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  • AAFES senior enlisted advisor visits Grand Forks AFB

    The senior enlisted advisor for the Army & Air Force Exchange Service visited here Apr. 18-20.During his visit, Chief Master Sgt. Jeffry Helm toured Exchange facilities, plus met with employees and addressed Exchange-related issues here.The Exchange is a joint military command with a retail mission

  • New housing website prepares Airmen for moving

    With the summer moving season just around the corner thousands of Airmen and their families can now use a new housing website to help prepare for their move. The website, www.housing.af.mil, provides dormitory information for unaccompanied Airmen while detailing housing options and support services

  • "Deployed" - Grand Forks AFB children serve as inspiration for local play

    Most kids in America kiss Mom or Dad goodbye in the morning, and see them again when they sit down for dinner that evening.But military children can go six months without seeing one, or even both, of their parents. For some, it can be more than a year of missed birthdays, bedtime stories and shared

  • Words to lift by from an old gym rat

    I love going to the gym and working out and I have been doing it for nearly 30 years now. It is partly the challenge to see if I can "hang with the young guns" and keep myself fit. For the most part, I feel good about my efforts ...even if I do get the dreaded "for your age" disclaimer when I get

  • Earth Day calls for broader focus at all levels

    Each year when Earth Day rolls around, I make a commitment to pay greater attention to our natural environment, to shift focus from seemingly inconsequential daily activities to the greater task of preserving and improving our natural environment. But this way of thinking misses the mark.Earth Day

  • Grand Forks AFB Honor Guard helping take a bite out of hunger

    How quickly do you burn through $80 on junk food, video rentals, magazines, or going to the clubs?Would you give up those luxuries if you knew that the money would help feed a hungry child, a little boy or girl whose only healthy meal of the day is the lunch they get at school? The Airmen of the

  • GFAFB Month of the Military Child events

    April is Month of the Military Child, and local officials have planned various activities to celebrate our base youth.The events include: April 15-21: National Volunteer Week. If you've volunteered in the past, are volunteering now, or wish to volunteer, stop by the Youth Center this week.

  • Chief's perspective: Now is the time for bold leadership

    Enlisted Airmen,A week ago I sent an email message titled Leadership vs. Policy to Command Chiefs and Career Field Managers. You may have seen that message, or parts of it, but I'd like to take the opportunity to address it with you directly.The theme of the message was that too much arbitrary