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  • Finding strength to triumph depression, anxiety

    Before the sunlight touched my window, my alarm pierced the silence of my bedroom. As I reach over to my night stand to click snooze, I think:“Just another day…” Mustering the strength to get out of bed, I find my significant other running out the door on her way to work. She tells me, “Have a great

  • CDC ensures mission readiness, peace of mind

    From hourly to daily care, Misawa Air Base’s Yoiko Child Development Center supports a wide variety of childcare programs to meet every family’s needs.The CDC is a developmental school with programs to encourage children to think and reason, promote language and literacy, build physical development

  • Winning mind wars to overcome life's battles

     Every morning, Capt. Mary Zander, a 35th Medical Operations Squadron psychologist, wakes up, puts her uniform on, and prepares for a day of listening and finding solutions to help her patients conquer their challenges.Air Force psychologists provide deeper-level care for patients by taking a look

  • Flu POD exercises 35th MDG epidemic readiness

    When the risk of a contagious disease threatens people at Misawa Air Base, the 35th Medical Group has minimal time to ensure their safety and to vaccinate the entire population. In efforts to strengthen this capability, medical experts used this year’s flu vaccine as a preliminary exercise to

  • CAF gives Airmen tools to bounce back

    The Air Force cut approximately 25,000 Airmen since 2013, reducing the numbers to an all-time low while keeping the same mission. This caused military members to experience considerable, constant and diverse stressors during their careers.To educate the service how to bounce back from tough times,

  • Chaplain Corps brings heart to the flight line

    Airmen of the Chaplain Corps provided free food to maintenance personnel during a “Hearts on the Flight Line” event here, Sept. 28.The Chaplain Corps coordinated the program to reach out and lift up the spiritual, social, psychological and emotional well-being of Airmen by serving them hot plates of

  • First sergeants: More than a shirt

    There can be times when personnel need more help than their supervisors can offer, so the Air Force provides another outlet.First sergeants, also known as “shirts,” hold a position granted to master sergeants and above, and promote general health, discipline, and career progression of all assigned