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  • Challenge coins a trademark tradition for American military

    Collecting coins or medallions bearing an organization's insignia or emblem is quite popular among the people serving in today's military. Coins are given to people who provide outstanding support. Coins prove membership in a unit or career field. Coins enhance morale. Usually presented by

  • New Program designed to make deployments easier on families

    Deployments are a challenging time for many military families and the challenges faced are not exclusive to the period the servicemember is physically gone. The time leading up to the deployment, the deployment itself, and the post-deployment phase are all crucial. Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit

  • Iceman wins Triathlon

    An Iceman triathlete swam, biked, and ran his way to victory at the 2006 ChesapeakeMan Ultra Distance Triathlon Sept. 30 in Cambridge, Md. First Lt. Benjamin Bishop, 354th Operations Support Squadron intelligence flight, crushed a field of almost 200 competitors en route to a personal-best time of 9

  • Why we train

    The Iceman Team proved they could adapt to different situations when an Emergency Management Exercise, designed to test Eielson's ability to respond to a real-world incident, actually turned into a real world incident - twice. The exercise kicked off when an anonymous caller phoned in a potential