• Eielson chief promotees announced

    The following Eielson senior master sergeants have been promoted to chief master sergeant: Matthew Marshall Michael Miller Daniel Morin Daniel Olson John Schrecengost Dale Uden Congratulations!

  • New Tricare beneficiary Web site available

    Tricare Prime and Prime Remote beneficiaries in the U.S., including Hawaii and Alaska, can enroll online with the new beneficiary Web enrollment, known as BWE. "The new online system may be one of Tricare's most convenient tools to date," said Army Maj. Gen. Elder Granger, the deputy director of

  • Shingles vaccine available to beneficiaries age 60, older

    Following a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation issued Oct. 19 Tricare now covers Zostavax, the vaccine designed to prevent shingles for beneficiaries age 60 and older. Shingles is a painful viral disease that affects more than one million Americans every year. More than half

  • Formal training scheduling to centralize

    Scheduling of all Air Force-directed formal training historically accomplished by major command personnel and manpower directorates is being centralized at the Air Force Personnel Center here to streamline services and make maximum use of Air Force resources. Formal training includes all Air

  • AF announces virtual selections to chief master sergeant

    For the first time, 416 senior master sergeants will soon learn of their promotion to chief master sergeant online as the Air Force moves to virtual promotions notification. The complete select list will be available Nov. 14 at 8 a.m. CST on the Air Force Personnel Center public Web site. Virtual

  • Harlem Ambassadors come to Eielson in December

    Each December for the past six seasons, the Harlem Ambassadors have headed north to the cold weather of Alaska and have always received a warm reception, making another stop to play 5 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Baker Field House here. "The Alaska fans are the best. They always show us so much love," said

  • GI Mail offers safer way to stay in touch

    Global Internet Mail is a personal e-mail program available to all servicemembers that can be used from any computer with Internet access, including government systems. While official government e-mail accounts are the most secure form of e-mail communication, messages sent between GI Mail accounts

  • BEHS not a "drop-out factory," says school district, principal

    A recent study conducted by John's Hopkins University on high school drop-out rates has caused a stir across the country, even in America's northern-most winter paradise. The study termed Ben Eielson High School and other schools in the Fairbanks school district "drop-out factories." Drop-out