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  • Laughlin firefighters help protect Del Rio community from wildland fire

    Aug. 27, 2020, the 47th Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Department at Lauglin Air Force Base, Texas, received a call from Val Verde County Emergency to assist nine local agencies battling a raging wildland fire in Del Rio that was also rapidly approaching a local elementary school.

  • Combat Arms keeps Laughlin Airmen sharp on weapons skills

    Down a seldom used road, where one is just as likely to run into an armadillo as you are another person, one will find a building with a red warning flag waving in front. Firearm experts from the 47th Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms section work tirelessly here, providing students—security

  • DLIELC resumes mobile training teams after COVID-19 pause

    During this period of pause for OCONUS mobile training teams, the Defense Language Institute English Language Center has remained committed to assisting security cooperation partners to build their English language capacity through the fulfillment of American Language Course book orders, English

  • 20 First Sergeants earn certification in Mental Health First Aid

    Nearly 20 first sergeants from the 37th Training Wing gathered Oct. 7 at the Pfingston Reception Center, JBSA-Lackland, Texas, to be certified in “Mental Health First Aid.” The eight-hour skills-based training course, taught by Lt. Col. (Dr.) Kieran Dhillon and Senior Master Sgt. Huey Watson,

  • Triumph over tragedy: Estes shares life-changing story with Sheppard

    Jared Estes, a burn survivor resilience trainer, lost his wife of six months and endured burns that consumed 50% of his body during a fiery crash on March 6, 2005. He now shares his story of triumph over tragedy and encourages people to "fire back" when life's challenges might have them down.

  • Luke commemorates Tuskegee Airman with flyover

    Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 944th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, executed an F-35 Lightning II Missing Man formation flyover October 2, 2020. The mission over the Arizona State Capitol paid tribute to the late Maj. George Washington Biggs, U.S. Air Force (Ret.).

  • 17th Training Group conducts first multi-squadron integration exercise

    The 17th Training Group achieved a significant milestone in its efforts to incorporate Joint All Domain Operations into intelligence technical training, conducting the training group’s first multi-squadron integration exercise Sept. 21-24 at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas.

  • I’m a believer: One chaplain’s testimony that ASIST works

    Chaplain (1st Lt.) Paul Ringheiser is a traditional reservist assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina. As a civilian, he is an Assistant Fire Chief at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Upon beginning the ASIST course during BCC, he said initially he felt the training