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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Rafael Avelar
Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Phong Tran

Culinary specialists onboard NAF Atsugi

Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Phong Tran, a native of Jersey City, N.J., places a tray of food in an oven in the Far East Café Galley onboard Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi Sept. 25, 2025.

Danielle Gomez, Yokota Latin American Association (LAA) secretary, points to a student during a Hispanic Heritage Month read aloud at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 20, 2023. The Yokota LAA is a private organization dedicated to representation, community, and empowerment for Latin culture at Yokota. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Samantha White)
Danielle Gomez

Hispanic Heritage Month read aloud at Yokota

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The Yokota Latin American Association held a Hispanic Heritage Month read aloud at Joan K. Mendel Elementary School, Sept.

Maj. Gen. Dave Womack, center, commander of U.S. Army Japan, participates in the opening ceremony of Orient Shield 23 along with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members at Camp Higashi-Chitose, Japan, Sept. 14, 2023. About 3,500 U.S. Soldiers and JGSDF members recently completed the 10-day exercise to forge stronger bonds and increase interoperability. (Photo Credit: Courtesy photo)
Maj. Gen. Dave Womack

Orient Shield 23 exercise enhances U.S.-Japan readiness, deterrence

About 3,500 U.S. Soldiers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members recently participated in the Orient Shield 23 exercise to forge stronger bonds and increase interoperability.

(Left to right) Airman 1st Class William Watson and Staff Sgt. Steven Richichi, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron hydraulic systems specialists, pose in front of a Yokota C-130J Super Hercules after being named Dedicated Crew Chiefs at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 18, 2023. The Dedicated Crew Chief program is a longstanding military tradition that first began in the Army Air Corps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Spencer Tobler)
Airman 1st Class William Watson and Staff Sgt. Steven Richichi

374th AMXS names new dedicated crew chiefs

Etched above the crew door of each C-130J Super Hercules assigned to Yokota Air Base, Japan, lies two names.

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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Rafael Avelar
Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Grady

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Walter Fahnestock, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Japan Engineer District's 2nd ever workforce recruitment program selectee in its 50-year existence, and the first in modern history.
Walter Fahnestock

Paying it forward: Workforce Recruitment Program at Camp Zama

Tech. Sgt. Charles Manz, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief NCO in charge, attaches the U.S. flag to a pole on Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 14, 2023. Manz, a member of the Air Force Sergeant Association Chapter 1551, helped coordinate Yokota’s first-ever POW/MIA 24-hour remembrance run. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Samantha White)
Tech. Sgt. Charles Manz

Yokota holds first-ever 24-hour POW/MIA remembrance run

Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Cade Kevek, from Union Grove, Wisconsin, poses for a photo on the forecastle aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) while operating in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 17. Dewey is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson)
Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Cade Kevek

Union Grove, Wisconsin native serves aboard USS Dewey (DDG 105) while conducting operations in the Philippine Sea

Airman 1st Class Samantha White
Capt. Jason Gilleland

Yokota Chapel hosts 'Operation Sunny Monday'

Photo by U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Ryan S. Gay
Capt. Drew Gentry and Sgt. Steven Underwood

Welcome party kicks off Oriental Shield at Yausubetsu Training Ground, Hokkaido, Japan

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson
3rd Class Gavin Tyler

Yokosuka-based USS Dewey conducts sea-and anchor detail

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Natalie Doan
Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp

Parliamentary Vice Minister of Defense visits Yokota

U.S. Air Force photo by Brooklyn Golightly
Lt. Col. Kira Coffey

Yokota celebrates Women’s Equality Day

Cmdr. Isaia Infante and Cmdr. Sam Patchell

U.S., Canadian naval forces participate in exercise Noble Wolverine

U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Julia Boykin
Lt. Matthew Hoffman

Yokosuka-based USS Antietam holds promotion ceremony

Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class George Wilson, from Bolivar, Missouri, stands watch on the flight deck aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) while conducting routine underway operations. Ralph Johnson is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
3rd Class George Wilson

7th Fleet Destroyer transits Taiwan Strait

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Slater

Yokota AB's 459th AS supplies aid in joint, combined annual exercise

Christopher Starnes

403rd Army Field Support Brigade Safety Spotlight: Christopher Starnes

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Patrick Boyle
Tech. Sgt. Alexander Entzminger

Misawa Wild Weasel Walk-Through TOPA Flight