Awareness months highlight wellness

As suicide awareness month in September comes to a close, domestic violence awareness month follows in October.Awareness months are tools to educate and inform people about things going on that could affect them or someone they know.Like their names suggest, these periods are dedicated to a certain

18th CONS, CPTS sigh in relief as end of year comes to close

After working day and night the past few weeks, members of the 18th Contracting and Comptroller Squadrons finally sighed in relief as fiscal 2011 came to an end. At the end of every fiscal year, Sept. 30, members from the 18th CPTS and CONS are in a frenzy working with each other and multiple

Misawa hosts International Scout Day

Kunsan's first responders take action during MARE

Kunsan's first responders practiced their response to a simulated aircraft crash during a major accident response exercise here Sept. 29.MAREs can simulate a number of events such as an aircraft crash, hazardous waste exposure or a terrorist attack. For this MARE, an aircraft had a simulated engine

212th Rescue Squadron trains with airborne infantry regiment

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron and members of Baker Company, 3rd Battalion (Airborne), train together during an exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 21. The training focused on quick-care-under-fire and also gave training to Baker Company on how to react when

CRC boosts confidence amongst defenders

Members of the 51st Security Forces Squadron along with members of the Republic of Korea's Air Police, complete the confidence course during their Combat Readiness Course Sept. 27. The confidence course is an obstacle course testing the participant's abilities to survive as a team while

Command post ensures distribution of mission essential information to Wolf Pack

Every Wednesday Wolf Pack Airmen have come accustomed to hearing the weekly test of the giant voice system. During exercises, this giant voice alerts Kunsan of changing alarm and MOPP levels. The Wolf Pack knows whether or not to dawn their service blues on Monday's by checking in with the

Kunsan SFS exercises baton tactics

Members of the 8th Security Forces Squadron train on proper ways to use the expandable baton here Sept. 26.All security forces members are trained to use non-lethal force to defend themselves. The expandable baton is just one of the tools at their disposal. Expandable batons are specifically used to

AFCE Structural Assessment team evaluates Wake runway

A two-man team from the Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., visited Wake Island Airfield recently to evaluate the condition and load-carrying capacity of the runways, taxiways, and aircraft parking areas. Capt. Vincent Bongioanni, Airfield Pavement Evaluation

Medical walk-ins welcome at Pacific Angel--Timor Leste

Com Primary School is one of two locations hosting Operation Pacific Angel, a health service outreach operation that will provide free medical care to the people of Timor Leste Sept. 19-23.A contingent of 13 U.S. military servicemembers and four Falenti Falintil-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste