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Department of Education schools Andrews on resources
September 19, 2012 — More than $150 billion in Federal student aid is available to military members, dependents, and Joint Base Andrews community members who qualify, to help pay for college. However, taking initiative to sign-up is a must. Military life and life in general can distract individuals from meeting their educational goals. Knowing this, Dr. James Copeland,... MORE

Team Andrews member inspires taekwondo movie
September 17, 2012 — As the 2012 Summer Olympic Games spectacle ends in London, some U.S. Olympians will continue to bask in the promise of future endorsement deals prompted by their athletic achievements. Andrews' own Lynnette Love, a 1988 Olympic gold medalist and 1992 Olympic Bronze medalist, watched this year's Summer Olympic Games with warm thoughts, reflecting on... MORE

Master Lynnette Love, gives a student one-on-one instruction during a scheduled class at the Love Academy at Andrews Youth Center on Aug. 14, 2012.. Love is an Olympic taekwando champion, and her story has inspired a movie called "Seoul, U.S.A.," which is being produced later this year. (Photo/Bobby Jones)

Chaplains provide support and comfort for families
September 13, 2012 — From the first phone call to a grieving family to get to know their lost loved one, to the carefully chosen words spoken at a graveside service, the chaplains at Arlington National Cemetery are tasked with some of the most difficult duties at the cemetery. Led by Senior Chaplains from the Air Force, Col. Charles Cornelisse; Army, Lt. Col. Thomas... MORE

Col. Charles Cornelisse provides words of comfort to the family of retired Air Force Maj. Gen. John Alison. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ Tech. Sgt. Raymond Mills)

You've got Base Pride detail
September 13, 2012 — Under a mid-day August sun, humidity and heat beat down on sticky soda bottles, greasy fast food containers and a seemingly endless number of discarded cigarette butts. Together, these items lie fermenting in the ditch near the Andrews Main Exchange. Armed with a black garbage bag and plastic gloves, Tech. Sgt. Jody Lucas, Base Pride NCO in charge,... MORE

Senior Airman Cornelie Hall, 779th Medical Support Squadron command support staff and Base Pride detail Airman, collects tree debris Aug. 16, 2012. Base Pride is a week-long detail that works to maintain installation cleanliness and uphold Andrews’ sanitation standards. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lindsey A. Porter)

Airman, Duathalete, demonstrates motivation
August 23, 2012 — (This feature is written as a follow-up of the, "MMA Fighter pulls no punches at World Duathlon Championship," story.) Motivation is essential to success. Team U.S.A. Duathalete David "DeFierro" Perez, a U.S. Air Force technical sergeant who works with the U.S. Cyber Command directorate of logistics at Fort George G. Meade, Md., has it in... MORE

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. David Perez, works with the directorate of logistics at Fort Meade, Md. He has served in the Air Force for 11 years. (Courtesy photo)

Behind-the-scenes look at saving lives
August 23, 2012 — It was his first deployment to Afghanistan, and to make matters worse, he was assigned to one of the busiest trauma centers in the region. Staff Sgt. Caleb Gibson felt a sense of shock, pride and satisfaction as he watched U.S. military medical personnel treat injured troops. "It was shocking to see the extent of injuries in there. But at the same... MORE

Staff Sgts. Caleb Gibson, left, and Erick Bartels use patient simulator equipment to check Propaq Encore monitors at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 15, 2012. The Airmen are biomedical equipment technicians assigned to the Medical Logistics Flight of the 779th Medical Support Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Val Gempis)

Team Andrews ceremonial guardsmen respond to car crash, help save lives
August 20, 2012 — Their job that day was to provide final honors on behalf of a grateful nation for a retired master sergeant who had come to the end of his life journey in West Virginia.While on their journey home from the funeral, however, six-members of the Andrews Base Honor Guard used their skills to preserve the lives of two women Aug. 10, 2012.Those two women... MORE

Staff Sgt. Kody Whiteside, 779th Medical Operations Squadron medical
technician; Senior Airman Sean Smith, 11th Security Forces Squadron elite gate
guard member; Airman 1st Class Gil E. Gonzolez, 779th Dental Squadron dental
technician; Senior Airman Antonio Hernandez, 779 MDOS cardiopulmonary
technician; Senior Airman Marcus Mendez, 779th Surgical Operations Squadron
radiology technician; and Senior Airman Danielle Robles, 779 MDOS aerospace
medical technician. These members of the Andrews Base Honor Guard were the
first to respond to a single-vehicle accident while driving home from an Honor
Guard ceremony Aug. 10, 2012. (U.S. AIr Force photo/Staff Sgt. Torey Griffith)

Speed mentoring at The Club
August 17, 2012 — Andrews Airman and NCOs in charge showed up to The Club at Andrews mentally-clad in questions and challenges for SNCOs from all over base to engage in speed mentoring, the cutting-edge new alternative on the mentoring scene, Aug. 16."I think it is a great opportunity for our Airmen to get out and get SNCO mentorship," said Senior Master Sgt. Tesha... MORE

Master Sgt. Sylvia Dieble, 1st Helicopter Squadron superintendent, educates and mentors junior enlisted Airmen at a Speed Mentoring forum held at The Club at Andrews Aug. 16, 2012. Junior enlisted members were able to spend seven minutes at each table and bring their challenges and questions to leadership. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amber Russell)

779th Medical Group essential to Vibrant Response 13
August 3, 2012 — The "walking wounded" arrived first to the field hospital set up by the 779th Medical Group. The warbling siren from an ambulance heralded the arrival of patients on litters. The doctors, nurses and medical technicians greeted them with the initial care that could save their lives or at a minimum alleviate some of their suffering.The Joint Base... MORE

Army military policemen assigned to the 811th Engineer Company help simulated survivors evacuate a neighborhood involved in a simulated nuclear blast attack at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center at Camp Atterbury, Ind., July 26, 2012, during exercise Vibrant Response 13. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Terence Ewings)

Airman, MMA fighter, pulls no punches as Duathlon World Championship competitor
July 23, 2012 — Every step was agony. With the brutal pain of blisters cutting through his feet, amplified by the weight of combat gear and 55-pound rucksack he donned, Tech. Sgt. David Perez recalled feeling almost too engulfed in his own pain and mental struggle to keep moving forward through the last 16 miles of the 2009 Bataan Death March."I was tired, hot and... MORE

Air Force TSgt. David "De Fierro" Perez, elite endurance athlete and professional fighter, will represent the USA in the Duathlon World Championship set to take place Sept. 2. Perez is a Vehicle Management and Analysis craftsman at Fort Meade, Md(courtesy photo)