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  • Team Andersen furthers education through base education office

    These days it's important to go above and beyond just a high school diploma. Employers are looking for highly qualified and educated people. This means that a high school education just won't do. Education is highly encouraged in the U.S. Air Force, so much so that you have to have your Community

  • Thanks for the CFC contributions

    Over the last six weeks of the Combined Federal Campaign, the 36th Wing and tenant units raised over $153,000. More than 40 percent of Team Andersen made a donation to one or more of the 2,400 charities covered by the CFC. With the current economic downturn it would have been very easy for most of

  • CFC: The Debate to Donate

    As this year's Combined Federal Campaign begins wrapping up, many of you are currently debating whether or not to donate. As I have been going around talking to people about CFC I have heard many reasons why people choose not to donate. Below are the top three reasons I have heard and my response to

  • Stride toward saving your own life: Breast Cancer Awareness

    Did you know anyone can develop breast cancer? Did you know the National Cancer Institute estimates that more than 184,000 new breast cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in 2008? Did you know October is National Breast Cancer awareness month? Right now there are more than two million women

  • I can save my own life: Control your own destiny

    Controlling your own destiny is a term often associated with sports meaning a team only has to win to make the playoffs. In life, "making the playoffs" can take on a different meaning - progression in your career or even your life.Everyone loves to use the phrase, "We're undermanned," but in some

  • I can save my own Life: Managing personal finances

    To Staff Sergeant Anthony Powell, 36th Communications Squadron Postal Office non-commissioned officer in charge, managing personal finances his way of living the words, "I can save my own life." "Financial Management means that I manage my debts appropriately and I am accountable," explains Sergeant

  • What you're getting when buying organic produce

    We're reminded everyday we need to eat more fruits and vegetables to live long and healthy lives. However, walk into any supermarket and you're bombarded with not only hundreds of varieties of produce but now numerous types of varieties of produce. Should you pay 50 percent more for the organic

  • Brig. Gen. Owens: Thank you, you've laid the cornerstone

    It has been my honor and privilege to serve as your wing commander the last two years, and I want to take this opportunity to thank you. I came to the 36th Wing excited about this great base and wing rich with history that was again in the midst of robust operation and great change. Teresa and I

  • I Can Save My Own Life: A moment in time

    Our lives can often be defined by events which impact us, our families, friends and our coworkers in a positive or negative manner. Sometimes these events occur because of decisions we choose to make or sometimes not make. These events can have far reaching and dire consequences, not only to

  • I Can Save My Own Life "Safety"

    "I can save my own life" are words that 22-year-old Senior Airman Matthew Derheim considers a mantra. Senior Airman Derheim is one of 61 members of the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire and Emergency Services Flight. Thirty nine, including Airman Derheim, received the U.S. Air Force Achievement

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