Prevention begins with education

Team V donates blood to community

Expeditionary Airman earns Bronze Star

Air Force officials issue guidelines for green fleece

Additional new guidance has just been released from the office of Manpower, Personnel and Services, or AF/A1, at the Pentagon regarding wear of the authorized sage-green fleece outer garment.According to a message issued by AF/A1, "The sage-green fleece jacket, commonly known as Generation III or

Service members would earn pay during shutdown

Military members would continue to earn wages in the event of an April 8 shutdown of the federal government, but they'd have to wait to collect them until Congress agrees on a budget, a senior administration official said here April 6.During a telephone briefing administered by the Office of

CDC promotes Child Abuse Awareness Month

SFS members guard Air Force One

Eight members of the 30th Security Forces Squadron here were assigned the duty of guarding Air Force One during President Barack Obama's visit to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 16-24. While the president addressed the people of Brazil, 30th SFS personnel along with support from other commands

DOD celebrates Month of the Military Child

Children of U.S. service members around the world will be honored throughout the month of April for their contributions to their families' well-being and sacrifices on behalf of the nation, a Defense Department official said.Each April, Americans pause to recognize the nation's 1.8 million military

VA budget request signals commitment to vets

President Barack Obama's $132 billion 2012 budget request for the Veterans Affairs Department demonstrates that despite a tight fiscal environment, the U.S. officials stand by their commitment to men and women who have served in uniform, Deputy VA Secretary W. Scott Gould told American Forces Press

DOD to drop Social Security numbers from ID cards

Beginning June 1, Social Security numbers on military identification cards will begin to disappear, said Maj. Monica M. Matoush, a Pentagon spokeswoman. The effort is part of a larger plan to protect service members and other DOD identification card holders from identity theft, officials said.