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  • DARTs provide vital feedback during exercise

    "Exercise Exercise Exercise, Alarm Black, MOPP 4, Limited Release," sounds from the giant voice system during an Operational Readiness Exerise here.With this announcement, members of Misawa's Damage Assessment Response Teams know it is time to go to work."As a DART member our primary job is to

  • Hope in the darkest hour

    I recently heard a story of a young man who woke up every day and asked himself what he had to live for. Most would think that was a fairly common question. For this young man however, the difference was the number of reasons he could come up with to live for determined the number of bullets he

  • Hazardous path to survival

    This week, hundreds of Airmen are scrambling around base in all-out war mode. Identities and faces are hidden by gas masks and tens of pounds of chemical protection gear. Last names are hastily and illegibly written on tape plastered across their helmets, adding to the confusion of war. The frenzy

  • 14 FS trains for mission success

    Destroying enemy aircraft, providing top cover and dropping bombs on target is part of the tasks many pilots are charged with, but for those assigned to Misawa Air Base, Japan, that is just one in the laundry list of responsibilities.Pilots of the 35th Fighter Wing's 13th and 14th Fighter Squadrons

  • Transition, preparedness required for mission success

    During phase two of an operational readiness exercise, Airmen can be found at their various work stations across Base X working diligently to complete the mission. Although their specific exercise duties can take them to different places, each Airman starts their day at the same location -- the

  • 'I need help' ... Misawa Airmen train for war-injured

    Missiles litter the flightline as deafening sirens sound on repeat, warning Airmen to take cover. Amid the chaos, two Airmen stuck outside during the attack lay injured - one with a shattered leg, the other with an open chest wound. The leader of a Self-Aid Buddy Care and Post-Attack Reconnaissance

  • Misawa chaplains exercise spiritual fitness, impact overall readiness

    Air Force personnel are required to remain spiritually ready to accomplish the mission by developing qualities needed to help during times of stress, hardship and tragedy. Spiritual readiness is so crucial, one of Pacific Air Force Command's top priorities - the Resilient Airman - focuses on an