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Guide helps airmen navigate social media

Submitted by Okinawa Editor on Thu, 2012-05-17 06:56

Information provided by U.S. Air Force

 Airmen and families have a new resource at their fingertips with the recent release of an updated and revised social media guide by the Air Force Public Affairs Agency in San Antonio, Texas.

    The guide features sections geared toward all Total Force members and their families as well as Air Force leaders. It highlights topics, including using social media effectively, security awareness, social media platforms, public affairs programs and social media policy among others.

Kadena CrossFit team on a roll

Submitted by Okinawa Editor on Thu, 2012-05-17 06:55

Story by 1st Lt. Natassia N. Cherne, Courtesy of18th Wing

 KADENA AIR BASE – The Kadena Shogun CrossFit gym may not always have the best equipment or even a permanent facility, but its members always have heart. And that was proven at the Regional CrossFit Games held in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, May 5 to 7.

‘If the resources aren’t there... create them’

Mom of autistic child making a difference

Submitted by Okinawa Editor on Thu, 2012-05-17 06:52

Story by Marisa Petrich, courtesy of Northwest Guardian

 JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – On a sunny afternoon in late September last year, 11-year-old Garrett Holdaway went to recess.

He didn’t go outside with his class, though. His mom brought him to a local schoolyard to play because he hadn’t been in a classroom for two years.

Japan’s last jungle

Walking across Okinawa’s Iriomote Island

Submitted by Okinawa Editor on Thu, 2012-05-10 06:51

Story and photos by Alena Eckelmann, courtesy of METROPOLIS MAGAZINE

Thinking of a jungle in Japan, Tokyo’s busy cityscape springs to mind first, an ocean of grayish concrete, garish neon signs and masses of people everywhere. This is the jungle we are used to. Would you think of lush green vegetation sprouting wherever it pleases and of wild rivers not tamed by concrete barriers – in Japan??

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