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  • Misawa UCMJ disciplinary actions; April 19 - 30, 2013

    NONJUDICIAL PUNISHMENTSA senior airman, was derelict in their duties by negligently failing to accurately document the ammunition inventory. The inventory was considered invalid and had to be re-accomplished resulting in a waste of 1,000 man hours. Offense Description: A senior airman was derelict

  • Misawa UCMJ disciplinary actions; Mar. 1 - 30, 2013

    NONJUDICIAL PUNISHMENTSA technical sergeant willfully failed to correct her age on two separate Physical Training test in a six month time period. She did not alert the Fitness Assessment Cell that they were calculating her scores with the wrong age group. She was also aware that she failed her last

  • U.S. Army Public Health Command lifts food ban

    On May 28, the U.S. Army Public Health Command Region-Pacific determined it is safe to lift the food procurement ban on certain locally grown and processed foods after completing comprehensive assessments and fully evaluating the radiation safety efforts of the Government of Japan. The military food

  • Airman's epiphany: binge drinking is a siren with a deadly agenda

    *For the protection and privacy of the following Airmen' s identities, their names have been changed and duty titles withheld.Binge drinking has been a notorious part of mankind' s culture for centuries. Unfortunately, the heavy drinking style has an equally long history of sending people to their

  • CLEP-tomaniac Airman ‘steals’ education

    There are many ways Airmen can stand out above their peers and display excellence in all they do. Airman 1st Class Stefan Isaza, 35th Maintenance Squadron egress technician, chose to improve himself through a unique education shortcut.Using the opportunities the Air Force has provided him, Isaza

  • Dead asleep, the cost of drowsy driving

    Your eyelids begin to flutter and become virtually impossible to hold open as you travel back to base after a week in Tokyo. Who knew leave could take so much out of you? With five hours to go, you just closed your eyes for a second, the only problem is you are the one driving.If you have ever felt

  • 'City on the sea' guides F-16s

    One day it's the target, the next it's the weapon. Manned with around 350 Sailors, the U.S. Navy's Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh is capable of fighting off threats in a matter of seconds. But in some cases, a few seconds isn't quite enough.U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons