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  • Lackland Airman returns from deployment to Liberia

    Last fall, the hype surrounding the Ebola virus and the devastation it brought to West Africa was at its peak. In the midst of it all, Staff Sgt. Alysha Waite found out she was selected to be part of a team that would soon deploy to the center of all the hype--Liberia."I had two weeks, two weeks

  • JBSA Airmen save AF $2.5M, earn AETC Productivity Excellence Award

    Four Airmen from the 359th Aerospace Medicine Squadron were recently awarded the Air Education and Training Command Productivity Excellence Award for initiatives which saved the Air Force $2.5 million.According to program guidelines, the award recognizes individual Airmen and small groups who have

  • Air Force JAG School starts new course

    The Air Force Judge Advocate General's School recently added a new course to its curriculum in conjunction with the Wing and Group Commanders Course at the Ira C. Eaker Center for Professional Development.The Senior Officer Legal Orientation Course, a two-day advanced legal course for commanders, is

  • Help comes in shape of uniform

    Feb. 27 went as any other normal work day for Tech. Sgt. Priscilla Noll, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron furnishing management office NCO in charge and 2nd Lt. Tanya Wren, 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs chief of community relations until the two met in a unique situation.At the intersection of Dysart

  • Laughlin sits-down with CMSAF James Cody

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody and his wife retired Chief Master Sgt. Athena Cody, visited Laughlin Air Force Base from March 31 to April 2, 2015. During his visit, he met with Airmen to discuss morale, welfare, and the future of the Air Force. Before his departure, the 47th Flying

  • Maxwell chiefs offer speed feedback session

    The Maxwell-Gunter Top 3 Council chose a new format for their quarterly meetings by opting for speed mentoring over the usual forum at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, April 2, 2015.Speed mentoring is similar to speed dating in that there is limited time for discussion between two people. The

  • Nomads lock and load in first F-35A weapons load competition

    The 33rd Fighter Wing held its first weapons load competition here, April 3, since the 2009 draw down of the F-15C Eagle mission, to determine the best F-35A Lightning II weapons load crew.Earning the title of the best load crew in the 33 FW was Staff Sgt. Timothy Gaulden, crew six load crew chief

  • Sacrifices of the military child recognized during April

    Established by then-Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger in 1986, the Month of the Military Child recognizes some 1.9 million U.S. military children ranging in age from infants to 18 years old, who have one or both parents serving in the armed forces.

  • HCE educates local community on hearing loss prevention

    Members from the Department of Defense Hearing Center of Excellence (HCE), located on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, educated more than 700 children and their families on preventing noise-induced hearing loss at a local museum, March 28-29, 2015. Through hands-on activities and information

  • From initiation to execution: ARPC changes the face of strategic planning

    When the mission is high and workload stressful, members of Air Force units around the world can find it difficult to take the time to make strategic planning part of daily operations, which can mean endless cycles of reacting to problems instead of managing and growing. To overcome this, the Air