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  • Sports Related Injuries: Know When to Seek Treatment

    Living an active lifestyle can have many advantages. The health benefits that come along with staying physically active can make a big difference in our lives. There are certain risk factors, however, that accompany leading an active lifestyle: sports injuries. These injuries can result in pain,

  • Success of Proactive Safety Programs Relies on "Just Culture" Acceptance

    First, what is "Just Culture"?A widely accepted and published definition comes from Dr. James Reason, a noted psychologist who has worked in the aviation field with the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine and the U.S. Naval Aerospace Medical Institute, and received the 2001 U.S.A. Flight

  • 2013 Safety Office of the Year

    2013 Safety Office of the Year436 Air WingDover Air Force Base, DelawareLt Col Jason Mills, Chief, 436 AW Safety at Dover AFB, says every Safety Office at every base works hard. But he is obviously proud of what his folks accomplished in 2013 that garnered them the 2013 Safety Office of the Year

  • The Jennifer Vaughan story: one Airman's comeback journey from near death

    There are words Staff Sgt. Jennifer Vaughan faintly remembers hearing from her family and fiancé as she slowly woke up Feb. 18, 2013 from a 62-day induced coma, but it was the look on their faces that made her understand that something was "very wrong."Unable to respond and comprehend the magnitude

  • New year is a perfect time to update contact information, records

    With the new year just around the corner, now is the perfect time for Airmen to double check and, if necessary, update their contact information, secure web account access and emergency records, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.The traditional move season is over, so some Airmen may have

  • Pentagon to review Dover AFB schools

    As the Department of Defense looks to save money under intense budget constraints, Dover Air Force Base's Maj. George S. Welch Elementary and Dover Air Base Middle School will be a part of a Pentagon ordered study.The RAND Corp. will conduct a $905,000 study to recommend to the Secretary of Defense

  • Holiday, winter safety campaign underway

    Commanders, directors, and chiefs:The Air Force holiday/winter safety campaign will run from Nov. 22, 2013 to Jan. 2, 2014 focusing on travel and seasonal activities commonly associated with this time of year. While AMC did not lose any Airmen during the holiday period last year, the AF as a whole

  • Grand Forks Airmen hold Wingman Day

    The Warriors of the North paused day-to-day operations Nov. 15 in order to reinforce the Wingman concept and focus on unit wellness.This most recent Wingman Day kicked off with members of Grand Forks Air Force Base conducting a handful of briefings followed by a series of events specifically focused

  • Innovation vs. Invention

    This past October marked our twelfth year of sustained combat operations in Afghanistan. During more than a decade of war, you've proven you are part of the best trained and equipped Air Force the world has ever known. You've attained that distinction by doing things right. Doing things right

  • Travis' 621st CRW keeps budget lean with humanitarian relief simulation

    The 621st Contingency Response Wing is known as Air Mobility Command's 911 force and can be tasked to provide a broad array of mission sets ranging from contingency response to humanitarian relief operations. They stand on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.In an effort to remain proficient at