Misawa tips off intramural basketball season

Rene Garza, 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Team B guard, looks for an open teammate during their game against the 35th Force Support Squadron at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Dec. 12, 2012. The game remained close the whole night, but the 35 FSS got the win over the 35 CES Team B by a score of 64-62. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Kee)

Misawa tips off intramural basketball season

Lorenzo Lewis, 35th Force Support Squadron guard, shoots a free throw during his team’s game against the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Team B at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Dec. 12, 2012. Lewis scored 17 points as his team secured their first win of the season, edging out the 35 CES Team B by two points at 64-62. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Kee)

Cookie Caper brings goodies

Jasmine Chandler, Cookie Caper volunteer, packages cookies during the base’s annual Cookie Caper at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Dec. 11, 2012. Base community members and volunteers baked, donated and packaged a variety of cookies, which were delivered to single, unaccompanied servicemembers unable to spend the holiday season with their families. Each cookie tray included a holiday card from well-wishers. The event, sponsored by the Misawa Officers’ and Enlisted Spouses’ Clubs, gathered a total of 31,800 cookies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kia Atkins)

Cookie Caper brings goodies

Matthew Whittaker, Defense Commissary Agency commissary officer, puts cookies in the oven during the base’s annual Cookie Caper at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Dec. 10, 2012. The commissary made an agreement with cookie caper volunteers that if they came with their cookie dough prepared, the commissary would provide the workspace, tables, baking sheets and oven. A total of 164 dozen cookies were baked at the commissary, which added to the base’s total of 2,650 dozen cookies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kia Atkins)

Misawa throws holiday party hop

A Japanese student from Hachinohe School for the Deaf and Blind, left, admires his gift during the Operation Eyesight Christmas party at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Dec. 8, 2012. Toward the end of the party, children received presents and sweet treats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenna Jackson)

35th FSS: Duel-hatted response force exercises and supports

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kenneth Escobar, 35th Force Support Squadron NCO in charge of lodging, briefs patriot express passengers on lodging and breakfast arrangements after their flight returned with a mechanical issue to Misawa Air Base, Japan, Dec. 4, 2012. After finishing a 12-hour shift during an operational readiness exercise, Escobar spent the next 12-hours assisting service members and their families with lodging arrangements for the night. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Lipscomb)