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  • Honoring the past: Linebacker II remembrance ceremony

    ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - Team Andersen honored the memory of those who served in Operation Linebacker II with a remembrance ceremony Dec. 16 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The operation was carried out 44 years ago on Dec. 18-29, 1972. The strategic bombing over North Vietnam lasted 11

  • Service members, spouses, families receive U.S. citizenship on Andersen

    ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – Nine immigrants, from Jamaica, Nepal, Colombia, Russia and the Philippines, were officially recognized as U. S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony Nov. 23. This was the first time a naturalization ceremony was held on Andersen AFB. Those in attendance were

  • World War II veteran returns to Guam after seventy-one years

    ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – The year was 1945; during the tail end of World War II. The sound of roaring aircraft engines and boots on the ground filled the air, raising decibel levels to resounding heights. For 91-year-old World War II veteran, Rowland Ball, these familiar sounds served as a

  • HSC-25 Assists in Recovery of Distressed Personnel Off Tinian

    ANDERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – An MH-60S from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, assigned to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, assisted in the recovery of two persons in distress 13 miles northwest of the Northern Mariana island of Tinian, June 18.The MH-60S Knighthawk was able to locate and relay the

  • Toth bids goodbye to Team Andersen as Cox takes helm

    After two years in command of the 36th Wing, Brig. Gen. Andrew Toth turned over command to Brig. Gen. Douglas Cox during a change of command ceremony May 6.As commander, Cox is charged to provide for the health and welfare of a diverse base of active-duty, guard and reserve component Airmen,

  • Joint military response makes a difference in Saipan recovery

    Over the last week, a joint military team including Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen and Coastguardsmen supported relief efforts in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) after Typhoon Soudelor hit the U.S. territory with tremendous force Aug. 3. Particularly hard hit was the capital