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  • Sheppard enforces "no texting while driving order"

    President Barack Obama recently signed an executive order stating text messaging is responsible for death and injury resulting from car collisions.  In an effort to fight these increasing numbers, Executive Order:  Federal Leadership on Reducing Text Messaging while Driving, went into effect Oct.

  • New 2nd AF command chief visits Sheppard

    The new 2nd Air Force command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Linus Jordan, said technology in the Air Force is outstanding, but it's the people who make the Air Force the service it is today. "What really makes us special is our Airmen. From the most senior officer down to the Airmen leaders, we should

  • ANG Det. 12 comes to Air University

    In a ceremony at Officer Training School here, Air National Guard Readiness Center, Detachment 12, was activated and Lt. Col. Ronald Daniels took command of the new unit Oct. 2. Formerly the Academy of Military Sciences at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn., Detachment 12 opened its doors

  • IDEC builds strategic partnerships one student at a time

    For 64 students representing 43 countries, the International Dependents English Course is more than just an English course. The course serves as a way for spouses and dependents of international officers stationed at Maxwell Air Force Base to learn American culture and the English language.  In

  • Outside the wire: Reconstruction project shifts to lifesaving mission

    Staff Sgt. Jonathan Okeefe, 338th Training Squadron, Detachment 1 satellite, wideband and telemetry systems instructor at Fort Gordon, Ga., recently returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan. Sergeant Okeefe, who has been in the Air Force almost six years, served as the chief communications

  • Hertog: Sheppard right on target

    The 82nd Training Wing's focus on delivering technically-skilled combat-ready Airmen is right on target, said Maj. Gen. Mary Kay Hertog, 2nd Air Force commander, during her visit here Oct. 5-7. General Hertog said because many Airmen could deploy within months of arriving at their first duty

  • Registration begins for 2010 AETC Symposium

    Registration begins Oct. 7, for the 2010 Air Education and Training Command Symposium, scheduled for Jan. 14-15, 2010, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio. The theme of this year's symposium is, "Developing America's Airmen Today ... For Tomorrow." The two-day symposium will

  • Sheppard gears up for 2009 Open House and Air Show

    The final touches to a much-anticipated event continue this week as Sheppard prepares for its Oct. 10-11 Open House and Air Show. Gates open at 9 a.m. both days. Lt. Col. Eric Jachimowicz, Sheppard Open House and Air Show deputy director, said it's a total force effort to prepare and ensure the

  • Eaker Center adds space education to professional continuing education

    Air University's Ira C. Eaker Center for Professional Development is now home to the Air Force Space Command professional continuing education center for excellence, the National Security Space Institute, as of Oct. 1. "It is logical for the NSSI to nest within the Eaker Center as it is responsible

  • Combat search, rescue highlighted in new commercial

    A commercial highlighting combat search and rescue Airmen began airing Oct. 5 in television markets and select movie theaters across the country. "CSAR" shows the teamwork involved to locate, communicate with and recover downed aircrews and isolated personnel. The commercial is the third in a