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US Ambassador to Japan, Air Force leaders celebrate Thanksgiving Day with Yokota members

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, center, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, right, Commander of U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force, prepare ham and turkey to serve as part of Thanksgiving meals at the Samurai Café Dining Facility at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 24, 2022. Emanuel and Rupp, alongside Yokota Air Base leadership, took time to serve traditional Thanksgiving foods like turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, and stuffing to Yokota Air Base service members, as well as interact with them during a Thanksgiving lunch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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US Ambassador to Japan, Air Force leaders celebrate Thanksgiving Day with Yokota members

Staff Sgt. Allyson Douty and Staff Sgt. Kylee Masters Thomas, 374th Force Support Squadron food service shift leaders, prepare asparagus wrapped in to serve as part of Thanksgiving meals at the Samurai Café Dining Facility at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 24, 2022. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, Commander of U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force, and 374th Airlift Wing leadership took time to serve and celebrate Thanksgiving Day alongside service members and families assigned to Yokota. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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US Ambassador to Japan, Air Force leaders celebrate Thanksgiving Day with Yokota members

Maj. Ryan Abel, 374th Comptroller Squadron commander, serves Thanksgiving meals to service members and families at the Samurai Café Dining Facility at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 24, 2022. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, Commander of U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force, and 374th Airlift Wing leadership took time to serve and celebrate Thanksgiving Day alongside service members and families assigned to Yokota. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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US Ambassador to Japan, Air Force leaders celebrate Thanksgiving Day with Yokota members

Staff Sgt. Kylee Masters Thomas, 374th Force Support Squadron food service shift leader, decorates a cake in preparation to serve Thanksgiving meals at the Samurai Café Dining Facility at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 24, 2022. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, Commander of U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force, and 374th Airlift Wing leadership, took time to serve and celebrate Thanksgiving Day alongside service members and families assigned to Yokota. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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US Ambassador to Japan, Air Force leaders celebrate Thanksgiving Day with Yokota members

Chief Master Sgt. Jerry Dunn, 374th Airlift Wing command chief, serves Thanksgiving meals to service members and families at the Samurai Café Dining Facility at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 24, 2022. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, Commander of U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force, and 374th Airlift Wing leadership took time to serve and celebrate Thanksgiving Day alongside service members and families assigned to Yokota. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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US Ambassador to Japan, Air Force leaders celebrate Thanksgiving Day with Yokota members

Lt. Col. Jordan Hayes, 374th Force Support Squadron commander, and Staff Sgt. Kylee Masters Thomas, 374th FSS food service shift leader, decorate a cake in preparation to serve Thanksgiving meals at the Samurai Café Dining Facility at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 24, 2022. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, Commander of U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force, and 374th Airlift Wing leadership took time to serve and celebrate Thanksgiving Day alongside service members and families assigned to Yokota. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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US Ambassador to Japan, Air Force leaders celebrate Thanksgiving Day with Yokota members

Col. Andrew Roddan, center, 374th Airlift Wing commander, and Col. Michael Brough, right, 374th Medical Group commander, serve ham and turkey to service members and families as part of Thanksgiving meals at the Samurai Café Dining Facility at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 24, 2022. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, Commander of U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force, and 374th Airlift Wing leadership, took time to serve and celebrate Thanksgiving Day alongside service members and families assigned to Yokota. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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US Ambassador to Japan, Air Force leaders celebrate Thanksgiving Day with Yokota members

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, left, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, right, Commander of U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force, serve ham and turkey to service members and families as part of Thanksgiving meals at the Samurai Café Dining Facility at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 24, 2022. The U.S. Ambassador to Japan, USFJ commander, and Yokota Air Base leadership, took time to serve traditional Thanksgiving foods like turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, and stuffing to Yokota Air Base service members, as well as interact with them during a Thanksgiving lunch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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US Ambassador to Japan, Air Force leaders celebrate Thanksgiving Day with Yokota members

Tomohiro Ishibishi, 374th Force Support Squadron Samurai Café cook, cuts cake to serve as part of Thanksgiving meals at the Samurai Café Dining Facility at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 24, 2022. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, Commander of U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force, and 374th Airlift Wing leadership took time to serve and celebrate Thanksgiving Day alongside service members and families assigned to Yokota. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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US Ambassador to Japan, Air Force leaders celebrate Thanksgiving Day with Yokota members

Chief Master Sgt. Wendell Snider, U.S. Forces Japan senior enlisted leader, and Col. Julie Gaulin, 374th Airlift Wing vice commander, serve Thanksgiving meals to service members and families at the Samurai Café Dining Facility at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 24, 2022. The U.S. Ambassador to Japan, USFJ commander, and Yokota Air Base leadership, took time to serve traditional Thanksgiving foods like turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, and stuffing to Yokota Air Base service members, as well as interact with them during a Thanksgiving lunch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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US Ambassador to Japan, Air Force leaders celebrate Thanksgiving Day with Yokota members

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, left, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, right, Commander of U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force, prepare ham and turkey to serve as part of Thanksgiving meals at the Samurai Café Dining Facility at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 24, 2022. Emanuel and Rupp, alongside Yokota Air Base leadership, took time to serve traditional Thanksgiving foods like turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, and stuffing to Yokota Air Base service members, as well as interact with them during a Thanksgiving lunch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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US Ambassador to Japan, Air Force leaders celebrate Thanksgiving Day with Yokota members

Published Nov. 24, 2022
By Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal
374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan --

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, Commander of U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force, and 374th Airlift Wing leadership took time to serve meals and celebrate Thanksgiving Day alongside service members and families assigned to Yokota at the Samurai Cafe Dining Facility, Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 24, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)