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  • Working as a nurse in two worlds

    She made a promise to her grandmother that she would become a nurse. "My grandmother always wanted to go into nursing, said Capt. Betty Ann Buentipo, a Reservist with the 724th Aeromedical Staging Flight, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. But due to lack of money, her grandmother was not able to pursue

  • CES fire fighters perform live fire training

    Staff Sgt. Frank Abreu, 15th Civil Engineer Squadron, and Staff Sgt. Jonathan "Kaipo" Onekea, 624th CES, prepare their fire gear for their annual aircraft live fire burn training requirement, June 9.The 624th CES Fire Department coordinates required training with the host 15th CES Fire Department

  • Commander talks with Guam TV about Reserve issues

    Col. Robert "Randy" Huston, 624th Regional Support Group commander, makes his Guam television debut taping a segment for the "KUAM News Extra" show with host Sonya Artero June 25 at the new Guam USO. Several members from the RSG's Guam-based units assisted in renovating the facility. Colonel Huston

  • Commander signs new HRDC charter

    Col. Robert "Randy" Huston, 624th Regional Support Group commander, signed a new Human Resources Development Council charter on May 17. The overall goal of the charter is to create and maintain a fully diversified work force and a healthy and productive work climate. Colonel Huston wasn't always a

  • Volunteering in a war zone

    Ever since I heard that I could volunteer at the base hospital I've been interested in taking advantage of the opportunity. I enjoy helping people and because I missed my family, I thought it would be the perfect way to fill this void. In fact, there were three of us from the Load Planning Office

  • Reservists take top honors at surf competition

    Surfers from the total force of Team Hickam were out at the All-Military Surf Classic June 20 at White Plains Beach. Capt. Christy Stravolo and Master Sgt. Diane Marques, lower left and posing with their trophies, won second and first place respectively in the military women's longboard

  • Force structure changes to affect 624th Regional Support Group

    The Air Force plans to change manpower authorizations and retire some of its older aircraft, according to a fiscal 2010 force structure realignment announced June 25. The realignment supports the FY10 President's Budget Request. Unrelated to the FY 10 force structure realignment, the Air Force

  • Hawaii aerial porters garner Air Force-level award

    The 48th Aerial Port Squadron was named the Air Reserve Component Air Transportation Activity of the Year for 2008 at an award ceremony in Washington, D.C. May 29. Lt. Col. Randall Honke, 48th APS commander, Chief Master Sgt. Leland How, 48th APS air freight superintendent, and Col. Robert "Randy"

  • Medics practice their suture skills

    Staff Sgt. Latisha Gosha-West, a 624th Aeromedical Staging Squadron medical technician, practices her wound closure skills on a pig foot. Pig feet and chicken legs are used for practice because they closely resemble what it's like to perform sutures on a patient with a laceration. In order to

  • Medics provide health care to remote Alaska

    Maj. Jerelyn Pedrina and I represented the 624th Aeromedical Staging Squadron at this year's Operation Arctic Care, a joint military medical readiness exercise that brings no-cost health care, health education and veterinary services to underserved people in Alaska's Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta