• Audiology: How your ears relate to your health

    The study of sound is Audiology.A doctor specializing in Audiology is an audiologist they perform hearing tests, tests of balance, provide education about hearing and ear disorders, and fit hearing aids. Along with audiologist there are otolaryngologists, or medical doctors who specialize in

  • Airmen treated at Spring Break up Party

    Elmendorf's Annual Spring-Break-Up Party took place May 21.The SBUP is held every year as a fund raiser to help pay for base functions. The primary fund raiser was a cash prize drawing. Tickets for the drawing were sold at a $100 a piece and all the proceeds, minus the prize money, went to fund base

  • Training for the real thing

    Recently the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security and the state of Alaska came together to participate in the Arctic Fencing Inter-Agency Arrow 2010 field training exercise. The goal of the exercise was to test the interagency response between the Departments

  • Seward Fishing Community honors veterans

    Seward residents celebrated Memorial Day weekend in a way only the Alaskan fishing community could the fourth Annual Armed Service Veteran Combat Fishing tournament, the largest military appreciation fishing tournament in the nation, took place May 27.In honor of Memorial Day, Seward, Alaska and

  • Statement on Don't Ask Don't Tell Legislation Message

    As you may know, earlier this week Congress began legislative action to change  the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy regarding homosexuality in the armed  services. Given the complicated political debate surrounding this issue, I  thought it important for you to hear what this means for you, the men

  • Master sergeant selects announced

    Air Force officials selected 5,424 of 21,829 eligible technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant for a selection rate of 24.85 percent.The average score for those selected was 341.18, with an average time in grade of 4.49 years and an average time in service of 15.88 years. The average

  • Military, family history intertwined

    In a lot of cases the military is the family business. Sons and daughters join the military to follow in the footsteps of their parents and grandparents that served before them. For the Capozzi family the Air Force is their business and wherever its location the 19th Fighter Squadron has often been

  • Elmendorf Airmen returns to work after volleyball tournament

    The crowd cheered as Staff Sgt. Stephen Osinski started off the volleyball match with a powerful serve that he would use to begin many tournament games with a spike of energy.Sergeant Osinski a member of the 962nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit from Elmendorf Air Force Base. In 2006 and 2007 Sergeant