Paratroopers from the U.S. Army 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, board a C-130J Super Hercules in preparation for a joint forcible entry exercise during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-02 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

Yokota News

  • Careful driving helps keep Yokota safe

    With all the colorful sights to be had in Japan, service members may feel overwhelmed so much that some of the driving rules could escape one’s attention. Security Forces recorded 67 speeding infractions in the past three months, a pattern of careless driving they would prefer not to replicate in

  • Air Force Military Treatment Facilities pilot medical readiness

    Air Force Medicine has a non-stop global readiness mission. Medical Airmen must be prepared to deploy on short notice to provide life-saving and performance-enhancing healthcare in diverse, austere, and isolated locations, and all Airmen must be medically ready to deploy. To achieve this readiness

  • Airman competes at Air Force level

    The anticipation builds up as the ball travels down the lane to meet the pins in a glorious collision… Strike! The ‘X’ appearing on the scoreboard is what most us hope we are lucky enough to see when we go bowling.However, there are those like Tech. Sgt. Chuck Kropog, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron

  • Yokota celebrates Tanabata Festival with local community

    Tanabata decorations hang over a street during the 67th Annual Tanabata Festival at Fussa City, Japan, Aug. 4, 2017. The festival celebrates the yearly meeting of a mythical prince and princess among the Milky Way. This year's festival theme is Fussa City uniquely integrated with an international

  • A&FRC course helps with language barrier

    Having a language barrier can be challenging for service members while being stationed in a foreign country. Fortunately, Yokota’s Airman and Family Readiness Center is here to help its members overcome this barrier by creating the Survival Japanese Course.The six-day course covers a multitude of

  • Yokota’s Physical Therapy

    In the one room facility, the physical therapy department at Yokota’s hospital stand three skilled members who are devoted to ensure injured personnel are getting the treatment, knowledge and motivation they need to heal properly. “With only one physical therapist and two technicians, this is one of