2019 Okinawa Marathon VP-47 conducts Kadena traffic delay monthly weapons proficiency check

Sunday, Feb. 17

By 18th Wing Public Affairs officers quarters. 2/5/2019 — On Sunday, Feb. 17, Gate 2 Residents living inside the on-base and Gate 5 will be closed to vehicle traffic route should consider parking their from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Roads will be vehicles outside the affected area if closed from Gate 2 on Kuter Blvd. to Vin- they plan to travel anywhere from 8:30 cent Avenue and from Vincent Avenue to a.m. to 3:00 p.m. There will only be one Schreiber Blvd. and from Schreiber Blvd. authorized vehicle egress route into/out to Gate 5. However, Gate 2 will remain of the affected area. Vehicle traffic will open for pedestrian traffic with autho- be allowed to cross at the intersection of rized base passes. Gate 1 and Gate 3 will Vincent Street and Beeson Street. Traffic be open as normal. will be regulated by Security Forces. Runners will enter Kadena AB through Runners will have priority and wait times Gate 2 on Kuter Blvd., turn left onto to cross may be as long as 30 minutes; Vincent Avenue at Chapel 2, turn left on please plan accordingly. Pedestrians will Schreiber Blvd. at Kadena High School, only be authorized to cross the marathon and exit the base through Gate 5. route on the crosswalks near the Base The following facilities will be affected Exchange, at the Kadena USO, and behind by the marathon: Chapel 2; the Kadena Li- the Officers Club to cross over Kuter Blvd. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kevin A. Flinn) brary; Shogun Inn; Officers Club; Kadena These crosswalks will also be regulated by Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Joseph Moreland, left, directs Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Corey Ellis, High School; Bob Hope Primary School; security forces. right, both attached to the “Golden Swordsmen” of Patrol Squadron 47, while using a Munitions Handling/ Amelia Earhart Intermediate School; Please direct any traffic related ques- Loading Unit 83 to download a Mark 54 torpedo during a monthly task force weapons proficiency check. dormitories located along the route, tions or concerns to Master Sgt. John The “Golden Swordsmen” are currently deployed to Kadena Air Base, conducting maritime patrol and family housing on Beeson Avenue; the McCord at the 18th Security Forces reconnaissance and theater outreach operations within U.S. 7th Fleet (C7F) area of operations in support of Commander, Task Force 72, C7F, and U.S. Pacific Command objectives throughout the Indo-Asia Pacific region. temporary lodging facility; and visiting Squadron at DSN 634-9696.

An F-35B Lightning F-35B Lightning II II aircraft attached to the F-35B detachment of the “Flying fighters strike with Tigers” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 externally-mounted (Reinforced) launches from the flight deck of the amphibious ordnance at sea for assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), Feb. 3. the first time By Capt. George McArthur 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit 2/8/2019 - USS WASP, PHILIPPINE SEA — F-35B Lightning II aircraft with the fixed-wing detachment of Medium Marine Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducted milestone flight operations with externally-loaded inert and live ordnance in expeditionary strike training from the USS Wasp (LHD 1) in the Philippine and East China Seas, Jan. 26 through Feb. 6. READ LIGHTNING II on PAGE 2 (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Galbreath) 2 SAMURAI GATE FEBRUARY 15, 2019 Army therapy dog visits maintenance Airmen Air Force By Senior Airman Jean-Paul comfortable going to an Army hospital for religious affairs Arnaud-Marquez those deeper issues.” Airmen from 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs Army Maj. Sal Bitondo, Behavioral the 451st Air 2/11/2019 - KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Health officer in charge assigned to the Expeditionary Afghanistan — Maintenance personnel NATO Role III MMU, said bringing a Group teamed up with Army got a surprise visit from a therapy dog as therapy do