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  • Summer safety for kids in cars

    As the dog days of summer approach, it's time to remind everyone never to leave a child alone in a car. Fatalities occur every year due to children left alone in vehicles during the summer months. Temperatures inside cars can rise 19 degrees in 10 minutes. Leaving windows slightly open has little

  • Tooth Avulsion

    Dental avulsion, or having your tooth knocked out, is a dental emergency which requires immediate attention (within 30 minutes) to give the tooth a better chance of survival.  Dental avulsion is the complete displacement of a tooth from its socket. How does this happen? One huge factor involves

  • An Earth-felt invitation - Earth Day 2013

    Earth Day began 43 years ago in 1970. It was an invitation from the United States to the rest of the world to bring people together and organize solutions to the environmental issues that affected our future. America extended an invitation for others to join, and the world accepted. Now Earth Day

  • The power of 'no'

    In all the experience I've had in my Air Force career, I'll admit I've mostly been told 'yes.' And while I loved hearing that word, because it meant I was chosen or that I'd finally achieved my goal, it's the 'no's' that have had a greater impact on me and pushed me to exceed beyond anything else.As

  • Dental reminds Yokota importance of oral health

    February is National Children's Dental Health Month, but dental health should be our focus year round. It is an appalling statistic that dental decay is the most common chronic infectious disease in children. However, with proper practices at home and regular check ups, cavities are completely

  • "Thank You" is not necessary; U.S. forces honored to help reopen Sendai

    I cannot put into words the carnage left behind by the 9.0 earthquake and subsequent 33-foot tsunami March 11, 2011. More than 300 miles of eastern coastline along Japan's main island of Honshu was destroyed. Some of the most graphic initial images were of Sendai Airport and its nearby cities of

  • Got Courage?

    You may not have met Technical Sergeant Stephen McGrath, but he works in the Explosive Ordinance Disposal shop here. On Nov. 18, 2007, Sergeant McGrath was on a deployment in Iraq when an enemy force engaged him and a platoon of soldiers with direct small arms fire. He responded admirably under the

  • Happy Holidays from PACAF leadership

    With the holiday season fast approaching, Chief Master Sgt. Brooke McLean and I and the entire HQ PACAF staff and our families want to offer a sincere thank you to the entire Pacific Air Forces team--military, civilians and family members--who have enabled continued success for our command in the

  • Airmen show commitment to Pacific in relief efforts

    Typhoons. Tropical storms. Earthquakes. Volcanic eruptions. Oh, and don't forget the tsunami. All of these environmental events struck the Asia-Pacific region from Sept. 26 to Oct. 7--15 major incidents, depending on how you count them. Considering I assumed command of 13th Air Force on Sept. 2, it

  • COMPACAF announces kick off of Combined Federal Campaign

    Fellow Airmen, last year the men and women of Pacific Air Forces contributed via personal donations more than $2.3 million to the Combined Federal Campaign--their contributions helped make a difference through a multitude of charities. As Airmen, you live a voluntary lifestyle of serving others that