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  • Air Commandos selected for top enlisted rank

     Air Force officials recently selected two senior master sergeants previously assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Group for promotion to chief master sergeant Nov. 18. The selectees are Daniel Gamble, formerly assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, and Stephen Hadden,

  • STS kicks off Kadena’s remembrance ceremony

    Members of the 320th Special Tactical Squadron from the 353rd Special Operations Group participated with Team Kadena to commemorate Veterans Day during Kadena's 2010 Veteran's Day remembrance ceremony here Nov. 11.The team of special operators kicked off the ceremony by delivering the American flag

  • SOG combat controller named best in Air Force

    Staff Sgt. Jeremy King, a combat controller with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, was recently announced as the top Combat Control Airman in the Air Force for 2009.The recently promoted sergeant earned the award after a year that included supporting combat operations in Afghanistan and

  • STS Airman earns distinguished rescue award

    Members of the Air Rescue Association named Senior Airman Salvatore Portelli, a pararescueman from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, as the association's 2010 Richard T. Kight Award winner during a recent ceremony at the ARA's annual reunion in Sacramento, Calif.The award is named in honor of

  • Pacific Air Commandos use typhoon evac to enhance readiness

    Air Commandos of 353rd Special Operations Group received unexpected help from Typhoon Chaba during a readiness exercise this week when they were forced to evacuate due to the storm.On Oct. 23, in conjunction with the 18th Wing here, SOG Airmen started a local operational readiness exercise and

  • General rescinds 'Period of Reflection'

    Effective immediately, Brig. Gen. Ken Wilsbach, 18th Wing commander, has concluded the "Period of Reflection" instituted Sept. 24. "I am concluding today the Period of Reflection I instituted last week," General Wilsbach said. "I appreciate everyone who took advantage of thistime to consider the

  • SOG, Kadena Airmen pay final respects to one of their own

    Hundreds of 353rd Special Operations Group and Team Kadena members gathered to remember and mourn the loss of Airman 1st Class Michael Reio at Chapel One here Sept. 15.The 20-year-old Knowledge Operations Manager assigned to the 353rd SOG staff died from injuries sustained in a single-vehicle

  • SOG Airmen earn NCO stripes

    Air Force officials recently selected 37 senior airmen assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Group for promotion to staff sergeant Aug 19.The selectees are:17th Special Operations SquadronJoshua BakerJonnathan Clay Neil Hampton Cobie McClainNicole McCowin320th Special Tactics SquadronJonathan

  • Officials announce quarterly award winners

    Col. Robert Toth, the 353rd Special Operations Group commander, announced the group's second quarter award winners in a ceremony at the Keystone Theater here July 16.The winners are:Company Grade OfficerCapt. Joseph Booker, 320th Special Tactics SquadronSenior Noncommissioned OfficerMaster Sgt.