Grand Slam Defenders Strike: hand-to-hand combat

The caretakers of visiting aircraft

Not every aircraft that touches down on the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing's runway is assigned to the wing. So who takes care of those aircraft that are here for a brief moment? That job is tasked to the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Transient Alert maintainers. These experienced

Customers always smile at the 379th Dental Clinic

When a tooth ache strikes or dental emergency develops, it is reassuring to know the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group Dental Clinic is here to get to the bottom of the pain and ensure the patient is smiling when he or she leaves. The 379th Dental Clinic is staffed with one dentist and two

8th EAMS Airmen deploy in support of downed Black Hawk

Two Joint Inspectors from the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron were tasked with an invaluable mission in September - to forward deploy to a remote forward operating base in Afghanistan and help with the inspection and movement of a downed UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.Tech. Sgt. Peter Feliciano

Money is our business

Military pay in itself can be confusing. Coupled with allotments, deployed entitlements, travel vouchers and host nation currency conversion, it can become outright overwhelming.The 379th Expeditionary Comptroller Squadron puts people at ease using their friendly customer service to help guide and

Your Charge: make energy conservation a consideration in all you do

The cost to cool a single room in the Coalition Compound per year is about $1,400. With approximately 4,500 rooms in CC, that brings the annual costs for air conditioning to $6.3M! Electronics such as laptops, televisions or game systems are also significant consumers of electricity. The base-wide

Dense fog blankets the base

K-9s keep skills sharp

379th ECES Customer Service: CE’s front door to the installation

It is 2 a.m. and an air conditioner failure at Special Operations Command Central Forward Headquarters has led to rising temperatures, prompting an emergency server load shed - threatening missions throughout the area of responsibility. There is only one team that can quickly grasp the situation,

The Marines have landed

In the Marine Corps tradition of deploying to "every clime and place," the Marine EA-6B Prowlers have left the cold mountains and austere valleys of Afghanistan for the dusty, dry heat of Southwest Asia.The Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 3 (VMAQ-3) "Moondogs" arrived in Southwest Asia