Lt Dan Band covers the hits at Hickam USO show

A leading actor of the CBS hit show "CSI:NY," who also played supporting role of Lieutenant Dan Taylor in "Forrest Gump," visited Hickam Jan. 30 and 31 to perform a free United Service Organizations, Inc., concert. Gary Sinise and his Chicago-born rock band, titled after the 1994 box-office hit,

Elmendorf officials prepare for possible volcano eruption

With the threat of an eruption at Mount Redoubt located 106 miles southwest of Anchorage, people throughout Elmendorf Air Force Base are preparing for the possibility of volcanic ash fall. Preparations began after officials from the Alaska Volcano Observatory and the U.S. Geologic Survey issued a

Day 2: Patient simulators provide life-like training

Navy Prowlers descend on Andersen

Day 1: Yokota Medics sharpen wartime skills at EMEDS

Meet the Raptor

Guard recognizes New Zealand diocese for Antarctic duty

The National Guard Bureau presented the Roman Catholic Diocese of Christchurch, New Zealand, a painting on Jan. 27 in recognition of 50 years of dedicated service to military members and civilians working in Antarctica. The National Guard Heritage Painting by Mort Kunstler is entitled "Guardians of

SERE Instructors ensure safety of aircrews in the Pacific

When jumping out of a plane, just having a parachute is one thing, but knowing how to use it is another. That's when Tech Sgt. Sherwood Brown of Muscatine, Iowa, and Staff Sgt. Anthony Bittman of Long Beach, Calif., come in. They are Survival Evasion Resistance Escape instructors for the 15th

Aggressors arrive at Andersen for Cope North exercise

Ten F-16 Aggressors from the 18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, arrived at Andersen Air Force Base Guam, Jan.31, to participate in Cope North 09-1. Cope North is two-week annual Bilateral exercise between U.S. forces and the Japan Air Self Defense Force that begins Feb. 2,

Deployed Warbirds train how they fight during Tropic Fury exercise

Airmen assigned to the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron recently completed exercise Tropic Fury, a nine-day exercise conducted over the Pacific Ocean Jan. 20-29. Planning for this exercise began in November, and was orchestrated primarily by company grade officers with support and oversight from