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  • EOC maintains command, control during LORE

    The 18th Wing Command Post is the communication between the wing commanders and the Kadena community."We [at the command post] are responsible for getting the word out to the base," said Capt. Paul Gregory, 18th Wing Command Post deputy chief. "All declarations, such as alarms and tropical cyclone

  • Exercise evaluators ensure Airmen train safely

    Kadena Air Base Airmen are being challenged in their daily tasks and ability to respond to various real-world and contingency scenarios during local operational readiness exercise Beverly High 12-1 Oct. 24-28. During the LORE, Airmen showcase their ability to perform everyday work activities, in

  • Former POWs visit Japan

    From Oct. 16-23, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited former American prisoners of war to visit locations around Japan, including Tokyo and Kyoto.This trip was established to promote mutual understanding between the people of Japan and the U.S. through encouraging reconciliation, said

  • Laboratory enhances patient care

    The 18th Medical Support Squadron laboratory continues to provide customer care Oct. 26 during Kadena's local operational readiness exercise. As part of the diagnostics and therapeutic flight, Airmen in the lab collect and analyze biological samples for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of

  • Spouses Conference

    Kimberly Dozier, an award-winning CBS reporter, spoke to a group of more than 300 women Oct. 22 at the 2011 Joint Spouses Conference.Dozier, who was born in Hawaii but has not been back to the island since age 13, was severely injured when a car bomb exploded in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2006. She attended

  • 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