Eielson youth show Purple Up pride

Robert M. Crawford Elementary School students celebrated Purple Up Day April 19, 2013, honoring military children who make unique sacrifices in support of their active duty mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers. Alaska recently adopted Purple Up Day last year to show support for an estimated 13,000

JBER fire station, Airman win top Air Force honors

Service members from all walks of life receive awards recognizing their outstanding accomplishments every day. One Airman, however, embodies what those awards are meant to recognize. Senior Master Sgt. Tobias Adam, deputy fire officer with the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron, has demonstrated skills

Indonesian, U.S. forces practice humanitarian evacuation

After two days of in-class lectures, U.S. and Indonesian service members and civilians from the Muhammadiyah Disaster Management Center participated in an aeromedical evacuation subject-matter expert exchange here, April 24.During the exchange, a disaster scenario was simulated in which patients

Top ranking US military officer visits Yokota

The highest-ranking U.S. military officer, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 25, 2013, as part of his tour of the Pacific region.During his visit, Dempsey addressed service members at Yokota, sharing his vision for

730 AMS keeps Yokota people, cargo moving

In the civilian world, whenever the U.S. Postal Service needs to ship internationally, they use cargo planes. In the military, the process is pretty much the same except instead of mail, shipments include ammunition, food, supplies and even people. On Yokota Air Base, that mission is accomplished by

Be Prepared, you just never know

How prepared are you? At any moment a natural disaster, civil unrest or even an enemy attack could put the Island into a chaotic state. Would you want to run the risk of trapping your family in the chaos?On March 11, 2011, an earthquake struck Japan, causing over 15,000 deaths and spreading mass

Heroes repond to crisis just in time

The metal of the exhaust pipe left no space between itself and his body. In a split second, the weight of the car barreled down on his chest. In pain and panic, he was pinned to the ground with no one in sight. The trapped individual, Airman 1st Class Raymond Soliz, 374th Logistical Readiness

Misawa Air Base saves money, fuel during sequestration

The 35th Civil Engineer Squadron shut off the steam lines that heat the industrial buildings seven days early as an incentive to potentially save the base over $330,000, April 24, 2013. In the past two years industrial heat was shut off on May 1, but because average temperatures have been warmer

Team Andersen 'Runs 4 Boston'

Serving since birth

B.J. Gallagher, a well-known author and public speaker, said it best, "Military brats serve their country too, and they pay a price every day of their childhoods. These military brats were drafted at birth -- they had no choice about whether or not they wanted to live a military lifestyle. And they,