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  • You Got Talent! Base youth compete for title

    Base youth showcased their skills during the 2012 "UGT (You Got Talent)" competition at the Community Activity Center on May 12, 2012.Five youth - Cassidy Baugh, Shadoe Blair and sisters Hailey, Kimmie and Paige Holmes - performed in front of friends and family during the event - part of the Nell

  • Grand Forks Airmen volunteer at Senior Prom

    A small group of Airmen from Grand Forks Air Force Base helped the residents of Valley Memorial Homes-Woodside Village celebrate their annual Senior Prom in style.The Airmen - all volunteers - donned dress uniforms to help escort the residents into the auditorium, according to Dan Kostad, the

  • Balfour Beatty hosts town hall to address housing privatization

    About 150 base residents attended a May 16, 2012, housing privatization town hall meeting hosted by Balfour Beatty Communities - the "landlord, manager and maintainer" of all on-base housing beginning Aug. 1.John Schaaf, regional vice president for BBC, briefed the residents on how the switch to

  • Grand Forks commander signs first lease for privatized housing

    Col. Tim Bush, commander of the 319th Air Base Wing, was the first on-base resident to sign his privatized housing lease on May 16, 2012.Bush signed the lease during a meeting in his office with Susan Michael, community manager for Balfour Beatty Communities, just a few hours before the first town

  • Grand Forks AFB to earn Tree City USA Award

    Come on out and help celebrate Arbor Day as the North Dakota Forest Service presents Grand Forks Air Force Base with its 19th Tree City USA Award at 3:30 p.m. on May 21.A proclamation will be read, kids from the Youth Center will help plant three trees and lemonade and cookies will be served.The

  • New guide helps Airmen, families navigate social media

    Airmen and families have a new resource at their fingertips with the recent release of an updated and revised social media guide by the Air Force Public Affairs Agency in San Antonio, Texas.The guide features sections geared toward all Total Force members and their families as well as Air Force

  • VCSAF: Balanced force structure imperative to Air Force readiness

    Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Phil Breedlove and his counterparts from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps testified May 10 before members of the Senate Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support about U.S. military readiness in light of recent budget cuts.In his opening statement, Breedlove

  • Motorcycle rally planned for May 23

    The 319th Air Base Wing Safety Office will host a motorcycle rally show here May 23 in Fast Eddie's parking lot from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The focus of the rally is to provide summer safety awareness and practices with an emphasis on motorcycles. Bicycles, dirt bikes and ATVs will also be on