• Breast cancer diagnosis: Early detection is key

    Joanne Capozzi hung up the phone, looked at her co-workers and said, "The news isn't good." After two mammograms, a sonogram, an MRI, and a biopsy -- the results had come back. She had breast cancer. "It was like an out of body experience," said Capozzi, wife of retired Col. Rocky Capozzi. "I always

  • 2009 Special Olympics' Alaska Bowling Tournament

    Volunteers are needed for the Nov. 20-22, 2009, Special Olympics' Alaska Bowling Tournament at the Polar Bowl here. Currently there are more than 300 Special Olympics Alaska, athletes, partners and coaches across the state preparing for the bowling tournament. To volunteer download the volunteer

  • H1N1 vaccine information update

    Alaska has received its initial shipment of H1N1 vaccine. It was a small portion of the total vaccine that was projected to arrive in Alaska over the next several weeks. Alaska provided Elmendorf with all of the doses that will be designated for non-active-duty tricare beneficiaries. Elmendorf also

  • U.S. Air Force HARRT cares for earthquake victims

    With only one of the four local hospitals operational, a U.S. Air Force humanitarian assistance rapid response team here continues to help local medical professionals treat an increasing number of patients in the wake of recent earthquakes. HARRT members have cared for more than 200 patients in the

  • 3rd Wing's outstanding performer

    This week's 3rd Wing outstanding performer is Chief Master Sgt. David Maniccia, 3rd Operations Support Squadron superintendent. Maniccia was awarded the Bronze Star Oct. 7 for meritorious achievement as superintendent of operations for a joint task force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While

  • U.S. Air Force HARRT arrives in Indonesia

    A U.S. Air Force Humanitarian Assistance Rapid Response Team arrived at the Bandar Udara International Airport late in the evening Oct. 5 with approximately 200,000 pounds of medical and contingency response equipment. The 69-member team set up a mobile field hospital near the M. Jamil hospital here

  • PACAF Airmen deploy to Indonesia to help quake victims

    Airmen assigned to Pacific Air Forces left here and Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Oct. 5 for Padang, Indonesia, to provide medical care to those affected by the recent 7.6-magnitude earthquake. The Airmen are part of an Air Force Humanitarian Assistance Rapid Response Team that left on two C-17