Friendly competition promotes fun, fitness

Fairchild hosts 2nd military family caucus event

Fairchild hosted its second Military Family Caucus event Aug. 20, to give military spouses a venue to discuss challenges, common issues and barriers they experience, as well as offer potential solutions for congressional leadership. Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers chaired the event."My goal is

Idea brings $10,000 for McConnell civilian

A civilian member of the 22nd Operations Group was presented a check for $10,000 from the Air Force at the 22nd Air Refueling Wing staff meeting Aug. 27 at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.James Shores, 22nd OG short range scheduling chief, received the money as part of the Innovative Development

A different way to finance

McConnell comptrollers finished the first set of classes on the Defense Enterprise and Accounting Management System Aug. 23.The new system is scheduled to be implemented in the 22nd Comptroller Squadron in September 2012.DEAMS is an enterprise resource planning system and will replace multiple

Expeditionary Center hosts Air Mobility Command wargame

Approximately 65 air mobility experts recently wrapped up participation in Air Mobility Command's Global Mobility (GLOMO) Wargame 2012 at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center here recently. GLOMO is conducted biannually at the Expeditionary Center by subject-matter experts from across the Air

Air Force's newest Air Advisor publication leverages proven best practices

The Air Force's newest Tactics, Techniques and Procedures publication, AFTTP 3-4.5 Air Advising, became an official document after being signed by Maj. Gen. Brett Williams, Headquarters Air Force director of operations, and Maj. Gen. Bill Bender, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander,

Call of duty water warfare, McChord Field style

Bombs are dropping all around, gun fire can be heard in the distance, a C-130 Hercules makes a low pass of the battleground and overhead members are parachuting in. This may sound like a scene from a video game or movie, but it is was the actual scene of the McChord Field Combat Dining-In, Aug. 17

Transit Center passenger experience realigned to centralized location

Whether a service member is heading to Afghanistan or redeploying back to their home station, they want their transient experience to be simple.A consolidation of the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan's Passenger Terminal and U.S. Customs Processing Center into a centralized location is aimed at

U.S. Transcom hosts civilian for training to support 2012 NDAA

The U.S. Transportation Command's Joint Transportation Reserve Unit (JRTU) held rotary wing familiarization and sling load training for more than 75 Air Force, Army, Navy, Department of Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Department of Homeland Security personnel Aug. 4 and 11 on Scott Air

Gen. Johns to be inducted to Order of the Sword

Gen. Raymond Johns Jr., Air Mobility Command commander, received a greeting unlike any other the morning of Aug. 20 with more than 250 Mobility Airman saluting him as he arrived at the Headquarters AMC building. On behalf of the more than 35,000 enlisted Airmen in AMC, Chief Master Sgt. Andy Kaiser,