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March 30, 2020
Op Blue Hero: 97th AMW transports BMT grads to Keesler for technical training

A C-17 Globemaster III aircrew assigned to the 58th Airlift Squadron at Altus AFB supported the transport of the Air Force’s newest Basic Military Training graduates from JBSA-Lackland, Texas, to their technical training school at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., March 20, 2020.
March 30, 2020
Keesler ensures readiness through online classes

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Following the effects of COVID-19, the 81st Training Group has taken measures to ensure safety among Airmen while also executing its crucial mission.The 336th Training Squadron initiated online classes for multiple courses within the squadron using electronic
March 30, 2020
Goodfellow AFB takes Tactical Pause Day

In the midst of precautions taking place because of COVID-19, Col. Andres Nazario, 17th Training Wing commander at Goodfellow AFB, Texas, called for a tactical pause day March 30.
March 30, 2020
Commissaries, support facilities designated mission-critical as part of DOD’s COVID-19 response

The Defense Commissary Agency’s stores, central distribution centers and its central meat processing plant have been designated mission-critical in DOD’s response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
March 30, 2020
Officer Training School has plan in place to minimize COVID-19, maximize safety

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Alabama – The Officer Training School at Air University will execute an aggressive plan at the start of its next class March 31, 2020, to help mitigate the possible spread of COVID-19 and ensure the safety of staff, incoming officer trainees and the community.Officer Training
March 30, 2020
ENJJPT implements increased protective measures to keep training

The threat of the spread of Coronavirus, or COVID-19, has added another challenging layer to the training regimen for student and instructor pilots of the 80th Flying Training Wing’s Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program. Those in ENJJPT are hard at work developing new procedures to keep
March 30, 2020
Chalk Our Walks

Lately, our community has been hit with some hard times. Morale isn’t the normal high, many events are canceled, and students can’t leave the base.This thought leaves many wondering what they can do in such times. How can they build morale in these confusing and worrisome times?
March 30, 2020
56 MDG filling prescription by drive thru only

Airman 1st Class Erika Tolentino and Senior Airman Amy Piscopo, 56th Medical Group pharmacy technicians, fill a prescription from an off-base provider March 26, 2020, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. Due to preventative healthcare measures related to Coronavirus Disease 2019, the pharmacy has modified
March 30, 2020
DOD issues Flexible Spending Account tips in response to COVID-19

Flexible Spending Account participants may make changes to their Health Care FSA, Limited Expense Health Care FSA , or Dependent Care FSA elections if there has been a Qualifying Life Event, or QLE.
March 30, 2020
President signs Executive Order calling up Air Force Reserve medics, other specialties

On March 27, the President signed an Executive Order authorizing mobilization of the Reserve Component in response to COVID-19 operations. For the Air Force Reserve, personnel already serving in the Selected Reserve and Participating Individual Ready Reserve, as well as those assigned to the