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  • Vietnamese military officials visit PACAF leadership

    Members of the Vietnam National Search and Rescue Committee visited Pacific Air Forces leaders here June 2 to discuss future humanitarian and search-and-rescue operations. Lt. Gen. Chip Utterback, 13th Air Force commander, greeted Lt. Gen. Tran, Quang Khue and six other Vietnamese military officials

  • Kunsan Airman awarded Bronze Star Medal

    Amid standing room only, members of the Wolf Pack watched as Tech Sgt. Michael Brady, 8th Logistics Readiness Squadron, received a Bronze Star Medal May 29 for his actions while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Maj. Kathy Travis, 8th LRS commander, took to the stage to tell everyone why Sergeant

  • Misawa implements new financial in-processing system

    New arrivals to the base can now in-process with finance using the Permanent Change of Station In-Processing System. Misawa is the first base in the Pacific Air Forces to implement PiPS, a web-based financial system that provides general PCS in-processing information and discusses PCS travel

  • 14 FS completes reconstitution, participates in Northern Edge

    Since returning from a deployment to Iraq, the 14th Fighter Squadron here has spent the last three months executing a training plan to get all the pilots current and proficient in their home station mission. The training plan to build proficiency, also known as reconstitution, will culminate this

  • Academy cadets experience operational Air Force

    Fourteen Air Force Academy cadets, specializing in engineering degrees, arrived here May 16 for a two-week temporary duty to experience an operational civil engineer squadron. "The cadets came to Andersen as part of a summer class called field engineer readiness laboratory," said Capt. Matt Burrell,

  • Spouses get a taste of security forces' life

    The 18th Wing Security Forces here held a Civilian Police Academy course for Team Kadena spouses to give them an inside look at what happens behind the scenes of a security forces patrolman. "This is a course geared towards not only educating the base populace on the range of services we provide to

  • Airman's design selected as official JBER logo

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson has just become more official with the JBER logo. A few months ago, an e-mail was sent out with a request for servicemembers to provide logo ideas and concepts. Master Sgt. Everett Johnson, a member of the Alaska Air National Guard from the Joint Forces Headquarters,

  • SECDEF visits Elmendorf, addresses servicemembers

    Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates spoke with Arctic Warriors here Monday. Secretary Gates held a town hall meeting and visited military members, where he addressed servicemembers' questions. "What I'm here for, as I am every place, every military facility I visit, is for field ground truth as