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  • Specialty care authorization and referral process

    Has your Primary Care Manager decided to refer you for specialty health care? TriWest Healthcare Alliance, the West Region TRICARE administrator, offers a powerful, easy-to-use online tool to help you schedule your specialty appointment more quickly than ever before: QuickAlert. QuickAlert,

  • Warming up is the key to staying injury free

    More than 25 million days of limited duty across the uniformed services each year can be directly linked to musculoskeletal injuries. Injuries such as ankle sprains, back pain, and tendon injuries are the greatest health threat to military readiness, according to the Uniformed Services University

  • TACC commander visits Grand Forks

    Maj. Gen. Mark Solo, commander of the 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center, Scott AFB, Ill, visited the Warriors of the North Oct. 28 and 29 as part of a familiarization tour of all wings under TACC's control. TACC is responsible for planning, scheduling and directing a fleet of more than 1,200

  • AMC Phoenix Rally focused on 'getting back to basics'

    About 80 air mobility leaders gathered here Oct. 22-24 for Air Mobility Command's Phoenix Rally -- a three-day, focused look at the command's priorities, roles and missions. The theme for this year's Phoenix Rally was "Back to Basics: Executing Global Reach Fundamentals." In an opening statement,

  • The wing’s new currency

    Airmen spend their time like currency. Some time is spent serving their country in a desert away from family, more is spent training and preparing for that deployment, and yet more time is spent for professional development. Once all the "time" bills are paid, there's precious little left. Time is

  • Local price surveys help Grand Forks families save money

    With a value proposition like "We Save You Money...Everyday" and a mission to provide military shoppers with quality goods and services at competitively low prices, the BX has to work double-time to deliver savings troops have come to expect. The Army & Air Force Exchange Service's assault on high

  • Airmen give back to giving community

    A volunteer creates boxes out of pre-cut supplies. As soon as a box is complete another volunteer takes it to a staging area. Dozens like it, stacked to the ceiling of the garage like miniature, cardboard skyscrapers, await their turn to be filled with various food supplies, moved further into the

  • Base teacher recognized by Department of Education

    A Carl Ben Eielson Elementary School teacher was recognized today for a Department of Education-level award during a surprise addition to a Monday morning assembly. Marcia Wahlstrand, who teaches third grade, is the North Dakota recipient of the American Stars of Teaching award. According to Grant

  • Wii Fit® room grand opening for Grand Forks!

    Grand Forks AFB has brought a popular fitness craze to its Airmen with the grand opening of a Wii Fit® room at the base fitness center during a ceremony held at the center filled with wing and community leaders, Airmen and families Sep. 30. The Wii Fit® is part of gaming system introduced by