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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

  • Update: Misawa Airman found deceased in on-base residence

    The Airman that was found yesterday morning has been identified as Airman 1st Class Justin Shaden of the 35th Maintenance Squadron, Misawa Air Base, Japan."Each person here on base is a valuable member of Team Misawa. Any time there is a loss it is devastating and sends shockwaves through the entire

  • 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

  • 35th Fighter Wing brings fight to Keen Sword 2017

    The 35th Fighter Wing took to the skies during exercise Keen Sword 17 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 7–11, to enhance bilateral confidences and working relationships with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. Exercises like Keen Sword are a decisive demonstration of the strength of the friendship

  • Misawa welcomes CSAF during immersion tour

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein visited Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 8 and 9, during his Pacific Air Forces immersion tour. Goldfein, sworn in as the 21st CSAF in July, met face-to-face with Airmen of the 35th Fighter Wing, service members from the U.S. Navy and Army and the Japan

  • 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

  • EOD: Locate, identify, neutralize

    The motto, “initial success or total failure,” fuels Airmen with the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight to think outside the fuse box and accept nothing less than perfection when performing their duties.The EOD mission is to locate, identify and neutralize explosive