Photo by Senior Airman Joao Marcus Costa | 35th Fighter Wing | 11.08.2022
Mr. Yoshinori Kohiyama, Misawa City mayor; U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Richard, 35th Fighter Wing commander; Chief Master Sgt. Cheronica Blandburg, 35th Fighter Wing command chief; and Mr. Koichiro Maita, Misawa City vice mayor, show off their purple ribbons at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 8, 2022. The ribbons are displayed throughout the month on the Misawa Monument outside Misawa Air Base's......
Photo by Senior Airman Joao Marcus Costa | 35th Fighter Wing | 11.08.2022
U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Richard, 35th Fighter Wing commander; Chief Master Sgt. Cheronica Blandburg, 35th Fighter Wing command chief; Mr. Yoshinori Kohiyama, Misawa City mayor; and Mr. Koichiro Maita, Misawa City vice mayor, create and sign purple ribbons at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 8, 2022. The ribbons are displayed throughout the month on the Misawa Monument outside Misawa Air Base's......
Photo by Senior Airman Joao Marcus Costa | 35th Fighter Wing | 11.08.2022
U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Richard, 35th Fighter Wing commander; Chief Master Sgt. Cheronica Blandburg, 35th Fighter Wing command chief; Mr. Yoshinori Kohiyama, Misawa City mayor; and Mr. Koichiro Maita, Misawa City vice mayor, learn about the implementation of the purple ribbons at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 8, 2022. The ribbons are displayed throughout the month on the Misawa Monument......
Photo by Senior Airman Joao Marcus Costa | 35th Fighter Wing | 11.08.2022
U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Richard, 35th Fighter Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Cheronica Blandburg, 35th Fighter Wing command chief, create and sign their purple ribbons at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 8, 2022. The ribbons are displayed throughout the month on the Misawa Monument outside Misawa Air Base's main gate in honor of Japan’s nationwide Movement to End Violence Against......
Photo by Senior Airman Joao Marcus Costa | 35th Fighter Wing | 11.08.2022
U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Richard, center, 35th Fighter Wing commander, receives a purple ribbon at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 8, 2022. The Mayor of Misawa City invited Misawa Air Base leadership to participate in decorating the local monument while adorned with purple ribbons. The Japanese government’s Gender Equality Bureau Cabinet Office encourages local Japanese city governments to......
Photo by Senior Airman Joao Marcus Costa | 35th Fighter Wing | 11.08.2022
A set of purple ribbon badges are displayed on a conference table at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 8, 2022. The purple ribbon signifies the awareness of domestic violence. While National Domestic Violence Month is held in October in the United States, Japan holds the Movement to End Violence Against Women for two weeks between the 12th and 25th of November. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior......
