I’ve never been stationed there, but have been TAD there many times in a civilian capacity.
When the Commanding General corrects your pronunciation, you take note. They are actively trying to change the pronunciation to ‘Camp Luh-jern’.
In the same way, they are trying to change the pronunciation of Kadena AFB. But for us old farts, it’s hard to change.
Chuckles - how else would you pronounce it other than: ka-dee-nah
A little anecdote: when I was first stationed on “the rock”, we would go to the chow hall at Kadena on Saturday mornings. Compared to Marine chow, the chow hall at Kadena was like going to a fancy resturant - eggs & steak to order, it was nice.
After a while though, someone got smart and figured that even though we were all DoD, our Marine chow hall passes could no longer be used at an Air Force facility.
Sigh, it was great while it lasted...
Kadena is Kadena and White Beach is White Beach.
We don’t need no Frenchifying of our Marine Corps!