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  • Main Gate Closure Sept. 20 to Sept. 23

    The Main Gate on Steen Boulevard at County Road B3 will be closed starting at 0800 Monday, 20 September through 23 September for scheduled street repair. All traffic will be re-routed to the Commercial Gate on Eielson Street at U.S. Hwy 2. Please inform all base residents/employees of this detour.

  • TRICARE Retired Reserve: Health Care for Retirees

    Members of the Retired Reserves and their families have a new TRICARE healthcare option. TRICARE Retired Reserve is a new, premium-based healthcare plan available to eligible retired members of the Guard and Reserve, their families and qualified survivors. TRR offers coverage similar to TRICARE

  • Suicide Prevention Week: Family Members First to Notice Signs of Distress

    Your service member recently returned from a deployment. And you noticed some changes.Some may be part of the "new normal." But others you wonder about: bursts of anger, withdrawal from friends and family, trouble sleeping or sleeping too much. Should you brush it off as just a phase?Absolutely not.

  • Hours of operation for Labor Day weekend

    Some services on Grand Forks Air Force Base will change their hours of operation during Labor Day weekend.Airman & Family Readiness CenterClosing at 1 p.m. Sept. 3Aquatics CenterClosed Sept. 3Open from 1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 4 to 6Arts & Crafts CenterClosed Sept. 3 to 6Auto Skills CenterOpen 8 a.m. to 5

  • It pays to shop at the Base Exchange

    The exchange benefit at Grand Forks Air Force Base is paying dividends in more ways than one. Airmen shopping at the Base Exchange, getting gas at the Shoppette, dining at Burger King and using other Army & Air Force Exchange Service's activities last year generated a dividend of $263,533. These

  • Summer Bashin' happened so fast

    Grand Forks Air Force Base personnel enjoyed some fun in the sun Aug. 19 during the 319th Air Refueling Wing's Summer Bash 2010.The Summer Bash is an annual event held to increase esprit-de-corps. The event also allows Airmen to take a break from their day to day work environments."Everyone was had