Spotlight on You!

Pvt. 1st Class Donae Patterson

U.S. Army field feeding platoon feeds Camp HigaChitose during Orient Shield 23

The days are long for the U.S. Army culinary specialists who are deployed to Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force’s Camp HigaChitose in support of Orient Shield 23.

Capt. Alena Leshchyk

10th Support Group logistics officer provides support to Orient Shield

The days have been long as Capt. Alena Leshchyk and her logistics task force teamwork to provide reception, staging, onward movement and integration for the members of the 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment during Exercise Orient Shield, the largest annual bilateral live fire exercise between Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. Army.

Senior Airman Deandre Hurtado

Kadena 18th EMS: Metals technicians work with precision

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Deandre Hurtado, 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron metals technician, conducts metal fabrication on a nut at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 23, 2023.

Senior Airman Grace Jibben

Kadena AB's 18th Component Maintenance Squadron: Keeping the giants in the sky

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Grace Jibben, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron aircraft fuel systems repair technician, wipes and drains leftover fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 8, 2023.

Nominate Someone

Know someone whose accomplishments, talents, job, hobby
volunteer work, awards or good deeds qualify them for 15
minutes of fame? How about someone whose claim to glory is a
bit out of the ordinary - even, dare say, oddball? if so
nominate them here.

Submit Now!