Yokota teens clean the streets of Fussa

On a typical Saturdays, many teens are playing video games, surfing Facebook or sleeping in. Saturday Jan. 19, was different.Yokota Teen Center Boys and Girls Club members helped clean the streets of Fussa City as part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. The local Fussa citizens

Yokota celebrates Japan culture day

Air Advisor Academy honors Yokota with first PACOM course

The Air Force Air Advisor Academy instructed cultural preparation and engagement to a team of professional airlifters at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 14 - 18, making it the first time the academy has sent a mobility training team to train in the Pacific Command since the school began in May 2012.

Toyama high school students tour Yokota

Preventative measures keep Yokota Airmen healthy

When it comes to illness prevention, Public Health is the filter between health and sickness.The 374th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Public Health flight is responsible for observing, controlling and containing possible disease outbreaks at Yokota Air Base, Japan. It maintains this control by working

Frostbite: More than a Run

The sun warmed the brisk winter air as runners and their families piled through the gate here Jan. 13, 2013, for the Yokota Strider's 32nd Annual Frostbite Run. Though more than 11,000 runners came to Yokota to participate in the 5K, 10K and half-marathon races, the true spirit of the event cut

Yokota helps its members live longer

From the beginning of a service member's career, change is a constant factor -- whether good or bad. Most change is out of the member's hands, but one life-saving change they can control is smoking. A Yokota Tobacco Cessation class gives base members the tools needed to take the next step towards a

AF implements non-volunteer MTI selection process

Technical sergeants and master sergeants who meet qualification requirements may be non-voluntarily selected for military training instructor duty, Air Force Personnel Center officials said."Low MTI manning levels in 2003 resulted in non-volunteer selections, so this decision is not without

Airman takes pride in building future leaders

It is a simple word to describe a powerful human trait or action; the ability to influence or guide a group of people to complete an act greater than themselves - leadership.Tech. Sgt. Joseph Gambles is one familiar with leadership. As a Professional Military Education instructor for the Yokota

374 MDG establishes toll-free number for inquiries regarding privacy breach

On August 21, 2012, the 374th Medical Group (374 MDG) at Yokota AB, Japan, discovered a potential compromise of patients' protected health information (PHI) when, on or about September 22, 2011, a former 374 MDG provider mailed surgical reports he performed at the facility to his stateside address.