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FUTENMA, Okinawa - Members of the Okinawa Defense Bureau and Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Jan. 28 to experience flight operations in an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft via flight simulator.

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Congratulations to the 18th Wing, partner unit and Team Kadena 4th quarter award winners.
The 4th quarter award ceremony was held at Keystone Theater here Jan. 31.

The 2014 Combined Federal Campaign-Overseas (CFC-O) Annual Coin Design Contest is underway. The contest is open to all Department of Defense employees and their family members to create a 2014 CFC-O coin design that embodies the spirit of the campaign. The chosen design will be distributed to select contributors during the 2014 CFC-O this fall.

Editor’s note: As every couple knows, nothing says “I love you” quite like committing to go the extra mile to make things work with that special someone.

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen pull their gas masks out of their container, place them against their face, tighten the straps and ensure a tight seal has been made during a Mission Focused Exercise here Jan. 30.

U.S. Air Force Col. Jeffrey Ullman, 18th Mission Support Group commander, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Scott Murphy, 733rd Air Mobility Squadron director of operations, cut the ribbon at a ceremony alongside Elaine McArthur, Kadena USO center manager, on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 31, 2014.