U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jordyn Heard, 355th Expeditionary Fighter Generation Squadron load crew member, transports and attaches inert munitions during 18th Wing Load Crew of the Quarter Competition at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 27, 2025.
U.S. Air Force Maj. Kevin Knutson, Defense Logistics Agency Energy Okinawa outgoing commander, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Dominic Baker, DLA Energy Okinawa incoming commander, participated in a change of command ceremony.
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ronan Zhou, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management personnel, sets up a hazardous material decontamination tent. during a joint hazardous materials recertification course at Kadena Air Base, Japan.
U.S. Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Sterling Morgan, 134th Logistics Readiness Squadron, pulls a fuel hose during a joint Forward Arming and Refueling Point training event at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 18, 2025.
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Emmaly Southworth, 18th Munitions Squadron armament maintenance member, turns a wrench while working on the BRU-61 munitions carriage system, at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 13, 2025
U.S. Army Garrison Okinawa held a Change of Command ceremony to bid farewell to Lt. Col. Rachel Bowers and welcome Lt. Col. Elizabeth Johnson at Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan, on June 18, 2025.
The change of command ceremony formally transferred command of the 353rd Special Operations Wing from Col. Shawn Young to Col. Stewart Parker.
U.S. Air Force Airmen and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Terrell Ford, Noncommissioned Officer Academy Okinawa director of staff, pose for a photo during the first annual Pacific Air Forces Strategic Development event at Kadena Air Base.
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Nicholas B. Evans, left, 18th Wing Commander, shakes hands with U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Allen F. Dismuke Jr., 18th Comptroller Squadron incoming commander, during the 18th CPTS change of command ceremony at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 16, 2025.
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Zacaiah Cooper is awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal during an award presentation ceremony on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, June 11, 2025.
Candice Barber, Public Affairs Officer for Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa (CFAO), reads to children during a CFAO-led community relations event at a school in Kadena Town, Okinawa, Japan, June 16, 2025.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Anthony Jimenez, 18th Wing command post emergency actions controller, presents his slides at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 10, 2025
Mr Michael Franchi, 18th Wing Information Protection Office personnel security program manager from Worcester, Massachusetts. Franchi was selected as the 18th Wing Shogun of the Week at Kadena Air Base, Japan.
U.S. Air Force Col. John Isacco, left, 55th Operations Group commander, takes the guidon from Lt. Col. John Casey, right, outgoing 82nd Reconnaissance Squadron commander at Kadena Air Base, Japan.
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