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  • Chiefs issue strategic direction to combat sexual assault

    Despite years of concerted effort, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commandant of the Coast Guard are dissatisfied with progress made in reducing sexual assault in the military, and have released strategic direction to increase the emphasis on combatting the crime.The chiefs released a "32-star"

  • Navy earns Top Dog honors

    The 2012 Department of Defense Military Working Dog Trials came to a close May 5 after a top dog was selected following a grueling three-day competition.Forty-three teams came together from across the DoD to test their skills in patrol, and explosives and drug detection scenarios in simulated

  • 10 Air Force teams compete for top dog honors

    The U.S. Air Force selected 10 of its best military working dog handler teams to compete in the 2012 Department of Defense Military Working Dog K-9 Trials here May 3-5.The Air Force makes up 10 of the 43 teams for the first DoD competition to be held in the past 10 years.The Air Force traditionally

  • Fitness center renamed to honor fallen Airman

    Team Luke officially renamed its fitness center to the Bryant Fitness Center during a rededication ceremony Monday in honor of an Airman killed while serving in a combat zone last year. Lt. Col. Frank Bryant Jr., the fitness center's namesake, was among the nine Americans killed during the April 27,

  • DoD Military Working Dog handlers come together for joint competition

    The 2012 Department of Defense Military Working Dog K-9 Trials kicked off this week allowing 43 teams from the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps to demonstrate their handling skills with their canine partners here May 4-6.The competition was designed to showcase each branch of service's

  • JBSA-Randolph pays tribute to Tuskegee Airmen

    The release of the film "Red Tails" this year introduced many movie-goers to the story of a group of American fighter pilots and support personnel who waged a double battle against fascism in Europe and racism in their own country nearly 70 years ago.This week at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph,

  • Planning continues for new Airman Heritage Museum

    Efforts are underway to expand the Air Force's enlisted heritage museum here. The Lackland Gateway Heritage Foundation plans to modernize the USAF Airman Heritage Museum with a new facility to be located on what is becoming Lackland AFB's Heritage Campus. The site location, at the North end of the

  • Adventure Race VIII comes to a close

    More than 430 people that made up about 70 different teams took part in Laughlin's Eighth Annual Adventure Race April 21.The race had three separate phases beginning at Laughlin's Weather Hangar, departing base from the west gate and followed Loop 79 to Laughlin's Southwind Marina on Lake Amistad to

  • The Band Perry visits Keesler

    The Band Perry members, Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry, came out to Keesler's Bay Breeze Event Center, April 21; to take photos with and sign autographs for Keesler members.The group is the Academy of Country Music Awards' 2011 Top New Vocal Group and holds Country Music Association Awards 2011