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  • Your TRICARE Hospice Benefit

    If you or a loved one is faced with a terminal illness, hospice care is available from TRICARE. Hospice is a concept of care designed to provide comfort and support to patients and their families when a life-limiting illness no longer responds to cure-oriented treatments. The goal of hospice is to

  • Wall Street doesn't take the summer off, you shouldn't either

    Consider what the condition of your yard would be if you stopped caring for it during the summer. If you don't keep an eye on your investments during the summer, you could be left with a greater mess than an overgrown lawn. After all, Wall Street doesn't take a vacation just because the weather

  • Grand Forks AFB ambassador receives national award

    The 5th Ambassador to Grand Forks Air Force Base, Mari Jo Shide was awarded the U.S. Air Force Distinguished Public Service Award by the Secretary of the Air Force, Michael B. Donley, and U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, General Norton A. Schwartz, during an Air Force Civic Leaders meeting in

  • New Senate bill to help in UAS growth of North Dakota

    Gov. John Hoeven of North Dakota signed a $185 million commerce bill today at a press conference in Grand Forks. The bill, Senate Bill 2018, is an investment in economic development for the state to help grow and diversify North Dakota's economy. Among the attendees were area legislators, University

  • AMC seeks 2009 Air Force Marathon participants

    The 13th annual United States Air Force Marathon will be held Sept. 19 at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. Air Mobility Command will again sponsor an active duty team comprised of both male and female runners representing various age groups who compete in the full marathon. Team members will be

  • GFAFB hosts Beautiful Child Photo Shoot and Children's Activity Fair

    The second annual "Beautiful Child Photo Shoot and Children's Activity Fair" was held on Apr. 28, 09 at the Grand Forks Air Force Base Community Center. This event was co-sponsored by The New Parent Support Program and Family Child Care in honor of the national "Month of the Young Child", "Month of

  • Base schedules aerial spraying of mosquito breeding areas

    Base officials are working with the 757th Airlift Squadron from Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, to coordinate an aerial mosquito control spray mission. The spray team, which uses a C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with a $2 million spray system, is scheduled to conduct aerial spraying over the

  • Depression in Men and Women: What's the Difference

    Depression can strike anyone, but the symptoms can be dramatically different between men and women. Signs and Symptoms According to the National Institute of Mental Health, nearly 20 million people are currently dealing with depression. Service members who may have been exposed to traumatic events

  • Military Appreciation Month

    You know this ... It's not a 9 to 5 job. It's not a TV sit-com home life. It's a lifestyle. Sacrifice. Danger. Separations. They're part of it. Military life comes with honor and pride in defending and serving our nation, and it's the only calling that, in many ways, the family also serves. Many