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  • AF Reserve announces senior leader changes

    The Chief of Air Force Reserve announced the following senior Leader actions June 20. Brigadier Gen. Udo K. McGregor is being reassigned from deputy director, Strategic Planning, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, D.C., to vice

  • U.S. Advisors Arrive in Iraq to Begin Assessing Insurgency

    The first U.S. service members ordered to Iraq to help the Iraqi military counter an advancing Sunni insurgency have arrived in the country, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said june 24.About 90 troops have arrived in Baghdad, where they will join some 40 others attached to the

  • Risk management central to Critical Days of Summer

    The 2014 Critical Days of Summer, May 23 - Sept. 2, focuses on risk management for all summer activities - on and off duty. This year's theme, Risk: Double checks, not second thoughts, reminds you to be responsible wingmen and to take care of yourselves, your families, and your teammates.Last year's

  • 442d deployed airmen earn meritorious unit award

    U.S. Air Forces Central Command selected the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing for the Meritorious Unit Award June 16, 2014 for outstanding service and support of combat operations at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan and multiple forward operating locations between the dates of July 1, 2013 and June 30,

  • CMSAF Roll Call: Why We Serve?

    The Air Force's top senior enlisted Airman released the latest installment of Roll Call, encouraging Airmen to think about, "why they serve.""It is a privilege to be an Airman, and an honor to defend our nation," said Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James A. Cody. "We can never forget

  • Air Force Ready If Called Upon for Iraq, James Says

    The Air Force is fully engaged in planning efforts to provide options for the situation in Iraq and is ready to provide its capabilities if necessary, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said in Washinton June 18.Speaking to the Defense Writers Group, the Air Force's top official acknowledged the

  • SAPR: More than an Air Force Acronym

    As an Airman and a senior leader in the Air Force Reserve, I've seen firsthand the devastating impacts of sexual assault on an Air Force organization. Regardless of your unit or military status, Active or Reserve, no one is immune to these impacts nor absolved of their responsibility to combat the

  • Sedalia First United Methodist hosts deployed Spouses Night Out

    The First United Methodist Church of Sedalia is scheduling a Spouses Night Out for the significant others of deployed military members July 11.There will be a Pajama and Movie Night for their children between the ages of 0 through fourth grade so the parents can enjoy an evening without having to

  • Fitness program to test Airmen physically, mentally

    Airmen at 18 installations will see a new era of physical fitness as the Air Force Personnel Center Directorate of Services introduces the Air Force Team Cohesion Challenge.The pilot program, built around special operations training, is designed to teach leadership, promote unit cohesion and inspire

  • Taking care of family

    The military family extends beyond those who put on the uniform, it extends to the civilians working beside them and their parents, spouses and children.The bond of the military family was exemplified through the daughter of two members of Team Whiteman, 14-year-old Warrensburg Middle School student