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NEWS

  • Safety is a Leadership Issue

    For many of our AMC Airmen, the upcoming months bring with them both the joys of the holiday season and the dangers of dealing with wintry weather conditions. The holidays offer an opportunity to pause and reflect on past accomplishments, visit with family and friends, and set new goals for the

  • What Do Ground Safety Managers DO?

    What is a normal workday for a Ground Safety Manager (GSM)? First, if one spent any time in the safety realm, it is apparent that the word "normal" does not coincide with the happenings of a day. Second, if you contact 20 different GSMs on any given day and ask what they did on that particular day,

  • B-r-r-ing on the Winter Weather!

    Year after year, right on fall's heels, winter makes its appearance. Your location determines, to a large extent, what winter looks like to you. Here in southwest Ohio, it gets cold first, and the snow and ice comes later. Some winters are much worse than others are, but we can almost always count

  • Spotlight Award: KC-135R Aircrew

    While deployed for the 906th Air Refueling Squadron in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM and peacekeeping mission over Iraq, Capt Todd Walker, Capt Christopher Miller, and SSgt Jarrett Crawford from 375 Air Mobility Wing, Scott AFB who were associated with 126 Air Refueling Wing, Scott AFB,

  • Not wearing his seatbelt? How could that be?

    I am a mom. I love the Air Force and I have a great job, but the best part of my life is being a mom. I'm a mom eight times over: five stepchildren (two from my first marriage) and three biological children.I became a stepmom to Christopher and April when I married their father in 1984. Christopher

  • Thank You

    To the safety officers, non-commissioned officers and civilians throughout our Air Force, I want to say thank you for your incredible efforts over the last year. Due to your vigilance, the 2014 fiscal year was the safest ground safety year in 10 years and the safest flight safety year in the history

  • Key spouses open doors for military families

    Every Airman knows his first sergeant is one of the best resources available when he needs advice or a helping hand, but who can spouses turn to?Air Force members and their families will find a key spouse in most units with a first sergeant."I became a key spouse because it was something I've always

  • JB Charleston Airman overseas in support of OUA

    Although the number of Ebola cases is beginning to decline and the American population is learning to live with the fear of a world in which Ebola is a real danger, American service members are still deployed near the front lines of the infection, battling the disease overseas before it can invade

  • Airman stays resilient after medical emergency last year

    Four days after giving birth to a baby boy, Senior Airman India King was medically evacuated to St. Louis University Hospital. When she arrived in August of 2013, the doctors discovered she was actively hemorrhaging in her brain, which required a total of three surgeries."It was very surprising. I

  • JTF-PO leaves Liberia

    After almost two months of supporting Operation UNITED ASSISTANCE, approximately 45 Airmen and Soldiers of the Joint Task Force-Port Opening left Liberia along with members of the Navy and Marines in a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, Nov. 13.Approximately 10 air mobility specialist U.S. Army