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  • SEAC renews faith in Total Force at Joint Base MDL

    Marine Corps Sergeant Maj. Bryan Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on April 14 and 15.The SEAC is the principal military advisor to the chairman and the Secretary of Defense on all Total Force matters.Battaglia's

  • 'Deployed' -- Grand Forks AFB children serve as inspiration for local play

    Most kids in America kiss Mom or Dad goodbye in the morning, and see them again when they sit down for dinner that evening.But military children can go six months without seeing one, or even both, of their parents. For some, it can be more than a year of missed birthdays, bedtime stories and shared

  • Scott Airman saves life with bone marrow donation

    Right now roughly 15,000 Americans are living with a life-threatening disease that can be cured by a donation of bone marrow. By the end of this year, more than 3,000 of those people will die waiting for a transplant.One Airman from Scott Air Force Base recently had the chance to save one of those

  • Travis AFB Jazz band inspires students

    The Commanders Jazz Band of the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West conducted an educational outreach clinic with students March 27, 2012, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Working with students provides a way for band members to encourage valuable life skills such as perseverance, self-expression

  • New housing website prepares Airmen for moving

    With the summer moving season just around the corner thousands of Airmen and their families can now use a new housing website to help prepare for their move. The website, www.housing.af.mil, provides dormitory information for unaccompanied Airmen while detailing housing options and support services

  • Airdrops could play key role in eventual Afghanistan transition

    During 2011, mobility Airmen airdropped more than 80 million pounds of cargo for troops deployed throughout austere locations in Afghanistan. In the future, the Air Force expects airdrops to continue as troops move out of Afghanistan in coming years.In March, Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen,

  • TACC leading effort for 'retrograde' cargo from Afghanistan

    For airlift aircraft transiting and moving cargo to and from the Central Command area of responsibility, planners at the 618th Air Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center) are leading an effort to keep those aircraft full of cargo as they return from the deployed areas to the United

  • Team Fairchild receives growth award

    Members of Team Fairchild supported the base's 18th year of participation in Arbor Day at the Survival School Campus here April 13. "I love coming to Fairchild for Arbor Day," said Garth Davis, Spokane County Conservation District forester. "You guys know how to do it right. 18 years is longer than

  • 62nd OG gives back to spouses

    Frequent deployments, tours of duty, humanitarian missions and training flights may lead loved ones to ask, "What are they doing up there?"More than 100 loved ones got the chance to find out April 14 when they took to the skies as part of the 62nd Operations Group spouse orientation flight.The

  • Sky’s the limit: 618th AOC weather unit wins Air Force honors

    Their skills are simply stratospheric -- at least by U.S. Air Force standards. The 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center) Weather Operations Directorate here recently won the 2011 Air Force Outstanding Specialized Weather Support Unit. The 618th is the global air