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.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Caleb Partain, 33rd Rescue Squadron special mission aviator, performs pre-flight checks before takeoff at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 30, 2025.
A U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon performs aerial refueling operations with a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, over the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ty Tavel, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels distribution operator, carries a hose during a forward area refueling point tryout at Kadena Air Base.
U.S. Air Force members from the 82nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron recently participated in exercise RECCE-Edge 25, Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Australia.
A three-story teppanyaki restaurant juts out from the side of the mountain near Kadena Air Base’s Gate 1. Today, the building is aged and unused – a memory of the Kadena staple it once was, a home to a smiling man standing between two delicately crafted wooden doors, welcoming in a bustling crowd.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Emiliano Hernandeztorres, a finance technician with Disbursing Detachment, Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, carries an ammo can during a resupply run on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Dennis R. Turner Jr., sergeant major of 3rd Marine Logistics Group, marches a formation after completing a motivational run at Camp Kinser, Okinawa.
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