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  • Alaska National Guardsman saves youth at Elmendorf Pool

    National Guardsmen are well known for their willingness to help others at any place or time. For one young boy at the Elmendorf Fitness Center, that willingness to help may have saved his life Sept. 29.Senior Airman Ferdie Villaflores, an Alaska Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 176th

  • Okinawa back to TCCOR-4

    The 18th Wing Commander has placed Okinawa back into Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness, or TCCOR, 4.This is the normal posture for Okinawa between June and November.Normal operations will resume.

  • Okinawa in TCCOR-1E

    The 18th Wing Commander has placed Okinawa in TCCOR-1 EMERGENCY.  TCCOR-1E means destructive sustained winds of 50 knots or greater are occurring.  All outside activities are prohibited. For more information, visit http://weather.kadenaforcesupport.com, or the Kadena Facebook and Twitter sites.

  • 644 CBCS teaches first combined combat training course

    Although many Team Andersen Airmen are familiar with the Commando Warrior training course taught by the 736th Security Forces Squadron, another Air Base Defense Training Center is swiftly gaining prestige for the 36th Wing, the Combat Readiness School (CRS) offered by the 644th Combat Communications

  • 36th MRS and HSC-25 train together for future relief efforts

    The 36th Mobility Response Squadron and the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO FIVE partnered together to conduct a joint field training exercise to foster a better working relationship Oct. 13, at Northwest Field."The 36th Mobility Response Squadron and other units under the command of the 36th

  • Reservist's Kilimanjaro climb a mountain of a cause

    Most people dream of traveling the world, or conquering large obstacles. Maj. Lisa Reaver, a reservist with the 477th Fighter Group at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, was able to do both in a trip that took her halfway around the world to climb Tanzania's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro."A teammate

  • Okinawa in Typhoon Condition-2

    The 18th Wing Commander today placed the island of Okinawa in Typhoon Condition-2. This means destructive winds of 50 knots or greater (about 58 mph) may occur within 24 hours.  For more, visit http://weather.kadenaforcesupport.com, or the Kadena Facebook and Twitter sites. People can listen and