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  • Boxing veteran trains ringside with Fairchild Airmen

    Growing up in a professional boxing home, with constant training, matches and running his family's boxing camp, Coach Danny Graves has grown to appreciate the fine art of his intense sport and now shares that appreciation with Fairchild Airmen. Graves, age 68, is currently a coach for the USA

  • EC commander reacquaints to new job at old location

    Maj. Gen. Frederick H. "Rick" Martin, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, toured Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, 2013, to familiarize himself with the 87th Air Base Wing and see how the wing provides installation support to the entire joint base.The general, who

  • C-17 maintainer awarded Purple Heart

    An Airman from the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was awarded the Purple Heart medal during a ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord Sept. 27.Senior Airman Anthony Haupert, 62nd AMXS communications and navigation systems specialist, sustained injuries during a deployment last year to Bagram Air

  • Team Dover helps make NASCAR weekend successful

    While Jimmie Johnson, driver of the No. 48 Kobalt/Lowe's Chevy, won a record-breaking eighth time at the Monster Mile in the AAA 400 on Sunday, Airmen from Team Dover completed another successful weekend of community relations.Team Dover members manned static display vehicles in the Monster Fun Zone

  • Team Dover, USO connect with NASCAR fans

    Members of Team Dover and the USO volunteered Sept. 27-29 at the Dover International Speedway in Dover Del., to help race fans understand mission of the organizations they represent. Staff Sgt. Justin Bogushefsky, 436th SFS flight sergeant, said it is important to have the ability to tell the public

  • AMC chief talks Airmen EPRs and the future force

    Chief Master Sgt. Richard A. "Andy" Kaiser, Air Mobility Command command chief, spoke to more than 500 Airmen Sept. 26 here about enlisted performance reports and the weighted airman's promotion system. Kaiser explained exaggerated EPRs hurt the individual, those who are truly among the best are not

  • Selva challenges innovation at MacDill

    Gen. Paul J. Selva, Air Mobility Command commander, visited MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., to get a first-hand Airman perspective and find out what is important to them during a two-day tour Sept. 26-27. Selva visited twice before, but this was his first opportunity to interact with Airmen and

  • U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander visits Pope AAF

    Maj. Gen. Rick Martin, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, met with Airmen of the 43rd Airlift Group here Sep. 16 during a visit to see the group's mission firsthand.During the visit, Martin received a Global Response Force mission briefing from Col. Daniel Tulley, 43rd AG commander, and

  • Memo prepares DOD employees for government shutdown

    Although Defense Department officials believe a government shutdown can be avoided when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1, they want DOD employees to be prepared for the possibility, Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a memo issued to the workforce Sept. 23. The fiscal year ends Sept. 30,

  • MSAS air advisors work with AFAFRICA to share ideas with Angolan AF

    U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Air Forces Africa worked together with a 621st Contingency Response Wing traveling contact team to conduct a building partnership engagement in Luanda, Angola, from Sept. 9 to 13.  The engagement gave 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron air advisors and Angolan