Story and photo by Paul Long, CFAY Public Affairs Volunteers from Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Yokohama Detachment (Negishi) volunteered to feed the homeless at the Kotobuki Worker’s Welfare Association shelter Sept. 20. According to the shelter’s staff, 300 people lined up to await the food to be served by the volunteers. The volunte ...

Story and photo by Jeffrey C. Doepp, CFAY Public Affairs Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Teen and Youth Club offers local teens and youth fun and educating activities after school. According to MWR Teen and Youth Club Coordinator Lee Leach, the Teen and Youth Club is an open recreation program t ...

Story and photo by Joe Schmitt, CFAY Public Affairs Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) received the 2011 U.S. Forces Japan Pollution Prevention Award during the Joint Environmental Conferance held at Yokota Air Force Base Aug. 15. CFAY won the award for its efforts to achieve standards, recycle and reduce waste, maintain record keeping and inc ...

Story and Photo by Paul Long, CFAY Public Affairs Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Yokohama Detachment, locally known as Negishi, hosted its 46th Annual Bon Odori festival Aug. 27 on the grounds of the housing area. More than 3,600 Japanese guests joined Negishi residents for the festivities. Naka Ward (the geo-political area that Negishi ...

Story and photos by Joe Schmitt, CFAY Public Affairs Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka Security Department hosted a community relations event with the children and workers from Kofu Kodomo-en children’s home at several locations around the base July 29. “We brought the Kofu Kodomo-en orphanage from Negishi Yokohama out to be witness to who we are a ...

From CFAY Public Works Department On March 11, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) electrical generating plants were knocked off-line due to the tsunami and its aftermath. Since this event, TEPCO has had and will continue to have a difficult time supplying enough electricity to satisfy the electrical demands for the greater Tokyo area. In order ...

Story and photo by MC2(SW/AW) John Smolinski, CFAY Public Affairs Commander Fleet Activities, Yokosuka (CFAY) Traffic Safety Division is installing new traffic signs in the vicinity of Sullivans Elementary School, Yokosuka Middle School, Nile C. Kinnick High School and other areas in an effort to clearly define school zone designations and increase safety h ...

Story and photo by Nancy Turner, Richard E. Byrd Elementary School Public Affairs The staff at Richard E. Byrd Elementary School held a volunteer appreciation tea event June 1, in the school’s information center. Volunteers received certificates and flowers as well as verbal recognition and gratitude from staff members for their help during the 2010-2011 sc ...