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  • DoD Warns Troops, Families to be Cyber Crime Smart

    Defense Department employees and their families should be vigilant when guarding personal and work information from expanding cyber-criminal activity, and to know how to recognize scammer tactics, according to DoD's chief information officer.Terry A. Halvorsen issued a DoD-wide memorandum March 18

  • Survivors quilt: Built for comfort

    As you all may remember from years past, April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.This year, in an attempt to further personalize the issue of sexual assault, some victim advocates and members of the community are putting together a survivors quilt.The purpose of the quilt is to give survivors of

  • 442 FW scores fifth intramural basketball championship in seven years

    Staff Sgt Benjamin Franklin doesn't look like he's over 30. But his youthful appearance hides the heart of a fierce competitor.Under the expert leadership of Lt Col Todd "Riddler" Riddle, Franklin and the other members of the 442d men's over-30 intramural basketball team have once again proven that

  • AF holds 50th anniversary Vietnam War commemoration ceremony

    The Air Force is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War by honoring prisoners of war and missing in action, veterans and their families during a wreath-laying ceremony at 10:30 a.m. EST, March 2, at the Air Force Memorial in Washington D.C.This is the first Headquarters Air Force

  • Air Force places 18 A-10 aircraft into 'Backup Status'

    The Air Force, with congressional authorization, will convert 18 primary combat-coded A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from active units and place them into Backup-Aircraft Inventory (BAI) status with the possibility to convert another 18 at a later date in fiscal year 2015.The secretary of Defense has

  • Citizen Airmen Brown balances deployment with civilian responsibility

    Some Airmen might have a first deployment when they're 18 years old. For Senior Master Sgt. Leo Brown, a first sergeant at the 442d Fighter Wing, his first deployment came after 18 years in the Air Force.As a traditional Reservist, Brown balances his Air Force career with teaching theology, church

  • Gracie Schram volunteers time to entertain 442 FW Airmen

    The 442d Fighter Wing received a special treat from up and coming singer/songwriter Gracie Schram during the wing's December Welcome Home party. Schram volunteered her singing talents for the event and captivated the audience with her soulful voice."We heard Gracie was going to be good but when she

  • Carter’s message to DOD workforce

    Ash Carter, who was sworn in as the 25th secretary of Defense Feb. 17, laid out his top priorities in a message to the Defense Department workforce.Carter's message reads as follows:To all Department of Defense personnel:I am honored to become your Secretary of Defense. I am proud to lead men and

  • Senate Confirms Carter as 25th Secretary of Defense

    The U.S. Senate Feb 12 confirmed former Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter as the 25th secretary of defense.Two days after the Senate Armed Services Committee voted unanimously to approve Carter's nomination, the full Senate, in a 93-5 affirmative vote, confirmed President Barack Obama's nominee

  • Reservist leads new program for unit fitness

    Master Sgt. Aaron Meadows was feeling the burn.Rivulets of perspiration trickled down his face as he lay on his back, panting for air while recovering from an intense round of bear-crawls, done while pushing a 45-pound plate across the floor."Oh man...that hurts," he gasped, before slowly pulling