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  • CBRNE exercise tests Andrews' response

    Team Andrews' members participated in a base-wide Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives training exercise here, April 28, 2016.The exercise scenario simulated a disgruntled Airman that released ammonia on base to cause mass casualties in the contamination area."This (exercise)

  • Bicycle Safety

    Warm weather is finally here and with warmer temperatures, many will dust off their bikes to hit the trails or streets. Whether someone is a fair weather rider or a hardcore cyclist that didn't miss a beat all winter, there are a few safety tips and rules that you need to be aware of before hitting

  • Donations for 'survival': JBA contributes to local food banks

    As of April 1, 2016, the commissary on Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, has contributed 30 donations of nearly 10,000 pounds to local food banks.As part of the Defense Commissary Agency initiative, commissaries across the nation have joined efforts to donate unsellable but edible food to those in

  • 'No Heat, No Cool' begins

    The 11th Civil Engineer Squadron will initiate an installation-wide "No Heat/No Cool" period to switch heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units from heating to cooling modes from April 15 to May 15, or later weather permitting.During this "No Heat/No Cool" period, HVAC technicians will

  • 'No Heat, No Cool' starts soon

    The 11th Civil Engineer Squadron will initiate an installation-wide "No Heat/No Cool" period to switch heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units from heating to cooling modes from April 15 to May 15, or later weather permitting.During this "No Heat/No Cool" period, HVAC technicians will

  • JBA goes purple for Month of the Military Child

    Team Andrews kicked off the Month of the Military Child with a "purple" parade at Child Development Center Three, April 7, 2016.Month of the Military Child, established in 1989 by former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, is a month long celebration to honor military youth for the role they play

  • Tactical Combatives Course: real training, real confidence

    Unsettled dust swirls in the air as U.S. Air Force and Army service members rush through rooms of an abandoned prison in northern Virginia during the Tactical Combatives Course, a class ran by the U.S. Army Combatives School, recently."When training soldiers to use skills in a combat situation,

  • Chaplain's Team hosts Annual Prayer Breakfast

    More than 150 reservists from the 459th Air Refueling Wing packed the headquarters auditorium for the unit's Annual Prayer Breakfast April 3.The breakfast was organized by the 459th ARW Chapel Team, led by Maj. Joshua Kim, 459th ARW head chaplain. The event's goal was to help Airmen and their

  • Citizen Airmen critical to NSS guest arrival

    Members of the 459th Air Refueling Wing stepped up to the international plate this week to support flight line staging operations for the arrival of 20 heads of state on their way to the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C.  Citizen Airmen from across the 459th helped augment critical

  • It's a wild world!

    Preventing health hazards, reducing damage to property and providing base-wide pest control is a normal day on-the-job for the 11th Civil Engineer Squadron's pest management shop.Health hazards increase the risk of work stoppage and with warmer weather brings an increase in pests. Entomology