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  • Andersen recognizes Patient Safety Awareness Week

    Are you aware of the things that you can do to help your health care team provide safe and effective care for you and your loved ones? The National Patient Safety Foundation has designated March 2 - 8 as Patient Safety Awareness Week, and one of the goals is to spread the word to you, the health

  • Junior Defenders patrol Andersen

    While the rest of Team Andersen were participating the annual Take Your Child to Work Day, more than 20 Andersen Elementary School students traded in their lunch boxes for badges during the 36th Security Forces Squadron's Junior Defender Day Feb. 25.Students who attended Junior Defender

  • AFRC helps patrons with job search

    When servicemembers and their families need financial assistance, chances are the Airman and Family Readiness Center are one of the first places that come to mind. However, that's only one of the many services the AFRC provides. The AFRC also helps people get jobs. Take, for instance, the story of

  • Stratofortresses deploy to Pacific, support continuous bomber presence

    Airmen from the 96th Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. and their B-52 Stratofortress bombers arrived in Guam this week to begin a four-month deployment. The Louisiana-based aircraft, aircrew, support and maintenance personnel replaced the Whiteman AFB, Mo. personnel who redeployed home as

  • Andersen's EMTs rescue ejected B-2 pilots

    "The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis,'" said John F. Kennedy, former president of the United States. "One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity; in a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity," he said, during a speech in Indianapolis

  • 554th RHS formally joins Team Andersen

    Members of the 554th RED HORSE Squadron not only have a new place to call home, but they were also introduced to their new unit flag in a relocation ceremony here that formally joined the unit to Team Andersen on Feb. 22.The squadron's move to Andersen from Osan Air Base, Korea has been in the works

  • Commander's Corner

    As many of us witnessed and responded to Saturday's mishap of a B-2 Spirit from our deployed 509th Bomb Wing, our first thoughts, of course, went to the plane's aircrew, who, thankfully, are safe. This week I have seen Team Andersen demonstrate amazing effort, coordination and teamwork. Clearly the

  • Andersen, civilian fire departments respond to B-2 crash

    "One word: Fearless," said Senior Master Sgt. Richard Lien, Andersen's deputy fire chief. When the call came in at 10:30 a.m. on Feb.24 that a B-2 Spirit had crashed on the flight line, 44 Andersen firefighters put emotions aside and relied on their extensive training to fight the fuel-intensified