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  • Where have salutes gone?

    During an Airman Leadership School graduation at a previous assignment, a Navy senior chief just gave a motivating speech to challenge the leaders of tomorrow. This was quickly followed by the introduction of the dead fish.The installation commander gave the Levitow Award and other academic and

  • Sparky the Fire Dog gets promoted

    Few Air Force promotions have taken longer than this one . . . but after 23 years of service to Kadena Air Base, Sparky the Fire Dog is now a non-commissioned officer. "By the power vested in me as authorized by the 18th Wing commander, we are hereby STEP promoting you to the rank of staff

  • Wanted: Energy Vampire Slayers

    There is no better time than October -- Energy Awareness Month -- to talk about vampires. We all have "energy vampires" lurking throughout our homes and offices, and there is never a bad time to pull the plug on these phantom culprits. An energy vampire, or a phantom load, is the energy draw by

  • U.S., Japanese forces attend anti-terrorism course

    More than 40 military and civilian personnel from around the Kanto Plain attended an Anti-Terrorism Level II training seminar at the Taiyo Community Center here Sept. 27- Oct. 1.The training was a five day seminar focused on anti-terrorism and force protection planning."We [train] to ensure that

  • Airman tops local bodybuilding competition

    Shawn Wolfe won big at the Anchorage Bodybuilding Fitness and Figure's 22nd Annual Anchorage Professional/Amateur Natural Bodybuilding Championships Oct. 3. Wolfe, an Air Force master sergeant with the 611th Air Support Squadron, won both the lightweight division and the overall male category. "It

  • Jay Leno headlines at Buckner Physical Fitness Center

    Arguably the world's most famous comedian, NBC's "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno will perform a free show for troops and military family members Saturday at the Buckner Physical Fitness Center.The doors open at 7 p.m., with the performance set to begin at 7:30. Tickets were distributed to unit

  • Historically significant fighter squadron comes home to Hickam

    The 19th Fighter Squadron came home to Hickam during a realignment and assumption of command ceremony Oct. 4 at the Hawaii National Guard's Hangar 3400.Located in Alaska at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson since Jan. 1, 1994, the relocation to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam marks a generational shift

  • C-17s vital to aeromedical community in Pacific

    Each C-17 Globemaster III flight out of Hickam in which tons of cargo are loaded, delivered and off loaded to a customer in some corner of the Pacific, deserves the crew's undivided attention to detail. However, when the cargo is a servicemember clinging to life, the crew's awareness can become even