Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Doolin | AFN Okinawa | 07.19.2017
The U.S. Army uses LCUs for operations across the Pacific. An LCU is a Landing Craft Utility, it’s a platform, it’s a flat-bottom vessel that the army uses to approach beachheads and also unimproved ports to deliver cargo and goods for operations. The Army mariners aboard USAV Broad Run are based in Fort Eustis, Virginia, and are in Okinawa on a nine-month deployment. This is, this......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Doolin | AFN Okinawa | 06.28.2017
In the Air Force, F.A.R.P stands for Forward Area Refueling Point. Four-member FARP teams refuel aircraft on the ground in hostile environments. Kadena air base recently held an exercise to transfer fuel from an MC-130J to F-35Bs of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121....
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Doolin | AFN Okinawa | 06.21.2017
Suggested Lead: We’re shining a Pacific Spotlight on an airman who’s in the business of making Oxygen and Nitrogen out of thin air. Suggested Tag: The Cryogenic Production Plant on Kadena Air Base operates 24-hours a day, five days a week. Video by PO1 Richard Doolin...
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Doolin | AFN Okinawa | 05.26.2017
Meet a Marine who plays in a band. The better he plays, the better the band sounds. One team, one fight. Video shot by PO1 Richard Doolin. We’re shining a Pacific Spotlight on Marine Corporal Colin Deeter attached to the III MEF Band. As the sole musical representative of the United States Marine Corps in the Eastern Hemisphere, the III MEF Band is busy conducting community outreach......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Doolin | AFN Okinawa | 05.09.2017
HEADLINE: THEFTS FROM CARS ON KADENA AIR BASE ARE 100 PERCENT PREVENTABLE. LEAD: IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, MAY 15 THROUGH MAY 21, AIR FORCE STAFF SERGEANT LUCAS DRAKE, 18TH SECURITY FORCES SQUADRON, TALKS ABOUT CRIME ON KADENA AIR BASE. SUGGESTED LEAD: IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL POLICE WEEK PETTY OFFICER RICHARD DOOLIN TALKED TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ON KADENA AIR......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Doolin | AFN Okinawa | 05.04.2017
SUGGESTED LEAD: WE’RE SHINING A PACIFIC SPOTLIGHT ON SENIOR AIRMAN OLIVIA REED ATTACHED TO THE 18TH DENTAL SQUADRON ON KADENA AIR BASE. SUGGESTED TAG: THE KADENA MEDICAL CLINIC HOUSES THE PACIFIC AIR FORCE’S LARGEST DENTAL CLINIC WITH A STAFF OF 27 DENTISTS AND 130 TOTAL PERSONNEL COMPLETING 48,000 PATIENT VISITS ANNUALLY....
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Doolin | AFN Okinawa | 05.01.2017
SUGGESTED LEAD: WE’RE SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AIR FORCE STAFF SERGEANT CODY REIGARD ATTACHED TO THE 33rd HMU ON KADENA AIR BASE. SUGGESTED TAG: AIRMEN OF THE 33RD HELICOPTER MAINTENANCE UNIT WORK DAY AND NIGHT TO ENSURE THEIR AIRCRAFT ARE READY TO LAUNCH AT A MOMENT’S NOTICE FOR RESCUE OPERATIONS....
