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  • 35 SFS trains for success on deployments

    Raindrops bombard the helmets of Security Forces personnel as they low-crawl, perform patrol movements and make their way across the muddy terrain of Misawa's Camp Defender, a training area for security forces and other field exercises.As part of an Operational Readiness Exercise from Oct. 7-11,

  • Command messages delivered from above

    As everyone drops to the floor to don their mission oriented protective posture gear, a voice resonates across the base, infiltrating work centers and rattling ears.Controlled from a central location at the 35th Fighter Wing Command Post, members here have the important task of informing the base of

  • Maintainers react on the fly

    Every time a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off from Misawa Air Base, Japan, one crew loyally waits for its return. There's a certain sense of attachment, a feeling of ownership as each jet taxis back into its hangar to meet its crew chief."We're the last ones to see the jet before

  • Finance overcomes adversity while 'deployed'

    Money may not buy happiness, but it can buy a lot of things while at war, and that's why Airmen from the 35th Comptroller Squadron are a vital asset in a deployed environment.Finance Airmen here are in day three during the second phase of an Operational Readiness Exercise and are working around the

  • CE sweeps, cleans after attack

    Sirens break the silence on base as the alarm blares and the announcement "Missiles inbound" goes out. Airmen snap into action, relying on months and months of training to make the right moves to defend and respond to the attack. Once the attack is over and the order "Limited release" is given, the

  • 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