Air Force Global Logistics Support Center hosts local mayors

The Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, or AFGLSC, has almost 500 members assigned to Scott Air Force Base, with almost 4,500 additional personnel at five other bases. Their jobs, like most jobs in the Air Force, require them to either deploy or go TDY frequently. The departure from home is

635th SCOW hosts strategy planning session at Scott AFB

The 635th Supply Chain Operations Wing here recently held a strategy planning session at Scott Air Force Base to set the future direction for the unit. The strategies session's goal was to set the future direction for the unit, align all unit projects into one focused view, and minimize projects

USTRANSCOM moves DOD personnel from Japan

More than 7,500 Department of Defense personnel and family members, and 400 of their pets, were evacuated from disaster ravaged Japan in March. The evacuation was made possible through the combined efforts of the U.S. Transportation Command and its components, Air Mobility Command, Military Surface

Joint Base Charleston personnel honored as 'Volunteer of the Year' by local food bank

Joint Base Charleston as a whole was selected as the Volunteer of the Year by the Lowcountry Foodbank, or LCFB. In 2010, 221 Joint Base Charleston volunteers assisted the LCFB by working 1,076 man-hours, supporting more than 16 food bank events and preparing more than 510,000 pounds of food for the

Photos: Travis Airmen deployed to Afghanistan

DOD: U.S. forces, to include mobility Airmen, demonstrate global reach, effectiveness

The U.S. military demonstrated its global reach and effectiveness in the past month of crises, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said April 5.The U.S. military is probably the only organization in the world that could have handled the demands of providing assistance to the people of Japan in

NATO makes smooth transition in Libya operations

The transition from the U.S.-led Operation Odyssey Dawn to the NATO-led Operation Unified Protector has occurred seamlessly, British Royal Navy Rear Adm. Russell Harding said in Naples, Italy, April 6.The NATO mission has the equipment and capabilities needed to protect the Libyan people, maintain

Citizen Airmen support Operation Unified Protector

Like any typical Saturday, Master Sgt. Jocelyn Fredrick planned to spend the weekend with her two young children. But a phone call early in the morning changed all that. Sergeant Fredrick, an intelligence specialist with the 171st Air Refueling Wing in Pittsburgh, was called to serve in Operation

Troops to receive full mid-month pay April 15th

All service members will receive their full mid-month pay they have earned in their paychecks April 15, Pentagon officials said April 11."Basically, all active duty and Reserve service members will receive full mid-month pay on the 15th of April," Pentagon spokesman Marine Col. Dave Lapan said. "It

Photo essay: A day in the life of a munitions Airman at Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Master Sgt. Frank Erzar, 62nd Maintenance Squadron munitions flight superintendent, sorts through expended small arms April 5 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The munitions flight carefully sorts through the brass, which comes from the firing range, in search of live rounds to make sure they are