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The new Rocker Enlisted Club is situated in the
footprint of the former Rocker NCO Club.

ROCKER FEATURES
The Rocker Enlisted Club now features
two restaurants and a café:
• Kazoku Place is great for family dining;
• Hanabi’s offers lunch and dinner items
along with 16 craft beer taps;
• the Daily Grind offers coffee and has
free WiFi.
The club also features multiple entertain-
ment facilities, including the Rocker Lounge,
a ballroom with a maximum capacity of up
to 800 people, and a game room with more
than 80 entertainment slot machines. There
are three outdoor seating areas, and state-of-
the-art sound and lighting system throughout.
It is also the new home for the catering
services that were previously handled by the
Banyan Tree Club.
The previous Rocker NCO Club was a popular spot on facility for nearly 60 years and here we are today, continuing
Kadena AB, used for an assortment of events from the Air a legacy and serving with honor.”
Force Ball to late-night parties. However, a number of events The Rocker Enlisted Club is open to all enlisted military
that were held at the Rocker NCO Club had been discontinued members and civilian equivalents. Kazoku Place, the game
due to lack of space, but they are back in full swing at the room and the Daily Grind are open to all ranks during normal
new venue. business hours. Hanabi’s is also open to all ranks until 9 p.m.
The new Rocker carries on the tradition with live entertain- Thanks to Barbara Fuller, marketing director, 18th Force Support
ment; special programming; holiday buffets; 50K Bingo nights; Squadron, Kadena AB, Japan, for her assistance with this story.
membership appreciation nights; social hours with progres- —MCH
sive drawings; AFE concerts; comedy shows and much more.
“We’re excited to have the Rocker Enlisted Club reborn,”
Feinberg said. “There’s a lot of heritage in this facility, with The Rocker Lounge is one of multiple entertainment facilities available
the old Rocker NCO club opening up in 1957. We ran that at the Rocker Enlisted Club.

& Bar. It features a full game room, with more than 100 — offering a variety of different pizzas among the numerous
entertainment machines, and it also runs a six-day-a-week culinary choices — and club members can avail themselves
bingo operation. The facility has strong club programming, of check cashing privileges and currency exchange services.
including Kadena Club’s Texas Hold ’em program; weekly The Skoshi Rocker is open from Sunday to Thursday from
dart tournaments, and two full-size pool tables. 8 a.m. to midnight. It opens on Friday at 9 a.m. and on Satur-
A lounge and a snack bar are also available at the venue day at 8 a.m., with closing time for those two days at 2 a.m.

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