Articles

  • Professional Courage - timely actions make a difference

    Perception in a vacuum is reality!"...words of wisdom from Col. Murrell "Tip" F. Stinnette, my wing commander while assigned to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. He went on to say that in the absence of facts, people will use whatever information they have and formulate their own reality. As the executive

  • Andersen first stop on CMSAF’s PACAF tour

    Team Andersen had the privilege of being the first Pacific Air Force base to play host to Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley during his PACAF tour March 18 and 19. During his visit to Andersen, Chief McKinley visited several sites, hosted an enlisted call and met Andersen's 12

  • The art of snacking

    For some people, snacking is a part of life: they eat more food when "grazing" than they do at meals. Others view snacking as a bad habit: they are convinced that good nutrition demands a rigid three meals a day without any other eating. Actually, snacking itself is neither good nor bad. The effects

  • Deployed bombers complete first multi-location, simultaneous sortie

    Four B-52 Strofortresses, and 26 crewmembers assigned to the Expeditionary Bomb Squadron made history at 10:15 a.m. local time March 6 as they simultaneously hit targets at four separate locations throughout the Pacific. Deployed to Andersen as part of U.S. Pacific Command's continuous bomber

  • AFAF campaign kicks off at Andersen

    This year's Air Force Assistance Fund kicks off March 18 and runs through April 28. The yearly fund raiser offers Airmen the opportunity to contribute to any of the four official Air Force charitable organizations.Going on for more than 30 years, 100 percent of designated AFAF contributions will

  • Ask Joyce: Can you give me the tamales queso recipe?

    Tamales queso is another favorite on the meal table at fiestas, weddings, christenings, birthdays and various other Chamorro celebrations. The delightful spice, of course, is achiote or achote, which I mentioned in my previous article. It was introduced to the Chamorros during the Spanish era and

  • The facts: 2008 economic stimulus payments

    According to the Internal Revenue Service's webpage, beginning in May, the Treasury Department will begin sending economic stimulus payments to more than 130 million households. The IRS advised taxpayers that in most cases, they will not have to do anything extra this year to get the economic

  • 36th MUNS Airman court-martialed for drug use

    On March 4, Airman 1st Class Michael Allen Wolff, 36th Munitions Squadron, was convicted in a summary court-martial convened by Brig. Gen. Douglas H. Owens, 36th Wing commander. The summary court-martial officer, Col. Russell Cutting, found Airman Wolff guilty of multiple uses of marijuana and

  • Know Your Andersen History: FOD and Andersen

    Foreign object debris or foreign object damage is one of those terms that only an Air Force member or airline worker would know. For those who do not know what it means, FOD is any small object found on the flightline - pieces of metal, stones, coral, tools and miscellaneous debris - that could be