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  • Protecting personal information is "your" responsibility

    Personal information protection is an important topic in today's Air Force. So important, in fact, that Air Mobility Command has formalized this topic as an inspectable Command Interest Item (formerly known as a Special Interest Item). All Grand Forks Air Force Base squadrons will be graded on

  • Eagle Eyes: More important than ever

    The protection of Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. its population and even the greater Grand Forks area falls into the hands of every individual. "Eagle Eyes" is an Air Force-wide program for deterring terrorism by recognizing and reporting pre-attack activities; a global "neighborhood watch." Every

  • 288.2 miles and counting

    The United States Air Force is scheduled to hold its 12th annual marathon Sept. 19 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Col. Kathleen O. Concannon, 319th Medical Group commander, has participated in the marathon every year since it has began. This year, marks her 12th year competing. The first

  • Bend or break

    There once was an elderly carpenter who, after many years of successfully building homes, decided he was ready to retire. So on a Monday morning he approached his employer and told him his intentions to leave the house building business. He shared how he now wanted to live a more leisurely life with

  • Sibling Airmen share deployments

    When brothers and sisters spend their entire childhoods together, they normally want to go their separate ways when they reach adulthood. Some join the military, but most remain civilians. For some siblings, they not only join the military, they find themselves deployed to the same location more

  • Warriors wrangle at AMC RODEO

    The 319th Air Refueling Wing's RODEO team arrived McChord AFB July 18 to compete in the Air Mobility RODEO in full-force. The 19-member team consisted of security forces defenders, KC-135 maintainers and aircrew vying against other mobility units in a series of events to determine the best mobility

  • Grand Forks AFB welcomed UAS summit attendees

    Col. John Michel, 319th Air Refueling Wing commander, welcomed more than 170 attendees of the recent two-day unmanned aircraft system action summit to Grand Forks AFB May 29. The summit was designed to spotlight the future training and technology of UASs. As part of the Base Realignment and Closure

  • Cadets commision from UND's ROTC detachment

    The graduating Reserve Officer Training Corp class from University of North Dakota commissioned May 16. The class consisted of 11 eager cadets ready to move on and enjoy their new lives in the Air Force. The cadets will be awaiting their entry into the Air Force over the next few months, some of

  • Critical Days of Summer Kick Off

    In a sincere effort to save lives and prevent accidents, Air Mobility Comand's commander urges Airmen to get "Back to Basics at Home and Work" - the theme of this year's AMC Critical Days of Summer campaign. "We must ensure that everything we do, on and off duty, is completely thought through -

  • Airmen interact with yesterdays military

    One after another, 96 World War II veterans from the Red River Valley region stepped off a bus at Grand Forks International Airport on their way to Washington, D.C., April 17. They were greeted by Col. John Michel, 319th Air Refueling Wing commander; Chief Master Sgt. Scott Fuller, 319 ARW command