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  • Keen Sword to the 'rescue'

    Pararescuemen from the 31st Rescue Squadron, along with aircrews from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, conduct simulated search and rescue operations during exercise Keen Sword, near Kadena Air Base, Dec. 6.Significant training events during Keen Sword 2011 include search and rescue as well as integrated

  • Misawa cheerleaders reclaim title

    The Robert D. Edgren High School cheerleading team won the Far East High School Cheerleading Competition Division II title in November at the Matthew C. Perry High School, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan.With the exception of last year, Edgren has been named the Far East Small Schools

  • Marines set to return home after final training

    The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force and Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit began operations for Keen Sword 2011, Dec. 6.Service members conducted practice drills, including an amphibious landing with a 20-man insert of force reconnaissance Marines and sailors. The events were

  • 1-1 ADA battalion contributes to Keen Sword

    Soldiers from the 1-1 Air Defense Artillery Batallion at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, are participating in exercise Keen Sword as part of the air defense picture of the exercise.Units from the United States Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps are conducting training with their Japan

  • 'Guard and Protect' exercise unites bilateral forces

    A key component of the 35th Fighter Wing's mission is to assist in the defense of Japan. To that end, the 35th Security Force Squadron practiced base defense with their Japanese counterparts during a Guard and Protect exercise Dec. 4 - 5. Airmen from the 35th SFS and Japan Air Self Defense Force and

  • Kunsan defenders add Tasers to arsenal

    Defenders from the 8th Security Forces Squadron here recently received Tasers as a non-lethal weapon to "Defend the Base" and its people. "We would usually use pepper spray to subdue an unruly subject, but on the Korean peninsula, we are not allowed to use pepper spray because it's considered a

  • Senior NCO workshop sheds light on bigger picture

    Approximately 90 Senior Non-Commissioned Officers gathered Monday for a workshop aimed at providing a strategic view of the Eielson mission and improving senior NCO communication. The workshop speakers included the 11th Air Forces Command Chief, 354th Fighter Wing vice commander, and the 354th FW

  • Eielson honors Airman with Bronze Star medal

    Master Sgt. Juliet Gudgel, a quality assurance superintendent in the 354th Logistics Readiness Squadron, was awarded the Bronze Star medal Nov. 30, 2010.While deployed, she served as the Military Transition Team First Sergeant and Logistics Advisor for the Basra Operations Command and Commando