• 101 Critical Days of Summer: Week 12 Exercise Safety

    The following are some things you can do to make sure you are exercising safely: · Start slowly. Build up your activities and your level of effort gradually. Doing too much, too soon, can hurt you, especially if you have been inactive. · Avoid holding your breath while straining -- when using your

  • Parents be aware of new traffic pattern at AES

    With children heading back to school Monday, traffic safety is once again the focus of the base community, especially since Anderson Elementary School is located along a road undergoing major renovation. Parents driving their children to AES--and even children walking there--may find navigating

  • Congratulations to Eielson's newest staff sergeant selects!

    The Air Force selected 15,130 of 36,608 eligible senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant. Of those 15,130 promoted, 132 are current Icemen, eight are inbound Icemen and seven are outbound Icemen. The staff sergeant selection rate, 41.33 percent, rose 5.46 percent from last year. "The promotion

  • Frequently Asked Questions about the Airman Battle Uniform

    Q1. Can we wear the green Airman Battle Uniform boot with all Air Force utility uniforms? If so, when? A1. Yes, you can wear the green ABU boot with all Air Force utility uniforms now. They are available for personal purchase (not issue or unit funded purchase) in AAFES, Military Clothing Sales

  • Veterans, servicemembers not in uniform may now salute flag

    U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today praised the passage by unanimous consent of his bill (S.1877) clarifying U.S. law to allow veterans and service personnel not in uniform to salute the flag. Current law (US Code Title 4, Chapter 1) states that veterans and service members not in uniform should