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Paper Cranes for Japan

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Students and parents at Sollars Elementary School fold origami cranes April 6. Origami cranes are sacred creatures in Japanese culture. According to legend, anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes will be granted a wish by a crane. The cranes will be sent to Students Rebuild to help raise funds in support of their Japanese peers. Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, learn and take action on critical global issues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)
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Paper Cranes for Japan

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Tech. Sgt. Amie Duley, 35th Medical Surgical Squadron, shows Darin Wesley, a third grade Sollars Elementary School student, how to make an origami crane April 6. The students are helping Students Rebuild to reach their goal of 100,000 submissions which will be woven into an art display at a reconstructed school in Sendai, Japan. The project also helps Students Rebuild raise funds in support of their Japanese peers. Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, learn and take action on critical global issues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)
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Paper Cranes for Japan

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Amanda Munoz, 35th Medical Surgical Squadron, helps Gaby Najar, a third grade Sollars Elementary School student, make an origami crane April 6. Each crane made will be sent to Students Rebuild to help reach their goal of 100,000 submissions which will trigger a $200,000 donation from the Bezos Family Foundation to the Architecture for Humanity's reconstruction efforts in Japan. Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, learn and take action on critical global issues. Architecture for Humanity is a volunteer non-profit organization set up to promote architecture and design to seek solutions to global social and humanitarian crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)
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Paper Cranes for Japan

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Shawna Fuhrer, third grade student at Sollars Elementary School, signs in on a page of the guest book April 6 as part of a project to fold 100,000 origami cranes. The guest book along with all origami cranes will be sent to Students Rebuild to help raise funds in support of their Japanese peers. Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, learn and take action on critical global issues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)
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Paper Cranes for Japan

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Leah Flack, left and Laura Fox, third grade Sollars Elementary School students, work together to make an origami crane at Sollers Elementary School April 6. The cranes will be sent to Students Rebuild in order to help raise funds to support their Japanese peers. Students Rebuild is also working to collect 100,000 origami cranes from young people to represent 100 wishes of support and healing for Japan. Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, learn and take action on critical issues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)
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Paper Cranes for Japan

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- A pile of origami cranes are displayed on a table at Sollars Elementary School April 6. Cranes are sacred creatures in Japanese culture. According to legend, anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes will be granted a wish by a crane. The cranes will be sent to Students Rebuild to help raise funds in support of their Japanese peers. Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, learn and take action on critical issues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)
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Paper Cranes for Japan

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Aidan Robinson, a fifth grade Sollars Elementary School student, folds an origami crane April 6. The school has collected more than 7,000 cranes to help reach the goal of 100,000 as part of an art display at a reconstructed school in Sendai, Japan. Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, learn and take action on critical issues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)
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Airman 1st Class Kelly - Pataskala, Ohio

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Richard T. Kelly, an emergency actions controller with the 35 Fighter Wing from Misawa Air Base, and a Pataskala, Ohio-native, coordinates with base agencies to organize the planning, execution and evaluation phases of operations. The command post also tracks aerospace resources and monitors mission status.
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Staff Sgt. StarEagle - Aberdeen, S.D.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Haida J. StarEagle, an emergency actions controller with the 35th Fighter Wing Command Post from Misawa Air Base, and an Aberdeen-native, Operation Tomodachi, delivers an announcement over the base’s giant voice system March 30.
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Master Sgt. Scott - West Palm Beach, Fla.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. William B. Scott, a command post superintendent with the 35th Fighter Wing from Misawa Air Base, and a West Palm Beach, Fla.-native, is responsible for the 24-hours a day, seven-days a week, and 365-days a year command and control function of the base. As the superintendent, Sergeant Scott’s functions include budgeting, manning, training, command and control operations, emergency actions directed by the president of the Unites States, and higher headquarters status reporting for Misawa Air Base.
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Volunteer work continues outside Misawa Air Base

HACHINOHE, Japan -- Civilian volunteers from Misawa Air Base carry debris off a strawberry field, here April 1. To date, more than 1,200 servicemembers and civilian volunteers from Misawa Air Base have spent more than 9,000 man-hours assisting local communities with recovery efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez/Released)
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Volunteer work continues outside Misawa Air Base

HACHINOHE, Japan -- U.S. military members from the Navy, Marine Corp and Air Force work together to free a plastic sheet from mud and sand at a strawberry farm, here April 1. Misawa Helps, a command-sponsored volunteer project, has been organizing clean-up projects in local communities to help those affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez/Released)
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Volunteer work continues outside Misawa Air Base

HACHINOHE, Japan -- A volunteer from Misawa Air Base pulls a plastic sheet out of the dirt, here April 1. About 75 base volunteers spent the day cleaning a strawberry field that was damaged by a tsunami. . (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez/Released)
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Volunteer work continues outside Misawa Air Base

HACHINOHE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Airmen from Misawa Air Base uncover rows of strawberries at a farm, here April 1. A tsunami, triggered by the March 11 earthquake, flooded this coastal area where base volunteers spent the week cleaning up local farms. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez/Released)
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Volunteer work continues outside Misawa Air Base

HACHINOHE, Japan -- A U.S. Air Force Airman from Misawa Air Base digs through a strawberry field looking for debris, here April 1. Approximately two busloads of volunteers visited the Hachinohe strawberry fields every day during the week to assist local farmers with cleaning up the destruction left by a tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez/Released)
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Volunteer work continues outside Misawa Air Base

HACHINOHE, Japan -- A U.S. Air Force Airman from Misawa Air Base digs through a strawberry field looking for debris, here April 1. Approximately two busloads of volunteers visited the Hachinohe strawberry fields every day during the week to assist local farmers with cleaning up the destruction left by a tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez/Released)
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Volunteer work continues outside Misawa Air Base

HACHINOHE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Airmen from Misawa Air Base uncover plastic sheets used on a strawberry field, here April 1. The Airmen signed up with Misawa Helps to volunteer their time. To date, more than 1,200 servicemembers and civilians have volunteered from Misawa Air Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez/Released)
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Volunteer work continues outside Misawa Air Base

HACHINOHE, Japan -- Civilians from Misawa Air Base clear debris from a strawberry field, here April 1. The base is working with local communities to help clean up from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that damaged the area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez/Released)
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Volunteer work continues outside Misawa Air Base

HACHINOHE, Japan -- U.S. Marine Corp Lance Cpl. William Deane, temporarily assigned to Misawa Air Base from the Combat Logistics Regiment-3 at Camp Foster, Okinawa, pulls plastic sheeting out of dirt and sand at a strawberry field, here April 1. Misawa Helps, a command-sponsored volunteer project, sent 75 Marines, Airmen, Sailors and civilians this day to help clear the strawberry farm of debris from the March 11 tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez/Released)
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Photo essay: Military volunteers assist tsunami-struck village

NODA MURA, Iwate, Japan – U.S. service members prepare to lift a car in a tsunami-struck area here March 29. Nearly 40 U.S. service members and civilians left Misawa Air Base, Japan, to assist in tsunami cleanup and relief efforts in the village as part of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joe McFadden/Released)
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