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  • Chamber of Commerce hosts reception for deployers

    Guam's Chamber of Commerce Armed Forces Committee held a reception for more than 60 deployed Airmen and leadership from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, at the Fiesta Resort Guam hotel Aug. 6. More than 30 receptions are held each year for visiting servicemembers who serve in the military. "We do this

  • Senior master sergeant takes 31st trip to Guam

    A number of Airmen deployed here can say they have been to Andersen Air Force Base a handful of times before, but it is seldom heard of an Airman who's been to Andersen more than 15 times. But for one senior master sergeant, he's more than doubled that number of trips here. Over 11 years, Senior

  • Fabrication flight integrates to support TSP, CBP aircraft

    Airmen assigned to the 36th Maintenance Squadron's Fabrication Flight are a mixture of permanent party and deployed Airmen supporting the U.S. Pacific Command Theater Security Package deployments and Continuous Bomber Presence in the Asia-Pacific region.The flight is composed of Airmen who work in

  • AAFES opens new shoppette near PRTC

    A "mini shoppette" no more. The Army Air Force Exchange Service's opened a fully stocked shoppette June 26 for service members at the Pacific Air Forces Regional Training Center. It all started as an idea from Master Sgt. Wesley Willand, 554th RED HORSE Squadron first sergeant, to put a shoppette at

  • CDC offers quality child care

    For single working parents or parents in a dual-income household finding adequate daycare for children can be a challenge. Andersen's Child Development Center is one avenue parents may turn to for increased care. The child development center offers infant, toddler, pre-toddler and pre-school

  • 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