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5th Air Force

Lactation Pods bring awareness and modernization to Kadena

A lactation pod sits in the entrance of the Rocker Enlisted Club at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 29, 2024.This advancement shows the 18th Wing’s priorities to care for Airmen, families and modernize the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)

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Lactation Pods bring awareness and modernization to Kadena

From left, U.S. Air Force Col. Laura Ramos, 18th Mission Support commander, Brig. Gen. Nicholas Evans,18th Wing commander, and Airmen, perform a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new lactation pod at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 29, 2024. The ribbon cutting symbolically opens multiple lactation pods both now and in the future to ensure moms have safe, comfortable, and private spaces to care for themselves and their children. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)

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Lactation Pods bring awareness and modernization to Kadena

A lactation pod sits in the entrance of the Rocker Enlisted Club at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 29, 2024. Lactation pods were installed as part of the 18th Wing’s effort to provide a clean, secure, private, and well-lit area for lactating mothers to either pump or breastfeed their child. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)

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Lactation Pods bring awareness and modernization to Kadena

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Nicholas Evans, 18th Wing commander, speaks during the lactation pod ribbon-cutting ceremony at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 29, 2024. This advancement shows the 18th Wing’s priorities to care for Airmen, families and modernize the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)

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Lactation Pods bring awareness and modernization to Kadena

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Rachel Reynolds, 18th Communications Squadron commander, speaks while holding her daughter during the lactation pod ribbon-cutting ceremony at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 29, 2024. Lactation pods were installed as part of the 18th Wing’s effort to provide a clean, secure, private, and well-lit area for lactating mothers to either pump or breastfeed their child. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)

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Lactation Pods bring awareness and modernization to Kadena

U.S. Air Force members from the 18th Force Support Squadron, 18th Contracting Squadron, 18th Communications Squadron, and Rocker Enlisted Club staff, pose in front of a new lactation pod at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 29, 2024. This project was led by The Women’s Initiative Team (WIT) in order to ensure moms have safe, comfortable, and private spaces to care for themselves and their children. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)

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Lactation Pods bring awareness and modernization to Kadena

Published June 5, 2024
By Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez
18th Wing Public Affairs

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan. --

With the help of The Women’s Initiative Team (WIT) Kadena now has pods available for use at the Rocker Enlisted Club, Officer's Club, and Schilling Center. The ribbon cutting symbolically opens multiple lactation pods both now and in the future to ensure moms have safe, comfortable, and private spaces to care for themselves and their children. This advancement shows the 18th Wing’s priorities to care for Airmen, families and modernize the installation.