Photo by Chief Petty Officer Daniel Sanford | Naval Air Facility Misawa | 02.08.2011
Petty Officer 3rd Class Draylon Polk, an operations specialist, shows off some of the DVD's the Misawa Navy Snow Team is handing out at the 62nd Annual Sapporo Snow Festival. The videos provide a basic overview of the U.S. Navy 7th Fleet mission. Polk and other members of the Misawa Navy Snow Team are in Sapporo representing their commands at Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan. This is the 28th......
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Daniel Sanford | Naval Air Facility Misawa | 02.08.2011
Petty Officer 2nd Class Tywan Ballard, an aviation electronics technician, hands out Manga comic books to children attending the 62nd Annual Sapporo Snow Festival. Ballard and other members of the Misawa Navy Snow Team are in Sapporo representing their commands at Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan. This is the 28th year the base sent a team to the northern Japanese city to create a snow......
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Daniel Sanford | Naval Air Facility Misawa | 02.02.2011
Members of the Misawa Navy Snow Team, comprised of sailors from Naval Air Facility Misawa and its tenant commands, pose with Japanese schoolchildren at the site where the team is building a snow sculpture for the 62nd Annual Sapporo Snow Festival. This year marks the 28th time Misawa Navy has sent a team to Sapporo to take part in this festival....
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Daniel Sanford | Naval Air Facility Misawa | 02.02.2011
Petty Officer 2nd Class Tywan Ballard, aviation electronics technician, lifts a Japanese student in the air so he can meet Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Grimes, information systems technician, high-five. Both sailors are members of the Misawa Navy Snow Team and are in town to build a snow sculpture for the upcoming 62nd Annual Sapporo Snow Festival. This is the 28th year that Naval Air......
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Daniel Sanford | Naval Air Facility Misawa | 02.02.2011
Members of the Misawa Navy Snow Team, comprised of sailors from Naval Air Facility Misawa and its tenant commands, greet hundreds of Japanese schoolchildren as they arrive to the site of a snow sculpture the Navy team is building for the 62nd Annual Sapporo Snow Festival. This year marks the 28th time Misawa Navy has sent a team to Sapporo to take part in this festival....
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Daniel Sanford | Naval Air Facility Misawa | 02.02.2011
Chief Petty Officer Billy Knox, builder, partakes in an interview with Japan's NHK Television Network. Knox, a sailor assigned to Misawa Air Base, is part of the five-man Misawa Navy Snow Team, which is building a snow sculpture for the 62nd Annual Sapporo Snow Festival. This year marks the 28th year that Naval Air Facility Misawa and its tenant commands have sent a team to Sapporo to take......
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Daniel Sanford | Naval Air Facility Misawa | 02.02.2011
Petty Officer 2nd Class Tywan Ballard, aviation electronics technician, does his best to introduce himself to some Japanese schoolchildren in their native language. Ballard, and sailors from the Misawa Navy Snow Team, are in Sapporo to take part in the city's annual snow festival. The team is building an anchor made entirely from snow for display during the city's festival....
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Daniel Sanford | Naval Air Facility Misawa | 02.02.2011
Petty Officer 1st Class Mathew Bradley, left, a mass communication specialist, films Petty Officer 2nd Class Tywan Ballard, an aviation electronics technician, as he gently shapes an arc into part of an "ice anchor" creation. Ballard and Sailors from Naval Air Facility Misawa and its tenant commands have come to Sapporo to take part in the city's 62nd annual snow festival. This year marks the......
