• Anthrax vaccination mandatory for high-threat-area deployers

    The Department of Defense issued a new policy memo Oct. 12 requiring the individual services to begin mandatory anthrax vaccinations for individuals in selected high-threat areas or special-mission units. The DOD determined that these forward areas pose the highest threat for military forces so they

  • Eielson named Tree City USA 2006

    Eielson has been named a Tree City USA community by The National Arbor Day Foundation to honor its commitment to community forestry. It is the fourteenth year Eielson has received this national recognition. The Tree City USA program is sponsored by the National Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation

  • TRICARE covers HPV vaccine

    Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a concern for girls and young women because it can lead to cervical cancer. TRICARE wants its beneficiaries to know a preventive vaccine is available, and that the vaccine is a TRICARE covered benefit. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  • Chief of staff launches new Web site

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley launched a new Web site March 14 to tell Airmen what is of special interest to him. Known as "The Chief's Scope," it is designed to briefly highlight current topics General Moseley feels are important to America's Airmen. "The issues on my scope are