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  • MG Martin assumes command of USAF Expeditionary Center

    Maj. Gen. Frederick "Rick" Martin assumed command of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center during a ceremony Sept. 9, 2013, at the Expeditionary Center, here. General Paul J. Selva, Air Mobility Command commander, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., presided over the event, attended by nearly 200 service

  • Travis Welcomes Surgeon General from Royal Thai Air Force

    Top ranking officials from the Directorate of Medical Services within the Royal Thai Air Force exchanged methods, processes and ideas with the 60th Medical Group commander and staff Aug. 27 and 28 during a tour of Travis Air Force Base.The distinguished visitors included Air Marshal Chuphan

  • 436th CS personnel nominated for DoD CIO awards

    Being recognized for your hard work is an enjoyable experience. Having that recognition come from the upper echelon is even better.Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Marcolini, 436th Communications Squadron network infrastructure NCOIC and the 436th CS plans and programs team were selected by Air Mobility Command to

  • Hey Y'all...Watch This!

    When I'm looking for information on flying safety, I go straight to the experts. I do research in the published regulations, and I go see the flying safety guys. Recently I happened to luck into two flight safety officers in one day, Lt Col Steve Griffin, current chief of safety for my wing, and Lt

  • Acting SecAF tours Travis

    Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning visited Travis Air Force Base Aug. 22 and 23 to witness the mission first-hand and engage Airmen in a discussion about the most pressing issues facing the Air Force today.The most senior leadership of the Department of the Air Force is comprised of two

  • Safety first for Senegalese AF, AMC air advisors

    Four air advisors assigned to a safety traveling contact team from the 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron began a week-long trip to Dakar, Senegal, from July 27 to August 3, 2013.The air advisors, deployed from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., focused on safety topics including crew

  • UCMJ remains strict on drugs

    With the successes of Initiative 502 in Washington state and Amendment 64 in Colorado last November, the legal framework of drug use has become decisively more lax.However malleable the legal status of marijuana and other drugs becomes for civilians, the Uniform Code of Military Justice has not

  • 818th MSAS, Burundi Air Force continue partnership engagements

    The 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron accomplished the second of at least four building partnership and partner capacity engagements in Bujumbura, Burundi, July 15 to July 26, 2013.Four MSAS Airmen assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., were

  • U.S., U.K. forces partner for expeditionary training

    Reflecting real-world contingency operating environments, the U.S. Air Force and Army partnered with the U.K. Royal Air Force for a Joint Task Force Port Opening during Exercise EAGLE FLAG held here, July 15-19. With a partnership that began between the USAF Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat

  • Hagel announces reduction in civilian furlough days

    Hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian employees who have had to take a weekly unpaid day off from work since July 8 are getting some relief, as the total number of furlough days has been reduced from 11 to six, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced today.Here is the complete text of