repairs to the bulkhead, or main structural component, of a C-130 Hercules. This particular aircraft is undergoing major overhauling repairs as part

  • Excellent results earned in flightline inspections

    The Air Traffic System Evaluation Program (ATSEP) and the Standardization and Evaluation Program - Weather Operations (SEPWO) inspections conducted here Sept. 19 - 23, brought praise across the board for members of the 36th Operations Support Squadron.The evaluation was conducted in order to assess

  • Let's paint the town "Blue"

    Airmen from the 36th Maintenance Squadron, 36th Wing chapel and their families gathered to participate in a Guam beautification project Oct. 15 here. Tech. Sgt. Miguel Brown, 36th Wing chapel assistant, asked Jojuana Santos, 36 MXS unit program coordinator, to help coordinate an Island