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Andrews celebrates Juneteenth - Gospel style
June 19, 2008 — Andrews Chapel 3 Gospel Service Choir hosted it's Fourth Annual Juneteenth Celebration in the parking lot in front of Chapel 3, at 7:30pm, June 13. Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States, dating back to June 19, 1865. The spiritual-based...

Youth Center coach named Coach of the Year
June 12, 2008 — A Team Andrews member won the Jr. National Basketball Association and Women's NBA coach of the year award in a nationwide competition. Tech. Sgt. Pitman Kennedy is the 79th Medical Operation Squadron NCO in charge of pediatric records and a volunteer basketball coach at the Youth Center. "The Jr. NBA/WNBA award is difficult to earn and it's a...

Pilot for a Day
May 27, 2008 — "Today is the best day of my entire life," said Brandon Leach, as he drove along the flightline here last Friday. It was a cold and dreary day but to the 5 year-old with Mitochondrial Disease it was an awesome experience seeing all the aircraft, tanks, trucks and equipment as we moved down the ramp. Little did he know the "bestest" day was just...

Operation Life Transformed awards spouse with education, career
May 27, 2008 — Operation Life Transformed recently awarded a scholarship to Chewan Watson, wife of Master Sgt. John Watson, 89th Communications Squadron site chief at the Davidsonville Transmitter Site. A charitable organization founded in February 2007, OTL provides funding for online training programs for home-based and portable careers. The scholarships go...

EATC debuts Advanced Culinary Class
February 15, 2008 — The Executive Airlift Training Center recently introduced an Advanced Culinary Class as part of it's curriculum. The five-day course was geared toward increasing the culinary skills of the resident EATC instructors and student resident squadron flight attendants. "The purpose of the class is to advance the skills flight attendants already possess...

Jewish community celebrates Sukkoth
October 11, 2007 — As the noonday sun rose to its apex over the spire of Chapel One, Rabbi (Capt.) Andrew J. Cohen was placing the reed mat roof of the traditional tabernacle on the front lawn of the building. "Sukkoth literally means 'booth' in ancient Hebrew," the Rabbi explained. "Leviticus 23:42 teaches us to build and dwell in a temporary booth with a foliage...

Andrews firefighters train to save lives
September 6, 2007 — In the midst of downsizing and essential personnel being deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the 316th Civil Engineer Squadron's Fire Station One maintains a constant flow of life-saving training for new firefighters fresh out of technical school. "The Firefighter's Confidence Course that we provide them with is equivalent to the...

Security Forces Ravens meet Baltimore Ravens
August 24, 2007 — The Andrews Ravens of the 316th Security Forces Squadron received a chance on Tuesday to go watch another, more famous set of Ravens work.Despite the disparity in fame levels, the admiration among the two units was mutual."It's mind boggling to actually be in here," said Darryl Brodie, one of 25 Andrews Ravens who got to watch the Baltimore Ravens...

'The Wizard of Oz' delights audience of all ages
August 13, 2007 — The Missoula Children's Theatre and 35 children from the Team Andrews community took the audience on an interactive journey to find the wizard in last Saturday's presentation of "The Wizard of Oz" at the Reel Time Theater. The children's theatre is designed to introduce and immerse children in the arts. "I love to act and this is one of my hobbies"...

Airman tees up against the best in the world
July 13, 2007 — We all do it. From the moment we learn the basics of sports. We imagine the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, game seven of the Major League Baseball World Series, down by one with a 3-2 count with Roger Clemens on the mound. The fireballer unleashes the heat ... the only thing louder than the crowd is the resounding crack of the wooden bat...