• Eielson residents can kick butt, have healthy lungs

    Did you know that as of May 31, 30 percent of Eielson residents smoke cigarettes? That's higher than the PACAF, Air Force and National average of smokers. Luckily, Icemen have a way out--a program the Health and Wellness Center offers, and has an 18-percent success rate--and climbing. "The smoking

  • Last baby born in old BACH to Eielson parents

    Isabella Martinez has the distinct privilege of being the last bundle of joy to be delivered in the old 5060th United States Air Force Hospital Facility (currently known as Bassett Army Community Hospital) at 4:43 p.m. June 15. Like the first tot delivered at the facility in 1953, Isabella claims

  • Air Force launches 'E-Mail for Life' initiative

    Air Force Communications Agency officials are launching an initiative called E-Mail for Life, or E4L. The program is projected to save money, jumpstart the consolidation of the service's multiple e-mail systems and provide senior leaders the capability to e-mail every Air Force member directly."The

  • Do you have what it takes to be in special tactics?

    In our job, just getting to work is extreme. We freefall out of an aircraft and use our ram-air parachute to land at a precise location - on land or at sea. We infiltrate by amphibious means by either rubber raiding craft or combat dive using scuba gear. We operate on airfields with motorcycles,

  • One way in, one way out

    One way in and one way out, that's what the Richardson Highway (commonly known as the Rich) is to Eielson residents. If you need to get to Fairbanks, North Pole, or even back to Eielson, there's really only one road that will take you to your destination and that's the Richardson Highway. So what

  • Get S.I.C.K.!

    The 354th Medical Group is allowing beneficiaries a chance to request over-the-counter medications without making an appointment first. The program is called S.I.C.K., for Self Initiated Care Kit. The three parts of the program are the "Take Care of Yourself" handbook, the S.I.C.K. class and the