• Finance changing to meet future demands

    The 3rd Comptroller Squadron is beginning to change the way it does business, while still meeting customer demands. The changes within the squadron will align with the Air Force's personnel drawdown over the next five years. "No matter how you look at it, we will all be affected by these changes in

  • Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday morning

    On Aug. 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This Act changed the time change dates for Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. Beginning in 2007, DST will begin on the second Sunday in March and end the first Sunday in November. The Secretary of Energy will report the

  • New survey aims to improve information delivery to Airmen

    The Secretary of the Air Force Office of Communication at the Pentagon has launched a study to find out how Airmen want to get information about the Air Force. A randomly selected group of Airmen and Air Force civilian employees will receive an e-mail invitation from Brig Gen Erv Lessel, Air Force

  • Elmendorf sergeant to receive expeditionary medical award

    A sergeant assigned to the 3rd Medical Operations Squadron here was selected to receive the Air Force Association "expeditionary medics" 2007 Team of the Year Award. Master Sgt. Kory Rivera, women's health services flight NCOIC, is one of seven Airmen from the medical career field to receive the

  • CJCS visits Elmendorf, answers servicemembers' questions

    The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff candidly answered questions during a town hall-style meeting at the Talkeetna Theater here Feb. 23. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, in his first visit to Elmendorf since becoming the chairman, kept his opening remarks brief - pointing out he only had two words

  • General Chandler speaks on Elmendorf's future

    Lt. Gen. Carrol H. Chandler, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements, visited here Feb. 21-23 to discuss the capability Alaska provides to the Air Force, recapitalization of the force, joint initiatives and the arrival of the C-17 and F-22. Although he is no longer stationed in

  • Elmendorf Snow Removal flight best in Air Force ... again

    For the third time in as many tries, the 3rd Civil Engineer Squadron Snow Removal Flight has won the Balchen/Post Award for the best snow removal team in the Air Force. Joseph Cross, 3rd CES snow removal element chief said he was surprised to win a third time. "This is the first time someone had won

  • 3rd CES named best in Air Force

    In a year of money saving projects and ahead-of-schedule work, the 3rd Civil Engineer Squadron had no problem demolishing the competition to become the 2006 Maj. Gen. Robert H. Curtin Large Civil Engineer Unit award winners, the top Air Force award. "I could tell from day-one that this was a special

  • PACAF Command Chief shares thoughts

    As the world evolves, inevitably, so does the Air Force. In today's Air Force, Airmen are being asked to do things that have never been asked of them before. "In the past, we would defend our base from inside the perimeter and the coalition forces would defend it from outside the perimeter. Today we