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  • Revised policy brings predictability to base residents

    Misawa Air Base is currently in its no heat/no cool period. Historically, this energy- and cost-saving period was declared on different dates each year, causing some confusion among base residents as to when heating would be turned on or off. To ease that confusion, the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron

  • JAG announces law school programs

    If anyone ever told you, "you should be a lawyer," now is your chance.Applications for the Funded Legal Education Program (FLEP) and Excess Leave Program (ELP) are being accepted from 1 January through 1 March 2012. Interested officers are encouraged to compete. The number of FLEP and ELP applicants

  • Misawa's circle of Yen

     Since the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, Sollars Elementary School students have looked for ways to help survivors. The students held a coin drive fundraiser to help with tsunami relief June 8. The method of fundraising was developed by Mrs. Rachel Berger in 2010 while stationed in

  • First lady awards diplomas to Misawa seniors

    A voluntary departure from Japan earlier this year meant some high school seniors would be finishing the school year in a new location. Those seniors who enrolled in schools at their safe haven faced the possibility of not being eligible to participate in that school's commencement ceremony.

  • Airman found guilty at court-martial

    On 25 May 2011, a Special Court-Martial convened at Misawa Air Base and found Airman First Class Javier Padilla, Jr., 35th Security Forces Squadron, guilty of attempted larceny, larceny, and making a false official statement. The court sentenced Padilla to six months of confinement, a reduction to