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  • 29th American Day festival welcomes nearly 100,000 Japanese friends

    Approximately 100,000 Japanese and American nationals gathered together to celebrate the 29th Annual American Day festival at Misawa City, Japan, Oct. 8.Every year, Misawa AB gives the local community an opportunity to experience American culture through food, live music and performances throughout

  • Pacific Air Forces tests 35th Medical Group readiness

    The 35th Medical Group held a counter-chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear attack invitational exercise, to test and execute readiness capabilities while being evaluated by Pacific Air Forces’ medical inspector, Sept. 28.Should a CBRN attack transpire, a multitude of victims would

  • Take command: Register to learn about upcoming changes to TRICARE

    The Military Health System is modernizing TRICARE to better serve you and respond to changes in law and policy. Join us for our next webinar on Thursday, Oct. 5, from 1 to 2 p.m. (EDT) to learn how TRICARE is changing and how to prepare for these changes.

  • RAT ensures bilateral training relocation kicks-off without delay

    Transporting more than 100,000 lbs. of cargo and 100 U.S. Air Force Airmen over 1,000 miles to Tsuiki Air Base, Japan didn’t happen on a whim, it required months of coordination between eight agencies from the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron to the Japan Ministry of Defense.The weight of this load

  • Medical technicians act as enlisted physician extenders

    Every component of Misawa needs to stay fit to fight and ready to immediately execute orders, sorties and missions across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.Independent duty medical technicians are commonly known for being the jack of all trades within the medical field--they must retain mass amounts of

  • Barrier maintenance takes a brake, protects joint assets

    In the event an aircraft has an in-flight emergency, hindering a pilot’s ability to land a plane, they engage with a barrier kit-12 arresting system with their tail-hook in order to come to a safe stop.“Barrier maintenance refers to upkeeping the BAK-12 aircraft arresting systems,” said Staff Sgt.