Articles

  • Andersen offers solutions to common New Year's resolutions

    Every New Year, people around the world set goals for personal improvement. Those on Andersen Air Force Base looking to develop their personal resiliency and combat readiness in measurable ways have resources available beyond grit and determination. Instead of fighting to meet a goal alone, the wing

  • SECAF to host online town hall Jan. 10 at 6:30 a.m. local time

    The Air Force's newest and most senior leader will hold a service-wide, online town hall meeting Jan. 10 at 6:30 a.m. ChST, addressing issues relevant to today's Airmen. Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James will answer questions from Airmen at the Pentagon, and also speak to her goals and

  • Ensure proper diposal, recycling of hazardous materials

    Andersen AFB has been a recycling leader on Guam for many years sending more than 50 percent of refuse to recycling centers instead of landfills, and 2014 will prove to be no different. As we ring in the year, most of us have a New Year's resolution to do some spring cleaning of unwanted items like

  • 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