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  • Operation Pacer Goose 2008

    After navigating through fields of icebergs June 30, the Sea Bird emerged from fog at Thule, home of the world's northernmost deepwater port, more than 700 miles inside the Arctic Circle. The ship's arrival formally opened the 30-day Arctic port season and kicked off the annual resupply mission

  • Exciting championship game wraps up intramural softball season

    In two of the best championship games you could ever ask for, the silver and bronze softball championships were won by the 21st Civil Engineer Squadron and 21st Space Wing/21st Operations Group teams, respectively, Sept. 4 at Freedom Fields here. In the silver league game between the Engineers and

  • Peterson jet fuel storage tanks receive safety upgrades

    Here's a trivia question: Who owns the fuel in the bulk storage tanks on Peterson? If you guessed the 21st Space Wing, you'd be wrong. The bulk fuel on base, except for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service station fuel, is owned by the Defense Energy Support Center, a component of the Defense

  • MSG chief on deploying: "We're in the fight in a major way"

    If you told me nearly 25 years ago I would deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan, be in danger of improvised explosive devices, snipers, artillery rounds and carry a weapon -- not only would I not have believed it, I would have laughed and said, "Are you crazy?" Now, I carry with me the reality of deployed

  • Peterson women’s softball team places fifth in world tournament

    When the Peterson Air Force Base women's softball team began practicing in early April, no one knew what to expect from this year's team. It had been nine years since the base fielded a women's softball team, and there was no chemistry among the players trying out for the team. For many, it was the

  • Intramural playoffs scheduled to wrap up

    Peterson Air Force Base's intramural softball season is scheduled to come to its conclusion Sept. 2 at Peterson's Freedom Fields sports complex. The finals of the Tuesday and Thursday night leagues take place at 5:30 p.m. with the teams that have survived the playoff series that has been underway

  • DOD to observe Constitution Day, Citizenship Day on Sept. 17

    The Department of Defense will observe Constitution Day and Citizenship Day Sept. 17 to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia on that day in 1787. "Our Airmen are stationed and deployed around the world protecting the freedoms embodied in our Constitution," said Chief

  • POW/MIA Day: A history

    Until July 18, 1979, no commemoration was held to honor America's Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA), those returned and those still missing and unaccounted for from our nation's wars. That first year, resolutions were passed in the Congress and the national ceremony was held at the

  • First Knight

    Tech. Sgt. Samuel I. Toro Del Toro was selected for this week's First Knight award. This award is designed to recognize outstanding Airmen each week for the work they do every day. Name: Tech. Sgt. Samuel I. Toro Del Toro Unit: 821st Support Squadron Duty Title: Vehicle Operations and Maintenance

  • Protection of information

    Information protection, operations security and information security combine to protect your personal and professional information from the "adversary." How do we protect critical information? The basic principle, central to all three disciplines, is "need to know." The application of a strict

 

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