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  • Pride teams keep Andersen clean, green

    When it comes to keeping the base clean and green, the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron definitely has pride.The squadron manages the base pride detail program, ensuring Airmen are assigned weekly to beautify Andersen. The program has been running here since February 2007. In order to ensure equity and

  • Andersen prepares for ORI with exercise

    With an operational readiness inspection looming in late 2010, Andersen is holding several exercises to prepare Airmen for the event. Andersen's first operational readiness exercise is Aug. 17-21 and, according to Tech. Sgt. Malik Franklin, 36th Wing Inspector General noncommissioned officer of

  • Guam DJ chosen as voice of Andersen's air show

    With more than 40,000 people expected to attend the Team Andersen Air Show '09 on Sept. 30, hearing the narration becomes as important as seeing the performers. While Thunderbird F-16s and an F-22 Raptor are among the aircraft delivering high-intensity aerial demonstrations, Shimbros has the

  • Tobacco cessation program helps kick habit’s ‘butt’

    Whether it's chewed or smoked, wrapped in white or brown paper or contained in a flavorful packet, tobacco is addictive. For 29.4 percent of the Team Andersen community, this addiction is a stone-cold reality. The health and wellness clinic offers monthly tobacco cessation courses for military

  • FOD awareness ‘everyone’s responsibility’

    It may be hard to imagine a small pebble or slivers of metal causing damage to the premier aircraft scattered about Air Force flightlines, but millions of dollars cumulative damage over time to the Air Force's aircraft inventory has made senior leaders believers in foreign object damage. Tech. Sgt.

  • Thunderbirds, F-22 Raptor to perform at Team Andersen Air Show '09

    The Air Force's premier aerial demonstration team, the Thunderbirds, and the world's premier fifth-generation fighter, the F-22 Raptor, will perform aerial demonstrations at the Team Andersen Air Show '09 here Sept. 30. According to Brig. Gen. Phil Ruhlman, 36th Wing commander, the air show will be

  • Palau native recognized for hard work, volunteerism

    Watching her husband and his journey through the military gave Senior Airman Shelley Walton, 36th Force Support Squadron force management technician, a goal to aim toward. Two years after enlisting, Airman Walton has a firm grip on her goals, and for that, she was selected by Master Sgt. Kelly

  • APFC 'Spread the Word' briefing team to visit Andersen

    An Air Force Personnel Center "Spread the Word" briefing team arrives at Andersen Air Force Base Aug. 3 to provide insight into AFPC policy and personnel issues for Airmen and civilians. Two All Call briefings are scheduled for Aug. 3 at the base theater at 8:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. All Airmen and

  • Promotees honored at senior NCO Induction ceremony

    Thirty-seven Airmen from Andersen, to include several deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., and Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, were inducted into the senior noncommissioned officer corps in the ballroom of the Palm Tree Golf Course Convention Center July 17. The annual ceremony recognizes technical

  • Servicemembers compete in cook off

    Fourteen teams competed in an annual grill off held by agencies in the quality of life community at the Defense Commissary Agency parking lot here July 18.Teams representing servicemembers from the Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, Army National Guard and Air National Guard, as well as civilians from

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