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  • Team Andersen offers 'Click-N-Ship'

    Andersen's post office has new time-saving options for you to ship your packages. For more information, watch the video below and click on the slide to the right for information on the USPS "Click-N-Ship" option that can be used here at Andersen.To view the "Click-N-Ship" video click here.

  • Sequestration impacts ripple across Air Force

    Air Force senior leaders issued updated guidance to leaders of Air Force major commands and addressed the service's Airmen last week on how the service will operate under sequestration and a continuing resolution for the remainder of the fiscal year.Acting Under Secretary of the Air Force Dr. Jamie

  • Time now to get smart on sequestration, furlough

    Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta notified Congress recently that should sequestration occur, the Department of Defense will initiate furlough for its 800,000-plus civilian employees. Congressional notification is required at least 45 days from a planned furlough, with implementation anticipated

  • AF civil engineer visits PRTC, commends progression

    The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer, Maj. Gen. Timothy Byers, visited the Pacific Regional Training Center as part of a joint-service tour at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 26 and 27.The PRTC was a concept Byers was engaged in developing during his time as the PACAF Civil Engineer from 2003-2005,

  • Air Force cuts aviation support at public events

    As the Air Force braces for potential sequester, leadership has cancelled all aviation support to public events for at least the remainder of the fiscal year and is standing down the Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team to save flying hours to support readiness needs. Effective today, active-duty,

  • Discovery Day kicks-off sister village relationship

    Members of the 644th Combat Communications Squadron showcased some of their capabilities and equipment during the Discovery Day festival in the village of Umatac, Guam, as part of the Sister Village Program March 2. The Sister Village Program partners a squadron from Andersen Air Force Base with a

  • Sequestration to affect DOD schools, commissaries

    Civilian personnel at Department of Defense Education Activity schools and the Defense Commissary Agency will be affected by sequestration, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said here today.The department will struggle to ensure DODEA -- which serves 84,000 students at 194 schools -- maintains

  • Team Andersen Airmen selected for promotion

    Eight Team Andersen Airmen were among the more than 1,360 master sergeants out of 12,834 eligible, selected for promotion to senior master sergeant Feb. 28.With a selection rate of 10.59 percent, the average overall score for those selected was 673.11. Selectees' average time in grade is 4.02 years

  • 736th SFS named PACAF Outstanding Small Unit

    Pacific Air Forces officials recently announced the 736th Security Forces Squadron as the command's outstanding small security forces unit in 2012. The 736th SFS is recognized for their ability to provide a rapidly-deployable, integrated defense capability for expeditionary Airmen to deploy