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  • Andersen to observe ‘Denim Day’ as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month

    In observance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, members of Andersen are authorized to wear jeans to work April 30 in support of a worldwide campaign known as Denim Day.The Denim Day movement started in 1998 when a teenage girl in Italy was raped by her driving instructor who threatened to harm her

  • Victims Advocate classes resume at Andersen

    The Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office activated 13 Airmen as new victim advocates for the base-wide program last week.The Victims Advocate program is run by the Andersen SAPR office. It is the SAPR's mission to reinforce the Air Force's commitment to eliminating sexual assault through a

  • ‘Sex Signals’ encourages cultural shift

    With Sexual Assault Awareness Month approaching, Team Andersen members gathered to attend a not-so-typical briefing at the Meehan Theater here March 26. "Sex Signals" was a 90-minute, two-person improvisational show that included discussion on varied topics such as dating, rape, consent, alcohol and

  • Team Andersen receives advice about life through speed mentorship

    Dozens of Team Andersen Airmen gathered and met with military and civilian subject matter experts and leaders for a speed mentoring event here March 20.Based on the concept of speed dating, speed mentoring provided Airmen an opportunity to pursue a mentor relationship with individuals they would not

  • Civil Engineer exercise open for business on Guam

    The Air Force Civil Engineering communities' premier expeditionary training program - Silver Flag - moved to Northwest Field on Guam after Brig. Gen. Steven Garland, 36th Wing commander, officiated a stand-down ceremony for the detachment charged with running the exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan

  • Allied airmen meet and exchange ideas during Cope North NCO panel

    Enlisted leaders participating in Exercise Cope North 2014 from the Royal Australian Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force took time away from exercise operations to meet with Andersen Airmen during an NCO engagement panel on Feb. 27.The panel allowed NCOs from the U.S., Australia and Japan to

  • Exercise Cope North 2014 pilots play out large force employment scenarios

    Pilots from the U.S. Air Force, Japanese Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force conducted large force employment training here Feb. 20-28 as part of Exercise Cope North 2014.Cope North, which was in its 85th iteration, is an annual two-week exercise providing the U.S. and allied

  • Andersen shakes up inspection process

    Airmen assigned to the 36th Wing Inspector General's office are working hard to implement the new Air Force Inspection System and Commander's Inspection Program. The Commander's Inspection Program evaluates four major graded areas: management of resources, leading people, improving the unit and