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  • A bunch of hustle, bustle

    Being at an installation that houses five types of aircraft, Airmen at Elmendorf know how busy it can get up here. Especially these Airmen assigned to the 3rd Wing Protocol office. After hosting 386 events during the last fiscal year, the protocol office was recognized as one of the busiest in the

  • Misawa cuts heat

    With the warmer temperatures the past several days, Airmen from the 35th Civil Engineering Squadron began turning off heat throughout the base May 4, in an effort to conserve energy and save money. "Turning the heat off in the industrial and administrative areas alone will save about $22,000 each

  • Yokota scout opens a 'Gateway to Reading'

    One local Girl Scout is attempting to accomplish a lifetime goal by helping children at Yokota find time to read.Shannon Lowder, USA Girl Scouts Overseas-Yokota ambassador to Troop 9, is striving to achieve her Girl Scout Gold Award through a program she created called "Gateway to Reading." The Gold

  • Top Air Force chaplain visits Misawa

    The Air Force's top chaplain provided inspirational words during Misawa's National Prayer Luncheon, offering a message of spiritual guidance to service members at the Collocated Club here April 30. Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Cecil R. Richardson, Air Force chief of chaplains, challenged more than 200

  • Third time's a charm for Mrs. Yokota 2010

    Persistence paid off for Mrs. Forence Bigsby as she was named Mrs. Yokota 2010 during her third attempt at the crown.Forence is the wife of Master Sgt. Tracy Bigsby of the American Forces Network-Tokyo. She received the Mrs. Yokota 2010 crown from Heather Fife, Mrs. Yokota 2009, and wife of Maj.

  • Flight doctors took on Red Flag-Alaska patients, mission

    From Airmen and Marines ammunition experts to the weapons loaders, crewchiefs, maintainers and pilots; to achieve the mission, they all have to be fit to fight. Three flight surgeons, affectionately known as flight docs, kept about 2,000 Airmen and Marines fit to fight during Red Flag-Alaska. During

  • Risk reduction: ways to play it safe

    "People can never fully prevent sexual assault from happening to them," said Micaela Boling Sexual Assault Response Coordinator program assistant.The Department of Defense defines sexual assault as, "intentional sexual contact, characterized by use of force, threats, intimidation, abuse of