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  • Airmen in Damayan: CRG Airmen adapt, overcome in Tacloban

    Editor's note: This is the second of a three-part series featuring the personal experiences of 36th Contingency Response Group Airmen who supported Operation Damayan -- a U.S. humanitarian assistance and disaster relief effort to support the Philippines in the wake of the devastating effects of

  • Andersen Airmen exercise spiritual resilience

    Spirituality can often help one feel connected to something bigger than themselves while being resilient. When an individual goes through the darkest of hours and most trying of times and their still able to remain focused, that is what's called spiritual resilience. For many people, spirituality

  • Andersen clinic helps ship furry friends stateside

    More than 300 service members and their families visit the Andersen Veterinary Treatment Facility each year to prepare their pets for trips across the ocean during permanent change of station moves. Many base organizations specialize in accomplishing the large number of PCS-related tasks prior to

  • AF, Team Andersen continue expanding zero tolerance of illegal drugs

    The Defense Department has expanded its zero tolerance for the use of illicit drugs to include synthetic marijuana, also known as "spice," the director of DOD's drug testing and program policy said in an interview with American Forces Press Service Dec. 15.In an interview with AFPS and the Pentagon

  • 60th Anniversary of the worst peacetime accident at Andersen

    (The following contains research and photos from Lee Corbin for the book he wrote for the survivors and families of the victims of this accident called: "The Crash of 44-87741") December 17, 1953, was a typical beautiful Thursday morning on Guam. Typhoon Doris had just passed north of the island two

  • Marines, Navy, AF take part in 3-day surge during Exercise Forager Fury II

    Various units from the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force came together to exercise their ability to conduct combat operations across the Pacific by participating in a nonstop operations surge Dec. 10 to Dec. 13 on Guam and the nearby island of Tinian.The surge was part of Exercise

  • Airmen in Damayan: Helping from 50-feet above

    Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series featuring the personal experiences of 36th Contingency Response Group Airmen who supported Operation Damayan -- a U.S. humanitarian assistance and disaster relief effort to support the Philippines in the wake of the devastating effects of

  • Operation Christmas Drop delivers relief to typhoon-stricken island

    Airmen participating in Operation Christmas Drop here coordinated with non-governmental organizations and State Department officials in the region to airdrop critical shipments of water and food for 30 workers recovering from damage caused by Typhoon Haiyan on Kayangel Island, part of the Republic