Turumi Lodge competes for AF award

Where do servicemembers come to receive "Star Treatment"? Here at Turumi Lodge! Already selected as the best in Pacific Air Forces, Turumi Lodge will compete for the Air Force Innkeeper Award. This is an annual Air Force-wide award presented to lodging operations that provide the most outstanding

LRS makes runway closure one smooth ride

Osan's airfield reopened Tuesday after repairs and renovations were completed. While it took many units to accomplish the closure, from civil engineers to security forces, the 51st Logistics Readiness Squadron was in it for the long haul. Coordinating with both the 25th and 36th Fighter Squadrons

Army's 1-7 ADA takes over air defense role

A new group of air defense artillery servicemembers arrived at Suwon Air Base on Thursday as part of a battalion rotation. The soldiers with 1st Battalion, 7th ADA, 108th ADA Brigade, are the second group from their battalion to arrive from Fort Bliss, Texas, with more to come. The battalion is

Team Osan gets stuck for 10,000th time

Doing your taxes and getting shots. These are on just about any list of things to do that people enjoy the least in life. Yet Tuesday Team Osan set a milestone by giving out the 10,000th anthrax vaccination shot since it was made mandatory again in March. "I feel that it's a safe shot, I've never

Life skills renamed mental health

All Air Force "life skills support centers" will be renamed "mental health clinics" effective immediately. After a poll of subject matter experts, first sergeants, command chief master sergeants and mental health patients, it was determined that the name "life skills" was confusing and did not

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New Pentagon Channel show helps troops get 'Fit for Duty'

Hosts of a new show coming to the Pentagon Channel want to make troops hurt, sweat and push them to their limits, but most of all the new show aims to ensure members of the U.S. military are "Fit for Duty." "Fitness is as much a part of the military as the uniform," said retired Master Sgt. Jim

TV detectives 'not even close'

The detective gets the call and hits the crime scene. He scours the area for evidence and finds a lone cigarette butt. Using the lab, he links the DNA on the cigarette to a known criminal, drives to his house, arrests him and the case is closed ... all in one hour. While a scenario like this may

Cargo handlers keep supplies moving

Do you need your unaccompanied baggage sent back to the U.S.? Are you waiting for a refurbished aircraft part? Your air transportation specialists are here to help. "We're the Air Force version of UPS," said Tech. Sgt. Roger Braun, 731st Air Mobility Squadron cargo processing supervisor. The 12

TJAG addresses misperceptions

The Judge Advocate General of the Air Force addressed the perception of inequality between enlisted and officer disciplinary actions during a visit to Kadena May 21. "Our system is based on commanders being responsible for having a high standard of discipline," said Maj. Gen. Jack Rives. "They have