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July 18, 2022
SERE specialists thrive in harshest conditions: Teaching next generation of officers to do the same

Organizing safe, effective survival and evasion training for nearly 1,000 people isn’t easy – especially in an austere and unforgiving environment that’s hours from the nearest signs of civilization. But Capt. Jason Walker and Master Sgt. Brian Youngberg’s team of 33 Survival, Evasion, Resistance
July 18, 2022
AFROTC grants accommodations for first Sikh cadet

Cadet Gursharan Virk, a sophomore information assurance major at Detachment 255 at University of Iowa, is now allowed to wear Sikhism ceremonial accessories and abide by the religion’s grooming standards, which includes wearing a turban, necklace and bracelet, while having an uncut beard, in
July 16, 2022
Every training counts

Staff Sgt. Shakira Mathis, the Air Force Chaplain Corps College’s noncommissioned officer in charge of operations management, was on official travel when she saved a life using her Air Force training earlier this year.
July 15, 2022
New Mexico first sergeants improve mental health response skills

First sergeants from Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, joined Holloman AFB first sergeants for a Mental Health First Aid course July 14, 2022, here.Twenty diamond-wearing and additional duty first sergeants attended the course to develop their skills to identify, understand and respond to signs
July 15, 2022
17th Civil Engineer Squadron hosts 16th annual Junior Firefighter Camp

The 17th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department hosted 12 participants in this year's junior firefighter camp, July 11-15.
July 15, 2022
56 ARS aircrew educate spouses during orientation flight

Pilots and boom operators from the 56th Air Refueling Squadron hosted a KC-46 Pegasus orientation flight for the spouses of the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, July 11, 2022.
July 15, 2022
Special Warfare Operational Medicine Squadron change of command

U.S. Air Force Col. George Buse (left), Special Warfare Human Performance Support Group commander and presiding officer, passes the guidon to Lt. Col. Gary D'Orazio (right), incoming Special Warfare Operational Medicine Squadron commander, during the SWOMS change of command ceremony at Joint Base
July 15, 2022
Undergraduate Combat Systems Officers: 479th FTG graduates 3,000 CSO

Members of the 479th Flying Training Group graduated their 3,000th combat systems officer June 17, 2022, at the National Naval Aviation Museum Naval Air Station-Pensacola, Florida.
July 15, 2022
Fallen Warrior: Lt. Col. William Schroeder

For our Fallen Warrior commemoration this week, we remember Lt. Col. William Schroeder, Special Operations Weather Officer and the commander of the 342nd Special Tactics Training Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base.
July 14, 2022
Col Matthew Johnston Assumes Control of the 56th Operations Group

It’s change of command season here at Luke Air Force Base! Brig. Gen. Gregory Kreuder, 56th Fighter Wing commander, served as the reviewing officer when Col. George Watkins relinquished command of the 56th Operations Group to Col. Matthew Johnston on June. 3, 2022.