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  • eCARS program seeks to combat poor air quality

    Editor's Note: This story serves to notify Team Andrews members of a federal program used to bring DoD installations in compliance with section 118(d) of the Clean Air Act. As the program rolls out, we will provide updated information on how it will affect drivers on base.Military members and DOD

  • 24 Q&As about new Distracted Driving Policy on JBA

    Q: What qualifies as distracted driving? A: Distracted driving is defined as texting, talking, emailing or using a cellphone while operating a motor vehicle without the use of a hands-free device. Q: What if I am stopped at a red light or a stop sign and not driving at the time? A: Distracted

  • Out with the old, in with DEE new

    The DoD Defense Enterprise Email migration is underway for the Air Force District of Washington's headquarters staff, 11th Wing and the 844th Communications Group on Joint Base Andrews and Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, and is expected to wrap up on Jan. 24, 2014. According to the Defense Information

  • Military OneSource offers free tax services

    If it hasn't arrived yet, your 2013 W-2 wage and tax statement likely is on its way, and with it the countdown toward the April 15 tax filing deadline.As preparations begin for the upcoming tax season, military families are being offered a free service to ensure they can meet that deadline from

  • Malcolm Grow Closes for Martin Luther King Holiday

    Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics and Surgery Center will be closed Jan. 20 in observance of the Martin Luther King federal holiday.There will be no appointments on this day and the pharmacy will be closed. Prescription refills called in BEFORE noon Jan. 17 will be available for pickup after noon Jan.

  • Meet the 459th's newest Liberator

    Meet the 459th Air Refueling Wing's newest liberator, Airman 1st Class Arailius Page. Page joins the 459th Logistics Readiness Squadron as a vehicle maintainer. This is his first assignment since completing his technical training at Port Hueneme Naval Base, Calif. He is a Saint Louis, Mo., native

  • 18th Air Force commander visits 459 ARW

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Darren W. McDew , commander, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., talks to Airmen from the 459th Air Refueling Wing, Joint Base Andrews, Md., January 7, 2014. McDew visited the 459 ARW as part of a JBA visit in which he discussed Air Force issues and answered

  • USAF Band schedules free holiday concerts

    To kick off the holiday season, and to promote their series of free holiday concerts, members of The United States Air Force Band played an impromptu concert at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, Dec. 3.The free concerts are to be held at various locations throughout the National

  • 459 ARW to host annual awards banquet

    The 459th Air Refueling Wing First Sergeants Council is sponsoring the Annual Awards Banquet to be held at The Club at Andrews on Saturday, March 15, 2014. Lt. Gen. James "JJ" Jackson, commander, Air Force Reserve Command, will be the keynote speaker and Command Chief Master. Sgt. Cameron B.