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  • Little Rock AFB affected by civilian restructuring

    Base officials announced Thursday 41 civilian personnel positions will be eliminated as part of civilian workforce adjustments announced by the Air Force Wednesday, Nov. 2 .Base officials are making face-to-face notifications to those affected by the decision.In response to direction from the

  • Black eyes raise domestic violence awareness

    Thirty-nine Airmen and civilians reported for work across the wing last month, each sporting a noticeable black eye and wondering just one thing: Would anyone notice?Thankfully, the bruises were simulated - part of Grand Forks' first-ever Family Advocacy Program Black Eye Campaign from Oct. 17 to

  • AMC announces civilian workforce restructuring

    In accordance with the Air Force's ongoing effort to increase efficiencies, reduce overhead and eliminate redundancy, Air Mobility Command (AMC) officials announced an adjustment to the command's civilian workforce. In response to direction from the Secretary of Defense for Department of Defense to

  • Air Force announces civilian workforce restructuring

    Air Force officials announced several adjustments to the civilian workforce Nov 2. In response to direction from the Secretary of Defense for the Department of Defense to stop civilian growth above fiscal year 2010 levels and the need to add 5900 positions against the Air Force's top priorities, the

  • Tips to keeping military marriages strong, healthy

    I spoke to a spouse last year about dealing with deployments and keeping military marriages strong. Her husband had just returned from a yearlong deployment in Iraq.She cited an example of the types of issues that can arise when communication falls to the wayside. As the primary disciplinarian while

  • Air Force team transports wounded Libyan fighters to U.S.

    Nearly two dozen wounded Libyan fighters were evacuated from the revolutionary battlefields of Libya to the birthplace of the American Revolution, Oct. 29, aboard an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III. At the request of the Department of State, the Secretary of Defense directed two missions supporting

  • Wounded Libyan fighters arrive in U.S.

    At the request of the Department of State and as directed by the Secretary of Defense, a C-17 Globemaster under the command and control of the 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center) carried nearly two dozen Libyan fighters to the United States for medical treatment.

  • Extra incentives still available for energy-saving ideas

    Extra incentives are still available for anyone wishing to submit ideas through Air Mobility Command's Fuels, Energy and Environment Idea Campaign, which ends Nov. 1.So far, 50 percent of AMC personnel ideas submitted through the Air Force IDEA Program this month have been related to energy savings,

  • New public health officer to promote resiliency at Fairchild

    In addition to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and the Coast Guard, there are also two less-known branches of the Federal Service - the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Public Health Service. At Fairchild, there is now a member of the Public Health Service whose sole