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  • Andersen Library teaches children the fun of reading

    Many people imagine libraries as quiet places where parents struggle to keep rambunctious children mindfully enveloped in a book, but walking through the children's section of the library on Andersen Air Force Base during story time, one will see just the opposite. After a push from the Public

  • 36th MDG provides physicals year round

    School is almost back in session and for children and parents, this is usually the season for school physicals.However, the 36th Medical Group has been providing physicals to Team Andersen youths for the past 12 months to provide them with a more extensive exam than what a typical sports physical

  • Hagel announces reduction in civilian furlough days

    Hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian employees who have had to take a weekly unpaid day off from work since July 8 are getting some relief, as the total number of furlough days has been reduced from 11 to six, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced today.Here is the complete text of

  • Andersen defenders, partners practice hostage negotiation

    The negotiator rubs the beads of sweat off his forehead. He knows this is bad."I want my cigars, car and $55,000 and nobody gets hurt," the hostage taker with whom he's been speaking on the phone for the past two hours yells. "If I don't see them soon, people are going to start getting hurt!"All

  • CrossFit Andersen relocates to Hot Spot

    CrossFit Andersen, originally operated out of the Coral Reef Fitness Center, has been relocated to a designated area at the Andersen Hot Spot beginning August 2.The Andersen Hot Spot is located in building 25005, on Hansell Ave. The new dedicated CrossFit area is located in the basketball court of

  • EOD defends Andersen AFB from lingering WWII threats

    When an explosive ordnance disposal technician is asked when the last time he responded to an unexploded ordnance and says, "Oh, around 9:45 this morning," it brings to reality the dangers of the island as a result of its history.Guam was a strategic stronghold during World War II. It was captured

  • Officers, enlisted members offered early retirement

    Technical and master sergeants, captains, majors and lieutenant colonels in certain Air Force specialties may apply to retire with fewer than 20 years of active service under the Temporary Early Retirement Authority, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.Commonly referred to as the 15-year