Articles

  • Shelter In-Place Plan can save your life

    Andersen represents a critical element of Pacific Command's forward presence and deterrence, and protection of the Airmen here from effects of hazardous material (HAZMAT) emergencies and terrorist use of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high yield explosives (CBRNE), or an active

  • USDA keeps snakes off of planes, out of cargo

    Last year the United States Department of Agriculture captured 3,200 brown tree snakes here. According to an article by the U.S. Geological Survey, shortly after World War II, the brown tree snake was accidentally transported from its native range in the South Pacific to Guam, most likely as a

  • Andersen's Best: Tech. Sgt. Sharel Sanders, 36th Communication Squadron

    Tech. Sgt Sharel Sanders, 36th Communication Squadron Client Systems Team noncommissioned officer in charge, was awarded Andersen's Best here March 25.Within only three weeks of becoming NCOIC, Sergeant Sanders identified and authored get well plans for three critical areas: training, standard

  • Air Force officials launch accountability system for personnel in Japan

    Air Force officials have activated the Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System, or AFPAAS, to monitor the status and location of all personnel and dependents residing on the island of Honshu, Japan.Officials are asking commanders and their commander representatives, or CORs, to

  • Bomber squadron begins swap out, prepares to head home

    Approximately 250 Airmen and six B-52 Stratofortress aircraft are preparing to pack up and head home after an action-packed, five-month deployment here.Airmen from the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Minot Air Force Base, N.D., began arriving in November 2010 in support of Andersen's continuous

  • Historic relic preserves a legacy

    Andersen's historic Arc Light Memorial continues to preserve a legacy of the base and the Airmen who served in the Pacific.The memorial, a B-52D Stratofortress static display, was dedicated in honor of 75 crew members killed during the Arc Light Operations from June 1965 to August 1973, while flying

  • Secretary Gates sees progress in Afghanistan

    Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said March 8 that he finds conditions here "very encouraging," as he ended his second full day of high-level meetings, troop visits and commander briefings in Afghanistan.Secretary Gates spoke to reporters at this outpost in the Arghandab district of southern

  • AFAF 2011 kicks off

    The annual Air Force Assistance Fund drive will run from March 7 until April 15.The AFAF was established to provide for an annual effort to raise funds for the charitable affiliates that provide support to the Air Force families (active duty, retirees, reservists, guard and their dependents,