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  • Powering awareness saves money

    Each October, the Air Force focuses its energy on saving energy."Our theme for Energy Awareness Month this year is 'Power the Force - Fuel the Fight,'" said Michael Donley, secretary of the Air Force, and Gen. Norton Schwartz, Air Force chief of staff, in an energy awareness message to the public.

  • Andersen to participate in National Drug Take Back Day

    Members of Team Andersen will have the opportunity to dispose of unwanted or unused prescription drugs in a safe and appropriate environment during the third annual National Drug Take Back Initiative Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Andersen will provide two medication drop-off sites for individuals

  • Dangerous waters make beach safety paramount

    Although it may be beautiful, the geological makeup of the Tarague and Sirena beach areas make swimming in the area alone, or disregarding the warnings a dangerous, and possibly fatal, activity."Tarague Beach and Sirena Beach have dangerous and extreme rip tides due to the proximity of the coral

  • Key Spouse Program enhances communication, readiness

    Between deployments, exercises, continuous training and long duty hours, military spouses and families are sometimes left without their active-duty loved ones for either days, weeks, months, or even a year. Yet Team Andersen has embraced a program that assists these families in getting the support

  • Andersen Elementary becomes 'energy aware'

    Andersen Elementary students engaged in 'Energy Awareness month' through educational videos, interactive briefings and a visit from the life-size light bulb 'BRITE' here, Oct. 14. The children, kindergarten through fifth grade, were able to ask questions concerning energy and get good information of

  • Team Andersen tastes paradise at Travel Fair

    Team Andersen caught a glimpse of paradise during the 8th Annual Travel Fair at the Sunrise Conference Center, Oct. 13.More than 500 people who were in attendance, not counting children, had the opportunity to receive prizes and check out great offers on travel destinations and hotels.Many prizes

  • EOD Airman returns to Hawaii with Purple Heart

    A U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance disposal technician assigned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, returned home Oct. 16 following a month of treatment for injuries he suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated in Afghanistan Sept. 14.Staff Sgt. DJ Dutton, from the 647th Civil

  • Korean students, children tour Kunsan

    The 8th Fighter Wing took 16 students of Sinsido, Biyondo and Yamido Elementary Schools from islands near Gunsan City, on a tour of the wing, here Oct. 14.Tour highlights included a visit to the flightline to see an F-16 Fighting Falcon, a Military Working Dog demonstration, and visits to the Wolf

  • Patient movement from McMurdo Station, Antarctica--UPDATED

    Airmen and a C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Lewis-McChord participated in a routine mission, which included patient movement, from McMurdo Station, Antarctica to Christchurch, New Zealand today. Active-duty and Reserve Airmen from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings are currently deployed to

  • 18th Communications Squadron essential for Pacific network

    Each organization on Kadena Air Base comes together to form a body with global reach.While leaders form the "brain" of the 18th Wing, directing Airmen and units to meet the needs of the Air Force, Airmen from the 18th Communications Squadron form the "nervous system," with an intricately-networked