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  • Medical exchange program benefits military, civilian community

    The 3rd Medical Group's Family Practice clinic here and Providence Alaska Medical Center are working together to bring more hands-on training to medical residents. The 3rd MDG began an exchange program with Providence to allow medical residents to come here and work alongside Air Force physicians.

  • Tacit farmers return to their roots at air base

    Life in Okinawa was difficult in the aftermath of World War II. For one Okinawan, recalling a single good memory from his childhood is a challenge. At the age of 13, Chosei Hamamoto was a boy with the skills of a soldier and little knowledge of books; in school, he learned to disable tanks. His

  • Kadena Airmen return from Guam

    Most of the Airmen sent here from Kadena Air Base, Japan, for a week-long test of the 18th Wing's deployment capabilities returned home Sept. 8. More than 100 maintenance, operations, and support personnel "deployed" to Guam Aug. 31 to exercise the 18th Wing's ability to send assembled teams of

  • Steal Wool band members continue tradition, jam for Wolf Pack

    Their mission -- strafing chords, lining up the melodies and dropping the munitions called music onto the friendlies, their fans. In a place called Delta, here at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, the punks rule and the bass reverberates on the walls, followed by the stomping and shouts of the

  • Osan command sponsorship at capacity

    An overwhelming response for command sponsorship by Airmen serving tours at Osan Air Base, South Korea, is compelling officials there to establish a waiting list after having reached capacity. "The availability of command sponsorship at Osan Air Base is an important and highly impactful initiative

  • Leather flies at Misawa's fight night

    Misawa Air Base hosted the first fight night with three rounds of amateur boxing Aug. 28 at the enlisted club. What began as a simple conversation between the 35th Fighter Wing commander and the 35th Maintenance Group executive officer developed into a free amateur fight night involving the entire

  • Air Force physician applies research to humanitarian exercise

    It is not every day that one has the opportunity to apply what was learned in the ivory tower of academia to a real-life situation. But for Capt. (Dr.) Christopher Lindshield, a family practice physician from the 374th Medical Group, Yokota Air Base, Japan, the prospect of using his knowledge of

  • OPN: Fun for kids, support for parents

    There hasn't always been a lot of families at Osan, but that is one thing that's quickly changing as Korea becomes the "assignment of choice." The Osan Parent Network started in 2001 and is affiliated with the 51st Medical Group's Family Advocacy office. The network provides services for families