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  • Who are the “Cyber Dawgs?”

    In the world of information technology, you may be familiar with some of the services offered by commercial retailers. Best Buy® has the Geek Squad™ and Circuit City® has the Fire Dogs™ to assist customers with computer-related issues. Now, Grand Forks AFB has its own team of IT specialists known as

  • Promoting a lifestyle of savings

    With tax season in full swing, it's time to think about what you're going to do with that big return you'll be seeing soon. Most people have the impulse to spend it all on that one thing they've been yearning for all year long. But before you decide to spend your tax return, there is a new program

  • What does Full Replacement Value mean for your next PCS?

    The Department of Defense recently entered into new contracts with the carrier industry called "Full Replacement Value". This new way of moving significantly changes how claims are filed and processed and promises major financial benefits to members. Note the new filing deadlines to ensure you file

  • Tax center eases preparation stress

    Tax season has returned for Americans. It's that wonderful time of the year, and to help reduce the stress and confusion, the base legal office is offering the tax center again this year to assist Airmen in filing their taxes. A newsworthy development for taxes this past year was the raising of

  • E-mail encryption, key to network security

    The Department of Defense faces a hostile Cyberspace environment today more than any other time in history. Our adversaries continuously attempt to infiltrate the Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Network and barrage the network with malicious e-mail, scams and phishing attempts. Digitally signing

  • Local boy becomes Eagle Scout

    On Jan. 5, 15 year-old Austin Cogil took the oath to become an Eagle Scout, and in doing so, reached the highest rank within the Boy Scouts of America organization. The Court of Honor ceremony was held in the Northern Lights Club here. The official event was the culmination of many years of

  • Becoming a citizen: escape to freedom!

    This is the final part of a three-part series detailing three Airmen becoming American citizens. American citizenship is often something that is overlooked and taken for granted by most people, but for three Warriors of the North it is something they have been dreaming about for years. Finally, that

  • Two steps to prevent cervical cancer

    January is National Cervical Health Awareness Month, a great time to remind women about the importance of prevention and early detection of cervical cancer. In 2006, approximately 9,700 cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed in the United States and nearly 3,700 women died from the disease,

  • Becoming a citizen: The sky’s the limit!

    This is the second part of a three part series detailing three Airmen becoming American Citizens. American citizenship is often something that is overlooked and taken for granted by most people, but for three Warriors of the North it is something they have been dreaming about for years. Finally that

  • Dirt boyz, supporting airpower by battling nature

    A snowflake weighs only .0000003 kg, but with enough of them together, they can prevent a tanker carrying more than 49 trillion times its weight from taking off. It's the mission of heavy equipment operators, affectionately called 'dirt boyz' among their peers in the civil engineer squadron, to