Jun 25, 2024 · This guide will provide help on locating both electronic and print resources related on the latest US military base issues in Okinawa.

Kadena Air Base (嘉手納飛行場, Kadena Hikōjō) (IATA: DNA, ICAO: RODN) is a United States Air Force base in the towns of Kadena and Chatan and the city of Okinawa, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is often referred to as the "Keystone of the Pacific" because of its highly strategic location. [2]

May 24, 2022 · There are now 31 U.S. military installations on the island prefecture of Okinawa, which accounts for 70 percent of all U.S. military bases in Japan. The current flashpoint is a plan to...

Mar 17, 2025 · The official Website of U.S. Army Garrison Okinawa Tip of the week Promote healthy brain activity by visiting your local garrison library. Feeling the Heat: USAG Okinawa Leaders Train for...

Mar 7, 2024 · Unlike other duty station locations you may have been to, the military bases in Okinawa are broken up into smaller, annexed locations spread all across the island. We have almost all the branches aboard the military bases in Okinawa including Marine Corps, Air Force, Navy, and Army.

Naval Base Okinawa, now Naval Facility Okinawa, is a number of bases built after the Battle of Okinawa by United States Navy on Okinawa Island, Japan. The naval bases were built to support the landings on Okinawa on April 1, 1945, and the troops fighting on Okinawa.

Dec 14, 2024 · U.S. Marines have begun a partial transfer from Okinawa to Guam, 12 years after Japan and the United States agreed on their realignment to reduce the heavy burden of American troop presence on the southern Japanese island.

Apr 10, 2024 · Okinawa, which sits closer to China than to Japan's main islands, is the focus of U.S. and Japanese efforts to beef up defenses in Japan's southwest islands. Japan has set up missile bases on the...

Apr 9, 2024 · As the U.S. and Japan tighten their alliance and strengthen their military presence in the country's southwest Okinawan islands near China, Okinawa's long-running peace movement is in...

Jun 23, 2022 · Japan’s Okinawa islands still have an outsize importance to U.S. military operations in the Indo-Pacific, particularly in deterring a Chinese attack against Taiwan. It has been fifty years...