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  • MilPDS upgrade complete: Review emergency contact information

    If you married, have a new address or experienced significant life changes in March, you should review your emergency contact information to ensure it is accurate, Air Force Personnel Center officials advised.The Military Personnel Data System manages such military personnel and pay information as

  • Time-Out to close temporarily

    The 99th Force Support Squadron will be temporarily closing the doors of the Time-Out Sports Lounge on April 15 so they can address some operational and facility-related issues.They plan to reopen the operation after the 4th of July.When the Time Out re-opens you will see several changes. There will

  • Reductions won't affect most TRICARE Prime beneficiaries

    Despite upcoming service area reductions, TRICARE Prime will remain a health care option for 97 percent of the more than 5 million beneficiaries eligible for the health care plan, Military Health System officials said.The 3 percent difference, which comprises about 171,000 beneficiaries who mostly

  • Military children express sacrifices through art, writing

    Life through the eyes of military children through their paintings, drawings and writings was on public display at the Education Department here today to celebrate the Month of the Military Child.Since 1983, the Defense Department has officially recognized military children for the support they

  • Airman lives wingman concept by saving life of another Airman

    While on patrol the night of Oct. 4, 2012, a 99th Security Forces Squadron staff sergeant responded to an entry controller's call of someone behaving erratically outside the main gate. Little did Staff Sgt. William O'Brien, security forces craftsman, know that before the night was over he would save

  • Airman Leadership Class 13-C Graduates

    Sixty-four Airmen completed their first professional military education milestone by graduating Airman Leadership School March 28.Congratulations to the following AirmenRAPTOR FLIGHTInstructor: Tech. Sgt. James Niblock Staff Sgt. Ryan HayesSenior Airman Corie BrassfeildSenior Airman Brittney

  • Sexual assault has No place in DOD, official says

    Sexual assault has no place in the Defense Department, a senior Pentagon official said April 2 here, calling on the workforce to be part of the solution.In a keynote address kicking off Aberdeen Proving Ground's observance of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, acting

  • 99th LRS wins prestigious Daedalian Award

    The 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron will be awarded the 2012 Daedalian Major General Warren R. Carter Logistics Effectiveness Award during a ceremony here May 20.The Daedalian Foundation's Logistics Effectiveness Award, first awarded in 1962, is presented annually to the United States Air Force

  • DOD works to ensure access for special needs families

    Defense Department officials are working to standardize a program designed to help service members get care for family members with chronic health issues or special needs who otherwise might face forgoing an assignment or having to cut short a deployment because of an inability to find such care.The

  • Space mission continues despite restructure

    Critical Air Force missions continue from their current locations after today's restructure of Air Force Space Command's Space Innovation and Development Center at Schriever AFB, Colo.The SIDC restructure and realignment of subordinate organizations is part of the Air Force response to meet future

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