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  • Airman overcomes cultural barriers, prospers

    Across the spectrum of Air Force careers, Airmen often progress through similar timelines: basic military training, technical education, job apprenticeship, developing leadership skills and management positions. According to one staff sergeant in the 718th Civil Engineer Squadron, the defining

  • Returning home to Saipan: Airman aids in typhoon recovery

    When Typhoon Soudelor struck the small island of Saipan recently, the storm hit close to home for one of Andersen Air Force Base’s own.   Senior Airman Louie Lacsina, 36th Mobility Response Group air transportation specialist and Saipan-native, deployed along with five 36th Contingency Response

  • Separated by life, reunited by Blue

    Shaking with excitement, Andrzej Pankowski struggled to stay awake into the early hours of the night, just to contact his older brother Jarek, located halfway across the world in northern Japan.   His phone call was met with both disbelief and reciprocated excitement.   Separated for nearly 10 years

  • Seeing double: 36th SFS twins defend Andersen together

    There are two very similar Airmen one may encounter while driving through the gates at Andersen Air Force Base.   Though not exactly identical, they could almost be the same person, but one has longer hair. They have the same Washington state accent, stand at about the same height with little

  • CMSAF, Airmen display resiliency on Mt. Fuji

    Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, tested many of the Comprehensive Airman Fitness pillars as they climbed Japan's tallest mountain on July 11. To reach the summit of Mount Fuji, hikers had to climb over 5,000 feet, starting at the fifth station at an altitude of 7,562 feet, and ending at the

  • Yokota Airmen give back to homeless community

    Members from Yokota Air Base, Japan, and members of a local church serve food to the homeless at Ueno Park, Tokyo Japan, June 26, 2015. The base chapel has received multiple commendations, including the Zenko-Kai award, for their participation in homeless outreach events. (U.S. Air Force photo by

  • Dr. Chief: SEL inspires Airmen toward higher education

    By federal law, only about one percent of the Air Force's active duty enlisted force may hold the rank of chief master sergeant.   Achieving the rank takes experience, dedication and marks the pinnacle of any enlisted service member's career.   Additionally, senior enlisted leaders need a completed

  • JBER Airman mentors at-risk youth through military-style program

    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services stated in a survey 15 percent of America's youth are drinking alcohol before age 13, 35 percent ingest marijuana before age 16, and 17 percent drop out of high school.   Programs and agencies litter the frontlines of this battle for America's future,

  • Airmen celebrate Independence Day throughout Pacific

    Fireworks explode behind a C-130 Hercules during Celebrate America, July 2, 2015, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Celebrate America is an annual event that provides military members and their families the opportunity to enjoy games, food and bands before culminating in a fireworks display over the Yokota

  • Independence Day ceremony welcomes newly naturalized U.S. citizens

    The commander of the 36th Wing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, welcomed 24 new U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony July 2 here.   During the ceremony at Guam's U.S. District Court, Brig. Gen. Andrew Toth congratulated immigrants from the Federated States of Micronesia, the Philippines,