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  • AFDW displays superior service during 2010 Nuclear Security Summit

    Andrews AFB, Md., became a gateway for the largest U.S. hosted summit in 65 years, April 9, when delegates from 26 nations and over 30 aircraft disembarked and embarked at Andrews to attend the Nuclear Security Summit April 12-13 hosted by President Barack Obama in downtown Washington D.C."This has

  • 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' law under review for possible repeal

    During the January 2010 State of the Union Address President Barack Obama proposed an assessment of the February 1994 law, called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," be conducted with the goal of repealing the law. With that guidance, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates established a working group to review the

  • Aerial Porters lend a hand to world leaders

    For one week, Andrews AFB, Md., became a mecca for aerial porters throughout the Air Force. Fifty porters were tasked from installations throughout the United States to augment Andrews own compliment of 48 porters supporting the Nuclear Security Summit.Airman 1st Class Alex Rose from the 3rd Aerial

  • ATV operators should keep safety in mind

    As spring rolls in and summer is right behind it, many of us are out enjoying fun in the sun that includes recreational activities.One of those activities includes riding all-terrain vehicles. Last week, two 11th Wing servicemembers were badly hurt in separate ATV mishaps. ATVs are fun, but they

  • AFDW employees anticipate Web 2.0 access

    Opinions on the soon-to-be implemented opening of social networking sites on Air Force District of Washington networked computers are as varied as the users of those tools. The Department of Defense officially directed all DoD networks to open firewalls to Web 2.0 tools. As a result, the Air Force

  • All AFDW resources dedicated to Nuclear Security Summit

    President Barack Obama will be hosting a Nuclear Security Summit in downtown Washington, D.C. April 12-13, 2010. The summit may decide the future of global nuclear proliferation policy. It involves 1,800 distinguished visitors arriving at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., from more than 45 countries over

  • A DUI affects career, friends, families

    Even after all the tales of tragedy and loss where people are injured or killed by drunk drivers, people still drive under the influence.In the military and on Joint Base Andrews, the consequences for driving under the influence are severe and have lasting effects that could follow an offender to

  • Red Cross volunteer donates time, money to wounded, ill, injured

    For retired Airmen like Ed Smolarsky, the consuming pride and heart that's instilled at Basic Military Training will never falter. Mr. Smolarsky retired as a senior master sergeant in 1975, and began volunteering with the American Red Cross after retiring again as a Capitol Hill policeman. Today, he

  • AFDW's disaster response capability tested

    Once a year, the Air Force District of Washington pulls out all the stops to exercise its firefighters, bio-environmental engineers and emergency managers at the Center for National Response in Gallagher, W.Va. during an event called Black Flag. Black Flag was held March 22 to April 2 at the CNR.

  • Ceremonial Lawn opens following AFDW-wide effort

    Mr. Rashad Stocks, a Stay-In-School program employee with the 11th Civil Engineering Squadron, spent April 1 leaning on a weed whacker. Instead of studying psychology at Montgomery County Community College, he was studying the flag poles looking for stray long blades of grass.The 20-year-old student