Airmen join Soldiers, community to spruce up park

Airmen from the 354th Fighter Wing and the 168th Air Refueling Wing at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska joined Soldiers from Fort Wainwright and members of the local community for the 11th Annual Community Partnership Day Aug. 3 at Memorial Park at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.The event has taken place

Caesar's Creek students tour CMF

Operation Purple Camp comes to Okinawa

On Aug. 1, 50 military youth on Okinawa began a week of fun in the sun at Okuma Recreation Facility thanks to the facility and the National Military Family Association. Dion Bass, the facility's Teen Center director, and Geoffrey Rinehart, its Youth Center director, teamed up with the NMFA to bring

Preventing disease in Cambodia, one mosquito at a time

KOH KONG, Cambodia - U.S. Air Force medical specialists are partnering with local experts here to hunt and trap some of the world's most dangerous insects, carrying some of the world's deadliest diseases. In an effort to conduct surveillance and assist Cambodians in expanding their technology and

U.S., Cambodia partner for civil military assistance mission

U.S. Airmen are partnering with their Royal Cambodian Armed Forces aircrew, engineer, and medical counterparts this week for a combined civil military assistance mission in Koh Kong Province, Cambodia, scheduled to run through Aug. 12. The mission, known as Operation Pacific Angel 11-1, is part of a

Japanese General tours Hickam

Japanese Maj. Gen. Jun Nagashima, Director J-4, Joint Staff, Ministry of Defense, toured the Hickam side of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, from Aug. 1 - 5. The visit included a tour of the C-17 Globemaster simulator, static display, and a Command Overview briefing. According to Col. Mark McLeod,

Preventing disease in Cambodia, one mosquito at a time

U.S. Air Force medical specialists are partnering with local experts here to hunt and trap some of the world's most dangerous insects, carrying some of the world's deadliest diseases. In an effort to conduct surveillance and encourage Cambodians to expand their technology and health care, the

Partnered again--Russia and NORAD conduct Exercise Vigilant Eagle 2011

Within minutes after takeoff the first fighter aircraft are visible off the left wing and Exercise Vigilant Eagle 2011 is well underway. The Russian Federation Air Force and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) conducted their second Vigilant Eagle cooperative exercise Aug 5-9,

Military working dogs, handlers train for mission success

At 10 a.m. on Aug. 5, it was in the upper 80s and humid, but military working dog handlers Staff Sgts. Chad Ditch and Nick Jensen were outside running their puppy, MWD Bbruiser, through the obedience course as part of the daily training the dogs receive.Department of Defense identifies MWDs that are

Andersen Airman awarded Bronze Star Medal

A member of the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron here was recently awarded the Bronze Star Medal for exceptionally meritorious service while deployed to a provincial reconstruction team in the Kapisa Province, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom."Give a man a fish and you feed him for a