Team Dover Airman awarded the Bronze Star Medal

A lone Airman and his service dog responsible for training Afghan forces and keeping Army Special Operations forces safe from improvised explosive devices, brought home more than just himself and his companion. Staff Sgt. Jason Spangenberg, 436th Security Forces Squadron, military working dog

AMC names Grand Forks AFB Chaplain Office best small chapel organization for 2013

The members of the 319th Air Base Wing Chaplain Office have an extra reason to count their blessings after recently being named the recipient of a major command-level award.The chapel team won the 2013 Air Mobility Command Outstanding Small Chapel Organization Award. "I was happy for my entire

319th Medical Group holds National Patient Safety Awareness Week

The Warriors of the North are doing their part to keep everyone aware of the importance of patient safety.Patient Safety Awareness Week is a campaign to encourage patients to be active participants in their healthcare and to educate staff about safe practices to support patients.Elizabeth Nelson,

Warrior of the North named AMC Outstanding Chaplain Assistant NCO of the Year

Staff Sgt. Nikki Webb, NCO-in-charge of chapel operations for the 319th Air Base Wing Chapel, was recently named the top chaplain assistant NCO of the year for Air Mobility Command.This latest honor comes to her shortly after also being named the NCO of the Year for the 319th Air Base Wing Staff

Grand Forks AFB teacher receives VFW award

JB MDL service members visit Super Bowl Blvd

More than 100 service members and their guests from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., attended the USAA Military VIP experience at the NFL House on Super Bowl Blvd. in Manhattan, N.Y., Feb. 1, 2014.The attendees were invited to be part of the guest audience during the USAA Salute to Service

Spotlight Award: SSgt Ryan Rodgers

SSgt Ryan Rodgers serves as the Aerial Port Support Section Noncommissioned Officer in Charge, 728th Air Mobility Squadron, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. He identified numerous hazardous conditions in the work environment during his weekly safety inspections. In response, he co-authored four Job Safety

Well Done Award: TSgt Cory B. Little

Congratulations to TSgt Cory B. Little, 573d Global Support Squadron, 621st Contingency Response Wing, Travis AFB, on his recent receipt of the Air Force Weapons Safety Well Done Award for outstanding achievements in Weapons Safety.Sergeant Little was recognized for his excellence in handling the

Spotlight Award: C-21 Flight Crew

During routine training at Peterson AFB, a C-21 piloted by Lt Col Sean McFarland and Lt Christopher Brimer became extremely difficult to control shortly before a flight control warning light illuminated. As the crew performed an unplanned go-around, secondary flight controls failed. Maintaining

Success of Proactive Safety Programs Relies on "Just Culture" Acceptance

First, what is "Just Culture"?A widely accepted and published definition comes from Dr. James Reason, a noted psychologist who has worked in the aviation field with the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine and the U.S. Naval Aerospace Medical Institute, and received the 2001 U.S.A. Flight