• Educators look toward students' future

    As an adult, it may be apparent how important early educational choices are to future career decisions. That is not always the case for young students.Ben Eielson High School held the second annual Career Day event Feb. 16, so eighth through eleventh graders could learn more about class electives in

  • AFAF: a Commitment to Caring

    The Air Force Assistance Fund has a legacy of Airmen helping Airmen, which is demonstrated by members' commitment every year and donations received. It is a way the Air Force gives back to its Airmen, and is supported by the very people it helps - the men and women of the U.S. Air Force.With another

  • Continuing the legacy

    It is an extra duty that embodies the Air Force core value of "service before self." But more importantly, it is a family bonded by tradition. Since April 1981, the Eielson Base Honor Guard has been committed to "excellence in all we do," serving the base, servicemembers, veterans and the local

  • Need a little change? Save money with A&FRC

    The Airman and Family Readiness Center is launching a course Feb. 22 through Feb. 24 aimed at leading the Iceman Team down the road to balanced money management.Military Saves covers a variety of topics such as banking and investing, vacationing in Alaska and even helping Airmen understand the

  • Elections and you: participation in political activities

    The 2012 election season is upon us, and while there are rules surrounding involvement in the political process, service members actually have a great deal of flexibility in how they can participate. The rules are intended to strike the appropriate balance between service members' individual rights

  • AFAS announces STAP changes

    Due to Air Force reductions in funding and manpower, Base Education Centers will no longer provide administrative support of the Air Force Aid Society's Spouse Tuition Assistance Program for spouses at outside the contiguous United States locations after July 2012. In response, the Air Force Aid

  • 18th Aggressor Squadron takes to the sky

    F-16 Fighting Falcon Aggressors launch during Cope North 2012, Feb. 14. More than 1,000 military members from units spanning the Pacific are scheduled to begin arriving this week for exercise Cope North. The trilateral exercise, which began Feb. 11 and will run through Feb. 24, is a multinational

  • Airmen debut as actors

    Volunteers from Eielson and the local community acted as victims Feb. 8 in the Fairbanks National Guard Armory during Alaska Shield 2012, a state-wide exercise that tested various components of the emergency operations plan from the Fairbanks North Star Borough and Fairbanks Fire Department."We do

  • HAWC class inspires healthy cooking

    A two-hour cooking class at the Health and Wellness Center Feb. 13 taught aspiring chefs to cook in ways promoting a healthy lifestyle.Find the Chef in You offered a hands-on cooking experience which showed participants that by following healthy choices, people can live healthier lives."One of the