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  • ROTC cadets get a taste of deployment

    Earlier this year, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 610, located at both North Dakota State University and the University of North Dakota, participated in their second annual mock deployment exercise. The exercise was developed to test underclassmen cadets on their ability to

  • GFAFB, UND vies for basketball victory

    University of North Dakota's team ranked number one in intramurals,U-Ball, won the first UND versus Grand Forks AFB Hoop It Up basketball challenge with a 84-76 victory in the championship game against student rivals Justice. This was the first partnership sports program between the intramural

  • Local boy gets to be "Pilot for a Day"

    Andrew Allen is your typical 14-year-old boy. He likes video games and racquetball. He watches "Dirty Jobs," his favorite color is red and he likes airplanes. However, one startling difference between Andrew and most teenage boys is that Andrew has been living with Crohn's Disease since the age of

  • Grand Forks AFB communicators start two major base projects

    Ask any of the 319th Communications Squadron technicians and they'll tell you it has been a busy month, and the year ahead will be even busier. The 130-person squadron is busy preparing Grand Forks Air Force Base for two critical information technology projects: the High Frequency Global

  • Fairchild AFB Airman captures AMC Icon title

    Airman First Class Johanna Brooks of Fairchild AFB, Wash., was named the winner of the Air Mobility Command Icon competition following the command performance here Oct. 23. Airman First Class Naomi Nadeau of Dover AFB, Del., garnered second place, and Master Sgt. Robert Martin, representing Travis

  • TRICARE tips for breast cancer prevention

    October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 180,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in 2008, making breast cancer the second most common form of cancer in American women. Breast Cancer Awareness Month is dedicated to one of the most

  • SFS augmentee sets the example for others to follow

    It is 6:30 a.m, a typical North Dakota winter's day with the wind howling out of the North, the temp is buried far below zero and the sky is as dark as a raven's wing. It's not a day most people would want to go to work in and that attitude is present on people's faces as they pull up to the front

  • Grand Forks AFB celebrates Navy officer's life, 100th birthday

    1908. A year which saw the development of Henry Ford's Model T automobile, selling for $850; a stamp being sold for 2 cents and the World Series being won by the Chicago Cubs. It was also the birth year of Richmond Day, who went on to serve his country in two wars retiring as Lt. Cmdr in the United

  • Heard about the post-9/11 GI Bill?

    Arguably, one of the most generous education benefits package since the 1944 Servicemen's Readjustment Act was recently passed into law honoring post-9/11 service with full tuition for any public university - and more. News reports and excited speculation have created many questions and concerns for

  • Ready to respond: CDDAR team springs into action

    Like a superhero who gets a distress call, makes a quick change and rushes to assist, the Crash, Damaged, Disabled Aircraft Recovery Team stands ready to spring into action. The 35-member team goes about their normal aircraft maintenance jobs until a call assembles the recovery specialists. "Most