• Medical group celebrates National Public Health Week

    "Building the Foundation for a Healthy America" is the focus of this year's National Public Health Week, April 6-12. Despite the dramatic progress achieved through public health advancements elimination of polio, fluoridation of drinking water and seatbelt laws -- our nation's health falls far short

  • MOS Airman receives Air Force award

    An Airman assigned to the 3rd Maintenance Operations Squadron earned an Air Force- level award. Tech. Sgt. Douglas Pinard, the NCO in charge of the 3rd MOS Maintenance Training Flight scheduling element here, was named the Air Force's 2008 Education and Training Manager of the Year, Junior Enlisted

  • Annual campaign highlights awareness

    Our nation observes Sexual Assault Awareness Month during April. This year, the Department of Defense campaign for SAAM reinforces the role of the bystander and promotes responsibility and intervention. Responsibility is shifted from the victim and perpetrator to the community as a whole. This

  • Hospital upgrades MRI capabilities

    The Air Force-Veterans Administration hospital here recently completed a $1.2 million upgrade to its magnetic resonance imaging capabilities. MRIs can help clinicians evaluate patients who may have had a stroke, have cancer, or a variety of other medical problems. The upgraded MRI includes high

  • Curb alcohol abuse with help from Tricare

    It only takes one. A single drink can have multiple effects on an individual. Depending on the person, these could include difficulty walking, blurred vision, slurred speech, slowed reaction times or impaired memory. Those are just a few of the short-term effects. Heavy drinking over a long period

  • Elmendorf repositions aircraft in response to Redoubt eruption

    The 3rd Wing is repositioning aircraft as a precautionary measure due to recent eruption of Mt. Redoubt to prevent possible ash damage. The base is moving four F-15C's, one E-3 AWACS, and one C-17 to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Additionally, two C-17's are being moved to McChord Air Force Base

  • Good moose hunting: Base, state officials track wildlife populations

    Moose, moose everywhere as far as the eye can see. That's how some residents of Alaska say they feel. It seems like no matter where people are there's a moose wandering around. Where do they all come from? Where do they go? What kind of things are they doing? These are the questions that Elmendorf