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March 17, 2011
Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility gets wounded warriors home from Afghanistan

The transition from the Craig Joint Theater Hospital to home is made easier for wounded warriors with the help of the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility, or CASF, here. Once a patient is in stable condition after receiving care at the joint theater hospital, they are brought to the CASF where
March 17, 2011
Comprehensive Airman Fitness: Looking out for those 'invisible wounds'

As deployment rates continue to climb and the jobs exceed the number of available workers, Airmen may forget to keep their guard up for one of their deadliest foes and greatest ally - their mental health ."We provide our Airmen the best equipment in the entire world, without a doubt, but it's the
March 16, 2011
Reports: Mobility Airmen continue global support effort for Japan

Reports from throughout the Department of Defense are showing a U.S. military-wide effort to support humanitarian relief efforts for the quake- and tsunami-stricken areas of Japan. However, behind the scenes of that effort, are mobility Airmen from Pacific Air Forces, Air Mobility Command and many
March 15, 2011
AMC emergency responders test integrated capabilities

The detector's beeping alarm warns that the liquid seeping from the barrel in front of them is some type of chemical warfare agent. The M-8 paper turns gold indicating the presence of a G-series nerve agent.After further testing, the team determines the drum contains the deadly chemical warfare
March 14, 2011
Air transportation Airmen making a difference for Japan relief operations

Among the busiest Airmen at Misawa Air Base, Japan, and many other locations throughout the world coordinating humanitarian relief operations in Japan are air transportation Airmen. On March 11, an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan and a tsunami followed creating widespread destruction
March 11, 2011
Secretary Gates pledges U.S. help for Japan

The United States is prepared to help Japan deal with the aftermath of the massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck today "in any way we possibly can," Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said in Bahrain."I've been kept informed all day long about the tsunami in Japan, the earthquake
March 9, 2011
AMC announces finalists for first sergeant, outstanding Airmen of the year

The commander of Air Mobility Command, Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., announced in a message March 7 the finalists for AMC's first sergeant of the year and outstanding Airmen of the year for 2010.Twelve Airmen from across AMC have been selected for the competition. In his message, General Johns said the
March 9, 2011
Air Mobility Liaison Officers conducting landing zone safety training in Afghanistan

At an austere airstrip here, Air Mobility Liaison Officers are conducting landing zone safety officer certification training to U.S. and coalition forces throughout Afghanistan unsecured dirt landing strip outside the protection of conventional forces. Twenty-six students from the U.S. Air Force and
March 4, 2011
Testing puts LAIRCM on target to protect tankers

One of the most common threats in the war in Afghanistan is the Man-portable Air Defense System (MANPAD), usually in the form of shoulder-fired infrared missiles. Without any countermeasures, large, slow-moving aircraft were susceptible to attack by such means. The Large Aircraft Countermeasures
Feb. 28, 2011
Comprehensive Airman Fitness: Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Airman Activities Center gives Airmen 'a place of their own'

Like a proud father, Staff Sgt. Nahkoma Doyle, 627th Civil Engineer Squadron dorm manager, sat at a table inside the newly completed Airman Activities Center here and gushed about the work a group of Airmen put in to get the project completed."This whole thing was their idea," said Sergeant Doyle.

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