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Andersen now under HPCON Bravo with additional measures

Due to the low infection percentage of COVID-19 across the island, increased capacity for rapid response and mitigation, and after consultation with the Public Health Emergency Officer (PHEO), Andersen Air Force Base (AAFB) is authorized to transition to Health Protection Condition (HPCON) Bravo with additional measures.

An SOS in the sand can be seen in this screenshot taken from a DVIDS video. Guardsmen locate three missing mariners on Pikelot Island during a search and rescue mission in the Federated States of Micronesia southwest of Guam, Aug. 2, 2020. U.S. AIR FORCE

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VIDEO| Andersen KC-135 crew locates missing mariners on lone Pacific island

Guardsmen from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard (ANG) and the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania ANG locate three missing mariners on Pikelot Island during a search and rescue mission in the Federated States of Micronesia southwest of Guam, Aug. 2, 2020.

Mr. Michael Ende, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System inventory manager, checks inventory of supplies in the Forensic Toxicology Laboratory at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 8, 2020. Ende serves as a civilian contractor with AFMES maintaining the inventory of all laboratory and chemical supplies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)

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One airman’s life of service – in and out of uniform

Service members can face a myriad of challenges, but what happens when the service member is also the civilian?

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NEWSY | Military Watchdog Stars and Stripes Fighting For Survival

Photo credit Air Force Tech Sgt. Michael Battle

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Air Force mental health team provides for deployed troops

To combat the stressors of the novel coronavirus and improve the overall well-being of service members of Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, helping agencies assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing stood up the Disaster Mental Health team in accordance with a Department of Defense mandate.

Staff from Madigan Army Medical Center care for victims of an Amtrak derailment that occurred near Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington in December 2017. (Photo Credit: John Wayne Liston, Madigan Army Medical Center)

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MTFs plan and prepare to face any emergency or disaster

For military medical treatment facilities preparing for emergencies and natural disasters, Mark Starnes offers this advice: “Train like you fight.” As the emergency manager at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Starnes and his team begin emergency preparations with routine...

Ensign Pauline Gachalian hands a newborn boy to his mother, Petty Officer 2nd Class Emily Smith, at Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s Maternal Infant Unit. (U.S. Navy photo by Jacob Sippel, Naval Hospital Jacksonville/Released).

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DoD initiates Women’s Health Reproductive Survey

The Department of Defense Active Duty Women’s Reproductive Health Survey, or WRHS, is the first survey specifically focused on the reproductive health of female service members in over 30 years.

Sarahi Wilson, a phlebotomist assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego, sets up an apheresis machine for drawing plasma at NMCSD’s Blood Donation Center July 14. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Erwin Jacob V. Miciano)

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MHS asks COVID-19 recovered to donate plasma for seriously ill

The COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma (CCP) Collection Program is a Department of Defense effort to collect 10,000 units of CCP donated by members of the military community who have recovered from the disease.

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Over 1,000 volunteers collect 11 tons of trash during #GUAM cleanup

On Saturday, August 1, 2020, the Islandwide Beautification Task Force (IBTF), chaired by the Lieutenant Governor Josh Tenorio, in collaboration with the Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB), hosted the Give Us A Moment #GUAM Island Pride Beautification Event.

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Pet of the week: Bronzy

Call G.A.I.N. (Guam Animals in Need) Animal Shelter in Yigo at 653-4246 or visit for more information on adopting this pet. G.A.I.N. is a shelter-based humane society with a mission to prevent cruelty to animals, educate the public and promote good animal laws. Under Water World will donate one adult admission for every Pet of the Week adopted.

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Veteran organization to host annual 9/11 heroes runs to honor those lost on September 11th and frontline workers

Kicking off this September, Travis Manion Foundation (TMF) will host their 13th Annual 9/11 Heroes Run 5K Race Series.

A1C Jakub Lopez, blood bank technician, scanning a unit of blood into MHS GENESIS inventory. MHS GENESIS serves as both an electronic health record and electronic blood management system. (Photo submitted by 60th Medical Group, David Grant USAF Medical Center)

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MHS GENESIS helps DGMC deliver life-saving blood

A typical blood transfusion can be completed in one to four hours, but the first 15 minutes are crucial. In that first quarter-hour, vital signs and blood documentation are recorded and any risks in the transfusion spotted.

Air Force Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Lee Payne, the Defense Health Agency assistant director for Combat Support, joined other Department of Defense leaders to update media about DoD’s COVDI-19 testing capabilities during a media presser at the Pentagon July 30. (DoD Photo by Marvin Lynchard)

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DoD leadership updates Pentagon on COVID-19 testing capabilities

Testing serves as a vital step in managing COVID-19-related risks to the military and the nation. Air Force Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Lee Payne, the Defense Health Agency’s assistant director for Combat Support, joined other Department of Defense leaders to update media about DoD’s testing capabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The impossible task of parenting young adults

I used to have a good grasp on parenting. From the time our three children were infants, through toddlerhood, the primary school years and even the dreaded teenage years, I used a fairly successful combination of expert-recommended techniques, mother’s intuition and common sense to raise our children.

U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Matthew R. White

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NMCB 1 Det. Guam Conducts RIP/TOA with NMCB 133

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133 det. Guam place their unit symbol at the headquarters building following a Relief in Place / Transfer of Authority (RIP/TOA) ceremony on Camp Covington, Naval Base Guam.

Airman Faith Coffelt, 192nd Medical Group Detachment 1 medical technician, decontaminates her chemical suit June 9, 2020, at Paramount Senior Living in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Coffelt is part of a regional team mobilized to conduct COVID-19 testing at point prevalence sites throughout the state.

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Air Force medical technician drawn to caring for others

“My dad is a paramedic at home in Boyce, Virginia. Growing up, he would come home and tell stories about what he had seen and the calls he had run, so I developed a fascination for medical things.