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  • Sole searching: Army Spouse uses boots to remember fallen servicemembers

    Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen all have one thing in common: we all wear boots to work. Most lace them up in the mornings, while some cheat and purchase the ones with zippers on the sides. Regardless of how they are put on or what material they are comprised of, our clunky,

  • Andersen 'birdbath' projected to cut maintenance cost, man-hours

    A clear water rinse facility is currently under construction on the Andersen flightline to support maintenance for U.S. Department of Defense flying assets deployed or transient here.DOD contractors and members of the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron began construction of the Guam Strike Clear Water

  • Fitness matters: physical fitness changes a Hickam Airman's life

    Tech. Sgt. Andrea Conn, a 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing budget analyst, was an average Airman when it came to physical fitness. Her PT scores weren't terrible, but she was 50 pounds overweight and unhappy with what she saw in the mirror, so she decided to turn her life around. That was just one

  • Fiscal 2013: an engaging year for Pacific Air Forces

    Throughout fiscal 2013, the key aspect of Pacific Air Forces was engagement as more than 45,000 Pacific Air Forces Airmen conducted a broad spectrum of operations, from humanitarian relief to decisive combat employment, in an area covering 13 time zones and 100 million square miles.These operations

  • Wild Weasels qualify for combat

    Six U.S. Air Force pilots stand side-by-side in front of hundreds of watching eyes. For the next two hours, their workspace is no longer the cockpit of a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon thousands of feet in the sky. Instead, it's center stage under the spotlights, where their performance on the

  • Misawa embraces brothers' reunion

    Jonah Skrove is a hugger. Exiting the breezeway at the Misawa City Airport near Misawa Air Base, Japan, Jonah affectionately embraced nearly everyone in sight, including his brother, Airman 1st Class Jared Skrove. Gatherings are commonplace for members of the military and their families, but the

  • Bangladeshi, U.S. Airmen Team up for Exercise Cope South 14

    U.S. and Bangladeshi Airmen are training side-by-side during exercise Cope South 14 at Bangabandhu Air Base, Bangladesh, Nov. 9 through 13, 2013. This year's exercise will focus on conducting tactical airlift operations in order to better respond to regional disasters. More than 80 U.S. Airmen,

  • Yokota Airmen Showcase Low-Cost, Low Altitude Airdrop at Cope South 14

    U.S. Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, demonstrated Low-Cost, Low Altitude airdrop techniques to Bangladeshi Airmen, during a subject-matter expert exchange at Bangabandhu Air Base, Bangladesh, Nov. 9 through 13, 2013. The exchange, a key part of exercise Cope South, was designed to show

  • 36th CRG supports Operation Damayan

    Airmen from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, deployed to the Philippines last week in support of ongoing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. A four-person advance team from the 36th Contingency Response Group deployed to Villamor Air Base early last