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  • Innovative Airmen cut cost

    While the Department of Defense faces tightening budgets and fiscal restraints, one local Airman is developing innovative ways to save money and accomplish the mission.Staff Sgt. Lucas Morrow, a broadcaster with American Forces Network-Osan, uses recycled items, a small budget and big ideas to

  • Yokota Honor Guard: Serving with dedication, integrity

    All is quiet, not a whisper to be heard. They stand fast and remain ready. The determination can be seen in their eyes. They are dressed in firmly pressed ceremonial uniforms, adorned with silver braided ropes. The command is given, "Colors...tench hut (attention)!" The small team of Airmen snaps to

  • Japanese restaurant and bar etiquette for dummies

    As guests in Japan, people should practice and be knowledgeable in basic etiquette rules when visiting local restaurants and bars.Similar to state-side dining etiquette, there are good table manners and bad table manners in Japan. Some of these etiquette rules are obvious and already looked down

  • Feature- 4-war veteran still serving

     By the time service members traveling to Korea and Japan are done checking in their bags at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport USO, many have befriended someone who has walked the path before them. Retired U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Evert "Sarge" Carter, a USO volunteer and veteran of four wars,

  • Airmen helping Airmen

    Ever since the ribbon cutting for the first dorms here in 1953, unaccompanied Airmen have resided in the 44 dormitories here at Osan Air Base. Currently the dorms house roughly 5,000 Airmen. The dorm management office is entrusted with the responsibility of ensuring the dorms are properly taken care

  • Icemen Get Dirty: Power plant operations are electrifying

    Editor's Note: Icemen Get Dirty is a series that takes an inside look at what it takes to be employed in various work environments. This is the second part of the series.In a narrow corridor, several workers wearing raincoats push a small plastic bullet through more than 1,000 small pipes. Using

  • Icemen Get Dirty: Power plant operations are electrifying

    *Editor's Note: Icemen Get Dirty is a series that takes an inside look at what it takes to be employed in various work environments. In this segment, the Central Heat and Power Plant is featured in two parts.Inside the labyrinths of the power plant, a worker shies away from the coal furnace as he

  • Hickam Airman supports Special Forces in Philippines

    As U.S. Forces continue their drawdown from Iraq, the military is continuing to support counter-terrorism efforts elsewhere around the globe. While Afghanistan remains the more widely-known theater of operations, there are other places where Airmen serve. One such place is Zamboanga, located in the

  • Military Postal Service: Keeping morale high one letter at a time

    "No mail, no morale" is their slogan and during this time of year mail is more important than ever.The Military Postal Service Agency here processes about 3,000 pieces of mail a day during the holiday season, and there is a lot that goes into "pitching" mail.Jim Groff, Osan's postmaster, said