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Cultural learning starts new year

A traditional Japanese comedic street performer cleans his katana during a performance at Yokota Air Base Japan, Jan. 18, 2013. More than eight performers displayed a variety of skills during Japan Culture Day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cody H. Ramirez)

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Cultural learning brings in new year

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The Yokota Samurai Taiko Team, made up of employees and service members at Yokota Air Base, Japan, perform during the Japanese Welfare Association’s Japan Culture Day Jan. 18, 2013. This year marks the 66th Anniversary for the Japan Culture Day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Meagan Schutter)

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Cultural learning brings in new year

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- 374th Airlift Wing leadership and Japanese Welfare Association presidents smash a barrel of sake to ring in the New Year Jan. 18, 2013. The primary purpose of the JWA is to provide morale, welfare and recreation activities for Japanese employees and the Yokota community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Meagan Schutter)

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Cultural learning brings in new year

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Sara-gei, a performer at the Japan Culture Day, takes a moment to show his plate spinning talents Jan. 18, 2013. Eight groups performed during the culture day festivities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Meagan Schutter)

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Cultural learning brings in new year

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Employees of the Samurai Dinning Facility pound white rice into mocha, or rice cakes, Jan. 18, 2013, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Eating fresh mochi is a traditional custom practiced in most Japanese homes during the New Year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Meagan Schutter)

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Cultural learning brings in new year

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A resident of Yokota Air Base, Japan, purchases food from a vendor during the Japan Culture Day Jan. 18, 2013. During the event, the base community was able to sample a variety of Japanese food and watch performances. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Meagan Schutter)

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Yokota helps its members live longer

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Smokers can spend upwards of $2,600 a year on cigarettes, and the American Lung Association estimates that tobacco use costs the Department of Defense $1.6 billion per year in tobacco-related health issues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class John D. Partlow)

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Leadership clears questions at Yokota

Col. Mark August, 374th Airlift Wing commander, talks about goals and expectation for the coming year with Airmen during an all call Jan. 11, 2013, at the Taiyo Community Center, Yokota Air Base, Japan. August answered questions about the new year including those about the current curfew placed on service members in Japan. (U.S. Air Force by Cody H. Ramirez)

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Instruction to lead

Tech. Sgt. Joseph Gambles, Yokota Airman Leadership School Instructor, stands in his office during a lunch break Jan. 8, 2013. Behind Gambles hangs his educational accomplishments that have helped him along his military career; a bachelor degree, Community College of the Air Force associates degree and his Professional Military Education Instructor certificate. (U.S. photo by Senior Airman Cody H. Ramirez)(RELEASED)

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Operation Christmas Drop

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Airman 1st Class Joshua McDonald, 374th Logistics Readiness combat mobility flight air transportation journeyman, writes a holiday message on a bundle at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 16, 2012. The bundle was later air dropped to an island in Micronesia during Operation Christmas Drop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Operation Christmas Drop

OVER MICRONESIA -- Capt. Matt Pate, 36th Airlift Squadron navigator, watches the horizon over Micronesia, Dec. 15, 2012. The crew flew air drop missions over eight days to deliver donated supplies to more than 30,000 remote islanders as part of Operation Christmas Drop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Operation Christmas Drop

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Master Sgt. Cameron Leslie, 36th Wing career assistance advisor and independent photojournalist, holds a camera at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 13, 2012. Leslie traveled to Micronesia in 2011 to see Operation Christmas Drop from the perspective of the islanders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Operation Christmas Drop

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Senior Airman Timothy Oberman, loadmaster with the 36th Airlift Squadron, waits for takeoff in a C-130 Hercules at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 12, 2012. The crew flew donated supplies to the islands of Micronesia as part of Operation Christmas Drop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Operation Christmas Drop

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Loadmasters, riggers and leadership from Yokota Air Base, Japan, discuss how to reinforce bundles for air drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 11, 2012. Due to almost twice as many donations for Operation Christmas Drop, the bundles had to hold twice as much weight. After adjustments, the rigging had a 100 percent success rate, a feat never before accomplished during a Christmas Drop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Operation Christmas Drop

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Maintenance crews work through the night to repair a C-130 Hercules from Yokota Air Base, Japan, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 11, 2012. Aircrews dropped approximately 120 boxes in more than 65 bundles over the course of 8 days to help more than 30,000 islanders inhabiting the remote islands in Micronesia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Operation Christmas Drop

OVER MICRONESIA -- Senior Airman Timothy Oberman, left, and Staff Sgt. Nick Alarcon, loadmasters with the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, waive out the back of a C-130H aircraft after dropping the first pallet of humanitarian goods to the island of Ulal Dec. 11, 2012. Operation Christmas Drop is a non-profit organization powered by volunteers from Andersen Air Force Base and the local Guam community. Each year Operation Christmas Drop provides aid to over 30,000 islanders in Chuuk, Palau, Yap, Marshall Islands and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This year is the 61st anniversary of Operation Christmas Drop, making it the longest running humanitarian mission in the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Operation Christmas Drop

OVER MICRONESIA -- Loadmasters and a flight engineer from the 36th Airlift Squadron discuss an upcoming drop over Micronesia Dec. 12, 2012. The drop was part of Operation Christmas Drop, an event held each year for more than 60 years, dropping donated humanitarian aid and gifts to islanders in Micronesia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Operation Christmas Drop

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Maintenance crews work on a C-130 Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, in preparation for Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 12, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Operation Christmas Drop

Aerial view of the island of Falalop, one of the islands in Micronesia, 2011. Master Sgt. Cameron Leslie spent two weeks operating out of the island to visit other islands in the area to learn about Operation Christmas Drop from the islanders' perspective. (Courtesy photo by Master Sgt. Cameron Leslie)

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Pest Management takes care of Yokota members

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Alex Brown, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron Pest Management technician, inspects equipment at the 374th Medical Group’s dining facility Dec. 19, 2012, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. During inspections, the pest management team looks for any recent insect activity and also set traps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class John D. Partlow)

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