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  • 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

  • Medical services improve with arrival of new machine

    The 35th Medical Group Diagnostic Imaging Department can now offer their patients more comprehensive service thanks to the arrival of a new CT scanner, a first for the department. The $1.1 million CT scanner project has been in development for approximately 18 months and represents a major increase