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  • BRCA1 heir tells her story

    According to National Cancer Institute, five to 10 percent of breast cancers diagnosed every year are hereditary. BRCA1 and BRCA2, short for Breast Cancer 1 and 2, are two known genes, certain inherited alterations of which put carriers at a high risk of developing breast, ovarian and prostate

  • Air Force EOD embeds with Army units, part 2: Veteran female

    When Secretary of Defense Les Aspin directed the Military Services to open more specialties and assignments to women in April of 1993, it opened a door that nine years later Angela Danene Olguin would walk through. Now, Staff Sgt. Olguin is an Explosive Ordnance Disposal journeyman with the 506th

  • Air Force EOD embeds with Army units, part 3: Purple Heart

    Doing it just because it sounds exciting has a long standing reputation as a major reason why some people lay in hospitals recovering from injuries sustained while having "fun." "It sounded like it would be exciting" is exactly how Senior Airman Aaron Skelton, 506th Explosive Ordnance Disposal

  • Air Force EOD embeds with Army units, part 1: Reservist team leader

    Airmen from all walks of life in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal community answered the call when the Army asked for help in the joint effort against IEDs, thus again ensuring Air Force boots were on the ground and in the fight. "Our primary (tactical control) mission (with) the Army is to clear

  • United we stand

    "My mission is to fly, fight and win!" These words spoken in the Airman's Creed have never been truer than during the days where Airmen find themselves on the frontline in the Global War on Terror. Airmen from all over the Air Force have recently found themselves filling roles that were typically

  • Energy conservation - more than just turning off the light

    Many people on base have asked: "Are we really supposed to shut off our computers at the end of each duty day?" The answer is yes. "Turning off computers, monitors, and printers each night saves a tremendous amount of energy when spread across more than 13,000 users at Nellis and Creech," Lt. Col.

  • Sun exposure can be deadly

    The sun is our primary source of vitamin D. Vitamin D helps people absorb calcium for stronger and healthier bones. It only requires about 60 minutes of sun exposure to obtain a healthy dose of Vitamin D. Prolonged exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays can cause skin damage, eye damage, immune

  • 99th GCTS begins 45-day Joint Base Balad training course

    The 99th Security Forces Ground Combat Training Squadron recently kicked off the Joint Base Balad training, a newly designed 45-day course to provide advance ground combat weapons and tactics instruction for outside-the-wire missions and area security operations for active duty, guard, and Reserve

  • Air Force family knows the meaning of service

    When he was younger, Chaplain (Capt.) John Shipman, senior protestant chaplain at the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, learned the lessons of service and hard work with his five older brothers on a farm in Wisconsin. There, while milking cows, plowing and baling hay, they were taught the meaning of

  • Nellis Airman honored for community service

    A Nellis Airman received a pleasant surprise when he found out he was Air Combat Command's Community Service Award winner. Master Sgt. Rudy Martinez, 99th Security Forces Squadron operations superintendent, learned of his award during a meeting with the 99th Air Base Wing Commander, Col. Dave