JAPAN
Tech. Sgt. Ephraim Oliva installs a device on a chain.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Spencer Tobler)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ephraim Oliva, 730th Air Mobility Squadron passenger services supervisor, installs a device on a chain during the Port Dawg Rodeo at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 21, 2025. In an act of commemoration, active 2T2s placed ten devices onto the chain, symbolizing last year’s ten fallen Port Dawgs.

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