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  • Virtual World prepares mobility Airmen for real mission

    Airmen preparing for the worldwide mobility mission of the 621st Contingency Response Wing here now have a powerful new training tool. A state-of-the-art virtual firearms training simulator with a 300-degree field of view is now being operated by the 819th Global Support Squadron to prepare CRW

  • Base dining transformation underway at four AMC bases

    Would you like to purchase a sub sandwich at a food court near your work place using your meal card? If you are an Airman at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., MacDill AFB, Fla., Little Rock AFB, Ark., or Fairchild AFB, Wash., you may be able to do just that as a pilot program gets underway to transform

  • Brig. Gen. Bradley Pray Speaks to Pope About FMP

    Brig. Gen. Bradley R. Pray, Deputy Director of Operations, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, spoke to Pope Airmen about the Force Management Program, April 8.The FMP is designed to assist Air Force officials in achieving the fiscal 2010 end strength of 331,700, requiring a reduction in force by

  • Reserve officer named Chaplain of the Year

    Chaplain (Capt.) Michael McDonald is the 2009 Thoralf T. Thielen Reserve Chaplain of the Year.The award is meaningful for Chaplain McDonald because his career didn't start in the chapel, and Chaplain McDonald himself was not always on a religious path.During the nine years he served as an active

  • AMC CRE increases, sustains airlift flow at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan

    AMC 615th Contingency Response Element Airmen recently deployed to Camp Bastion in Southern Afghanistan to increase airfield operations in direct support of U.S. Marines during the U.S. troop increase called for by President Obama to target the insurgency and secure key population centers."The 615th

  • eFinance mandatory for submitting non-DTS travel vouchers

    A new financial services tool is now available to assist travelers with filing their non-DTS travel vouchers. eFinance offers a secure, paperless way to submit TDY-related financial documents by providing automated assistance to the traveler. This process is accomplished using a "wizard approach" to

  • Flash media ban still in effect, cyber defense group softens mission impact

    Don't jump to conclusions. Thumb drives on Air Force computers are still a no-go. Although U.S. Strategic Command issued an order granting limited use of removable flash media devices under specific circumstances, flash media is still banned in the Air Force.Once an Air Force policy is created, the

  • AMC commander: 'Air Mobility Airmen continue to answer the call'

    When the President announced 30,000 more U.S. troops were needed in Afghanistan, it was no surprise that mobility Airmen would play a major role in helping make this a reality. In fact, many of you at home and abroad have already worked overtime to ensure the first wave of troops reached Afghanistan

  • Expeditionary Center 'Eagles' give AMC chiefs birds-eye view

    More than two dozen of Air Mobility Command's command chief master sergeants were introduced to the ever-growing mission of the United States Air Force Expeditionary Center during a command chief conference here, March 1 to 4.While visiting the Expeditionary Center, the AMC's command chiefs were

  • DePLAYment program allows access to free, reduced-cost services

    Wouldn't it be great if, when your spouse deploys, you could get free child care or get yourself or the kids more involved with base programs, without worrying about the cost?Now, when an Airman deploys, their family can get "dog tag" to use as a base pass for free/ reduced cost services such as