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  • Seventeen selected for promotion to senior master sergeant

    Seventeen members of Misawa Air Base were selected for promotion to the rank of senior master sergeant Feb. 28, 2013. The master sergeants selected are:Jerome Bristow, 35th Force Support Squadron Christopher Burch, 373rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance GroupRichard Coleman, 35th

  • Frosty service members brave arctic temperatures to beautify city

    Service members from Misawa Air Base, Japan, struck out across Misawa City to pick up trash during the second Misawa City Cleanup event Feb. 23, 2013.Seventy-two volunteers bundled up and met in the Exchange parking lot ready to help beautify the city. The volunteers broke into six groups, took

  • You will be ‘ex’terminated; make sure they won’t be back

    The day starts off normal enough. You wake up and head to the bathroom for a nice morning shower, except there's a spider dangling from your showerhead. You have a couple of options. You could carry the little guy outside or maybe crush it with a shoe or any other blunt object you have lying around.

  • “Silly people doing silly things” at Misawa’s snowman competition

    Five private organizations from across Misawa Air Base gathered at Risner Circle to battle in the medium of snow, with the Misawa Theater Group coming out on top during the Second Annual Snowman Build Competition Feb. 16 at Misawa Air Base, Japan. However, this event was more than an opportunity for

  • Don't kill Nemo, use Misawa's Recycling Center

    The 35th Fighter Wing is committed to achieving the Air Force's goal of recycling 65 percent of the base's trash by 2020. This goal will help keep trash out of landfills where it can pollute the ground, waterways, where it can kill fish, and the off-base incinerator.Recycling center officials

  • Sharing knowledge and growing bonds at Dragon Academy

    Giving students the best education possible and reaching a high student achievement level is a goal for every Department of Defense Education Activity elementary school. At Sollars Elementary School, a new program called the Dragon Academy helps reach that goal by providing assistance to teachers