• DAGRE members complete training at Camp Hansen

    Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element members stack up before heading through a door on Dec. 22, 2015 on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The DAGRE is a group of highly trained Security Forces personnel that support Special Operations Command assets and resources worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo by

  • January Batcat Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Johnson

    Name: Staff Sgt. Gregory JohnsonSquadron: 353rd Special Operations Group StaffJob and duty title: Quality Assurance InspectorHometown: Allentown, Pennsylvania Time in Service: 7 years, 6 monthsWhat is your favorite part about your job? My favorite part about my current job as a quality assurance

  • 353rd SOG supports Team Kadena Annual Cookie Drive

    Trays of cookies donated by Team Kadena line the tables during the Team Kadena 2015 Annual Cookie Drive Dec. 14, 2015 at Kadena. This annual event hosted by the Kadena Spouses and Kadena First Sergeant association provided more than 30,000 cookies and treats to Kadena dorm residents. Team Kadena

  • December Batcat Spotlight - SrA Doty

    Name: Senior Airman Kevin DotySquadron: 320th Special Tactics SquadronJob and duty title: AnalystHometown: Cadillac, Mich. Time in Service: 3.5 yearsWhat is your favorite part about your job? My favorite part of my job is that it enabled me to learn about countries all over the world, and has even

  • STS Airmen complete DARC training

    Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron completed Direct Action Resource Center training with a mobile training team on the Camp Hansen range Nov. 20.The training was held locally in order to reduce the costs that were once used to send entire STS teams back stateside. Instructors modified

  • 353rd SOSS SERE conducts water survival training

    U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bon Strout, 353rd Special Operations Group Survive, Evade, Resist and Escape specialist, instructs water survival trainees how to swim under a parachute canopy, Nov. 4, 2015, off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. This training teaches military members how to survive in open

  • 320th STS participates in Kadena’s first Veterans Day parade

    An Airman assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron rides a Humvee during Kadena’s first Veterans Day parade held Nov. 11, 2015 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Service members from different branches of the United States military on Kadena Air Base, Japan, came together on Veterans Day to

  • Pacific Air Commandos host Thanksgiving dinner

    Lt. Col. Matthew Bartlett, 17th Special Operations Squadron, and Senior Master Sgt. Jeremy Tygrett, 353rd Special Operations Group, carves the turkeys during a Thanksgiving Dinner Nov. 14 on Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 353rd Special Operations Group hosted the dinner for all SOG single Airmen and

  • Pacific Air Commandos support 2015 Kadena Special Olympics

    Dishes donated by Pacific Air Commandos line the tables during a Thanksgiving Dinner Nov. 14 on Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 353rd Special Operations Group hosted the dinner for all SOG single Airmen and dorm residents. More than 100 dishes were donated and nearly 100 Airmen to come together and

  • 353 SOG hosts Fall Festival

    A child from the 353rd Special Operations Group attempts to make a hole in one during the 353rd Special Operations Group Fall Festival held Oct. 31, 2015 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. All five squadrons from the 353rd Special Operations Group came together set up booths with games, activities and food