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  • Team Misawa recycling center thinks green

    In Japan, recycling is a priority and is obvious by the many trash cans designated for plastic, paper and metals. The bond with our host nation has grown over time and so have our efforts in recycling.The Misawa Air Base recycling center is having an Earth Day kick-off April 17, at the Base

  • Youth get first-hand boot camp experience

    In light of Month of the Military Child, the Lunney Youth Center and Airmen and Family Readiness Center hosted a spring break Junior Boot Camp, April 7, to give youth an inside look of what their parents went through when initially entering the military. Children filed into the Lunney Youth Center

  • Misawa Air Base’s eggstravaganza

    Parents and children from across Misawa Air Base joined together to celebrate Easter festivities during multiple events, April 15.The 35th Force Support Squadron held three separate Easter egg hunts for children ages 0-13 at the Weasel’s Den.Other events held throughout the day included brunch with

  • Protecting our people, protects our mission

    “Protecting our people, protects our mission,” is the theme of this year’s Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.“Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month is one of the best ways to push mass messaging about the importance of sexual assault prevention," said 1st Lt. DeAndrea Jones, the

  • Airman aims high, achieves life dreams

    There are hundreds of thousands of active duty Airmen in the enlisted force; only 85 are accepted into the Leaders Encouraging Airmen Development program each year.This program is a continuous effort to give the nation's best and brightest enlisted Airmen the opportunity to further excel with

  • A round of a paws for Team Misawa vet clinic

    Pets are considered family for many military members, and when they need care, Misawa residents can take them to the base veterinary clinic for treatments.“A lot of members here have pets and we consider them our family members like we would children,” said U.S. Army Capt. Samuel Smith, the 35th

  • 30th Annual Japan Day glows with Nebuta parade

    Float carriers chant as drums beat loudly, syncing with their inner metronome for the first Nebuta parade held on Misawa Air Base during its 30th Annual Japan Day event, April 7 and 8. Whether residents heard the loud cracks of kendo swords or walked Friendship Boulevard to see the street