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  • Back to school safety

    Summer is drawing to a close and that means back to school for the children and parents assigned to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The 36th Wing Safety Office and local school officials have released safety tips precautions motorists and pedestrians alike should follow to keep students safe during

  • Guam DODEA schools to host orientations for students, parents

    Guam Department of Defense Education Activity schools are hosting school orientation events beginning Aug. 13 to give parents and students a chance to see the programs and facilities before the school year begins.Each orientation session is expected to last approximately one to two hours, including

  • 5-day school furlough canceled

    More than 2,500 Department of Defense Education Activity students on Guam are no longer in jeopardy of missing five school days due to Department of Defense-imposed furloughs. The school furlough would have affected approximately 220 teachers from the four DoDEA schools and another 83 people in

  • Andersen's Airmen approach high-risk activities by the book

    Guam offers Andersen Airmen a wide range of activities due to its location and year-round tropical weather. However, many activities-- while not prohibited-- pose inherent danger to participants.According to safety representatives, extreme sports such as bungee jumping, parasailing and skydiving

  • 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