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  • AMSC graduates 16 SNCOs

    The United States Air Force Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Officer School continued to expand combat capability across the Air Force with the graduation of its fifth Advanced Maintenance Superintendent Course on Aug. 17, 2012."AMSC students are selected from across the maintenance community

  • VA medical center opens, keeps strong ties to Mike O’Callaghan

    Las Vegas's newest Veterans Affairs Medical Center will continue a long history of teamwork and cooperation with the Mike O'Callaghan Federal Medical Center.The VAMC was dedicated Aug. 6, and is estimated to service around 60,000 veterans living in Nevada. Many of those veterans currently receive

  • Got Standards?

    "Airman Ellis, what steps does Technical Order 00-25-172 require you to take in this situation?" This question was posed to me 27 years ago by a higher headquarters inspector general team member during a short-notice inspection by one of the most intense, disciplined, standards driven organizations

  • Commentary - Back to school means increased safety for drivers

    Members of the 99th Air Base Wing Safety office want to remind drivers to take increased care during the back to school season.According to the Department of Transportation, 23 million children ride the school bus each year. As many as 12,000 of those 23 million children are injured each year in

  • Membership pays

    Military members assigned to Nellis and Creech AFB have new reasons to become club members while current members are about to see their benefits expand.Nellis AFB has 739 current club members which accounts for about 10.3 percent of the military population assigned. Membership dues will increase but

  • Rules of the road, the airfield

    Driving onto the Airfield at an Air Force base can be a daunting process for any Airman. There are so many things that need to be remembered to be safe. Drivers must ensure they conduct roll over foreign object debris checks at all FOD points, stay back 200 feet from taxiing aircraft, ensure they're

  • Local Law Enforcement builds strength in an old Nellis gym

    In 2010, defenders from the 99th Security Forces Squadron and one member from the 555th RED HORSE, took a gym scheduled for demolition and transformed it into a shoothouse, currently utilized by all military services, local law enforcement and federal law enforcement. A shoothouse is a building

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