Yokota Tanabata Dancers grace the stage at Friendship Festival

The Yokota Tanabata Dancers took to the stage Aug. 21 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, during the 2011 Japanese- American Friendship Festival. The dance group, established in 1973 to promote goodwill and friendship to the Japanese people by learning traditional dances and joining in the Japanese

Japanese-American Friendship Festival forms 'strong' bond during competition

On the cloudy, cool day of Aug. 21, six contestants competed in the 2011 Friendship Festival's Strongman competition.The competition is an annual event that brings together Japanese and American competitors to prove their strength before a cheering crowd."The strongman competition is a good way to

374th SFS visits children's home

Airmen from the 374th Security Forces Squadron visited the Shisei Gakuen children's home Aug. 16, in Tachikawa, Japan. During the visit, Airmen brought smiles to the faces of many children by delivering more than 150 pounds of sporting goods, clothing and food. "Although we come out once or twice a

36th AS takes to the skies during Pacific Airlift Rally

Seventy-eight members from the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota will test their humanitarian-assistance and disaster-relief abilities in the Pacific Airlift Rally held in Sri Lanka, Aug. 18-22. The Pacific Airlift Rally strengthens interoperability between nations in the Indonesian and Pacific

374th AW commander urges Yokota to reduce power consumption

As part of ongoing power reduction efforts in partnership with the government of Japan, Yokota has been operating with a goal of keeping the peak power consumption to 15 percent below the peak consumption used in 2010. Unfortunately, Yokota did not meet this goal Aug. 16-17.According to Col. Otto

Yokota High School students experience the working life

374th AMDS provides mosquito awareness information

Believe it or not, Japan is home to around 50 different species of mosquitoes. Of that 50, roughly a third of them bite humans, and fewer than 10 are capable of transmitting disease. Mosquitoes generally feed from two hours prior to sunset through dawn. Daytime biting may still occur if their

No changes to military retirement anytime soon, officials say

The military retirement isn't going to change any time soon, Defense Department officials said. "There's no immediate plan to affect retirement," Navy Adm. Mike Mullen told service members at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, July 31. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said any changes to

Retired CMSAF Gerald R. Murray speaks at SNCO induction ceremony

Yokota network administrators crack down on unauthorized USB usage

Despite the Department of Defense ban on USB and flash media devices, unauthorized flash media usage is on the rise at Yokota, according to the 374th Airlift Wing Information Assurance office.Although the DoD approved limited use of authorized external USB devices in 2010, many devices remain