FEATURES

  • Proper documents save time at Social Security Card Center

    A Social Security card and number are essential for life in 21st century America. That is why Social Security wants to make sure that Airmen and their loved ones applying for a new or replacement Social Security card understand the new rules on what identifying documents are required. Lines are long

  • Warrior of the Week

    Airman 1st Class Kristina Cantu is the Nellis Air Force Base Warrior of the Week. She is a diet therapist with the 99th Medical Support Squadron. Time in Air Force: One year, five months Time at Nellis: One year Hometown: I was a military brat ... right now it is Manhattan, Kan. What do you do? I

  • Nellis spouses graduate from Air Force 101

    They listened, they learned and they graduated with high honors. Eighteen military spouses, some very new and some veterans to the military, were invited to attend Heart-Link -- an Air Force 101 course designed to educate family members on the mission of the Air Force -- a five-hour orientation on

  • Welcome Home program helps returning Airmen with deployment stresses

    Airmen returning from Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait or other areas involved in the Global War on Terrorism often find things have changed emotionally within their families, and they are confronted with the stresses of readjusting to their home-front. As a part of working through this readjustment, they

  • Nellis 'Volunteer of the Year' selected

    As far as volunteers go ... she is the best of the best. Maj. Denise Hamilton, 57th Adversary Tactics Group assistant director of operations for training, was selected as the Nellis Volunteer of the Year. She received the award based on her outstanding contributions to the 99th Air Base Wing's

  • Biggest loser from Nellis drops 80 pounds

    What a loser! But this time, it's a good thing. Senior Airman Joseph McTaggart, a 22-year-old 99th Services Squadron culinary artist, while on deployment to Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, recently lost 83 pounds and said he is very comfortable where he is now. "My goal now [at 167 pounds] is to not

  • 'Top Gun' instructor helps with Raptor integration

    What do you say when the Air Force chief of staff asks you to be the first F-22 pilot for the Navy? In Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Wosje's case, it was, "How could I refuse?" In a program that lets Navy pilots jump ship to train and integrate with the Air Force, this F/A-18C Hornet pilot from the U.S.S.

  • Flight doctor saves life on commercial plane

    "Is there a doctor on board?" the overhead system announced on a flight from Georgia to Nevada Dec. 20 For the second time in two months, Capt. Alex Keller, M.D., pushed his button to signal the flight attendant. A woman in her 40s with a pre-existing medical condition was in need of oxygen. Captain

  • Unsecured networks open door for hackers, spies

    As technology develops, prices drop, and gadgets become faster and more accessible. The development of the Internet and the many ways the world communicates follows. Throughout the 1990's, the unmistakable sound of beeping mixed with static was one that residents could sing along to as their modem