The Combat Readiness School at Andersen AFB, Guam, last month hosted its first combined course, bringing together Guam’s airmen with members of the Royal Australian Air Force. This was another milestone in the school’s evolution. Andresen’s 644th Combat Communications Squadron launched the school in 2008 to teach Guam’s combat communications airmen basic air base defense skills. Since then, 84 students have graduated, including three Navy personnel. “I didn’t receive much combat training before I first went down range. As a result, there were many times I could have been killed or wounded,” said TSgt. Ian Powell, a cyber transport systems craftsman and Andersen’s newest CRS instructor. He added, “Now, I have the proper training, and I am giving that training to my students so they never have to endure the same hardships that I did.” (Andersen report by TSgt. Charles Ruddek)
NASA Boss: Race to Moon Has National Security Stakes
Sept. 15, 2026
NASA is pushing hard to get astronauts back to the moon by 2028—and the urgency is driven in no small part by the national security implications of doing so before China does, Administrator Jared Isaacman said Sept. 15.
