• Web site offers help for military families in transition

    Sixteen-year-old Robyn Lutzkanin loves the military. As a military child, she said she has moved often and enjoys seeing new places and meeting new people. "It really opens your eyes up to the world," Robyn added. But she admited to dreading the transition of moving to that new place and having to

  • Ceremonial guardsmen accompany president to G-20 Summit

    The third G-20 Summit was hosted by President Barrack Obama at Pittsburgh's David L. Lawrence Convention Center Sept. 24 through 25. President Obama chaired the meeting of world leaders that represented 85 percent of the world's economy. At the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit, leaders reviewed the progress

  • Using unauthorized portable media now carries penalties

    Unauthorized portable media devices - including memory sticks, thumb drives, camera memory cards and iPods - are not permitted on government networks. Computer users continue to plug these devices into networked systems, despite daily messages appearing on all AFDW computers reminding users of the

  • DoD Cyber Readiness Inspection begins across AFDW Oct. 5

    Defense Information System Agency inspectors arrive across AFDW Oct. 5 to begin a command-wide inspection. The Command Cyber Readiness Inspection, or CCRI, replaces the enhanced compliance validation program. To put the new program into Air Force lingo, the program is going from a SAV to an ORI,

  • Joint Team Andrews A&FRC, surviving spouses turn tables on tragedy

    On a spring evening, after dinner, Jonmarie Pearson stood outside her home talking with a friend in base housing on Fort Hood, Texas. She did not know her life - and her family's life - was just moments away from being changed forever."I noticed a car drive by slowly, and I remember thinking that it

  • Historic Chapel Two 155th anniversary: 1854-2009

    If only these historic walls and grounds at today's Chapel Two could talk they would tell you what has changed over the course of the past 205 years.On this site in 1805, cottage meetings were held here by citizens of the nearby town of Old Fields, now known as Forestville, Md.In those days families

  • Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility Washington unveiled

    Andrews Air Force Base embarked on the next phase of its long and storied history Oct. 1, as Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility Washington was commemorated during a ceremony in Hangar 1. The event involved the unveiling of the Joint Team Andrews logo and took place against a backdrop of military

  • October is Energy Awareness Month

    "Energy conservation: It starts with awareness" is the theme for this year's Energy Awareness Month at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.The philosophy behind the theme is that "New awareness equals new behaviors, new behaviors equal new culture and new culture equals a better stewardship of

  • VR-53: the Naval Reserve 'Hercules' of transport

    The pulsating hum of turbo-prop engines from a Naval Reserve C-130T aircraft permeated the flight line on the east side of Andrews as a stream of Marines climbed single-file into its cargo belly Sept. 18. A Navy air crewman assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 53 rendered hand signals to

  • Astronaut motivates Team Andrews to shoot for the stars

    Hispanic Americans have played a pivotal role throughout the history of the United States. One highly influential Hispanic American - Astronaut Lt. Col. (ret.) Carlos Noriega visited Andrews Wednesday, as part of the base's Hispanic Heritage Month activities. Mr. Noriega is a retired U.S. Marine