AT THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER – Gov. Doug Burgum and Maj. Gen. Alan Dohrmann, adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard, on Friday visited soldiers from the Jamestown-based 817th Engineer Company at the U.S.-Mexico border, thanking them for supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...

February is a significant month in the history of Minot Air Force Base. The U.S. Air Force took up occupancy of the base in February 1957. According to The Minot Daily News’ Feb. 16, 1957, edition, “It wasn’t much of a ceremony when Maj. Joe E. Roberts, acting base commander, started ...

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – The leading preventable cause of death in combat is massive hemorrhaging. For this reason, the Department of Defense trains every airman on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC). “TCCC is the foundation of life-saving measures in a prehospital environment, which has ...

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Robert Miller, visited Minot Air Force Base on Monday, Feb. 5, to observe the 5th Medical Group’s impact on readiness and share the Air Force Medical Service’s efforts to meet the demands of Great Power Competition. During ...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – B-52 Stratofortress bombers assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing from Minot Air Force Base landed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, at the end of January as part of a Bomber Task Force to support strategic deterrence missions aimed at reinforcing the rules-based ...

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Spiritual fitness. It’s one of the four pillars that comprise Comprehensive Airman Fitness. It enables airmen to maintain the resilience needed to accomplish the mission in the face of any challenge. Within the Air Force, there are personnel specifically tasked with ...