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  • Speaker encourages deployers to turn negatives into positives

    Pre- and post-deployment Airmen attending Yellow Ribbon Program training events often hear an inspirational message from a speaker who desires to have reservists "come, share and plan to leave with something.""I hear what I am saying when I'm telling people to be positive," said Ryspodii "Sporty"

  • Next-generation mobility solutions beginning

    The initial rollout of modernized commercial mobile technologies, or CMT, has begun across the Air Force.The rollout will focus on BlackBerry replacement and executive users while the distribution process will be focused on enabling approximately 5,000 iOS devices.Major commands will be allowed to

  • 442d FW Annual Awards Banquet

    YOU ARE INVITED! Join us during the April UTA for the 442d FW Annual Awards Banquet where we will recognize our 2013 quarterly and annual award winners! Enjoy lunch and support your fellow Reservists. Contact your First Sergeant for tickets.

  • Training at Tuskegee: Turning dreams into reality

    Words from the Air Force's first African American general catch the attention of visitors to the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, giving them an idea of the pride pilots felt for their flight training here, particularly the first time they took the air alone."After the last landing, the

  • Air Force introduces Volume 8 of Portraits in Courage

    The Air Force released its eighth volume of Portraits in Courage, highlighting three teams and thirteen Airmen for their honor, valor, devotion and selfless sacrifice in the face of extreme danger to themselves and others. "Our Airmen are faced with situations like this each and every day around the

  • Congressional report recommends more reservists, less AFRC structure

    The National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force issued its report to the president and Congress Jan. 31.The report calls for moving more Air Force manpower into the reserve components but "disestablishing" Air Force Reserve Command and its three numbered air forces."Many of the

  • Free summer camp for military children

    Posted on behalf of Morale Welfare and Recreation:Operation Military Kids (OMK) is excited that our Illinois 4-H partner has again been selected to host a CAMP CORRAL for military children ages 8-15 years.It will be held July 6-11, 2014 at the 4-H Memorial Camp near Monticello, IL.Apply online at:

  • ‘Great deal of symmetry’ between AF, national commission recommendations

    The national commission which was created to examine how to modify the Air Force's structure to best fill current and future mission requirements, presented its recommendations during two public meetings on Capitol Hill here Jan. 30. The National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force was

  • TRICARE Retiree Dental Program Open for New Enrollments

    The TRICARE Retiree Dental Program (TRDP) offers comprehensive dental coverage to all enrolled members. Available to retired service members and their family, retired National Guard and Reserve members and their family, Medal of Honor recipients, their family and survivors, TRDP is currently open

  • As a wingman, look for signals of distress

    Last spring, I attended the funeral of a friend, classmate and fellow veteran.His passing marked the second time in 2013 that a family friend had committed suicide.His troubles were many, and he hid them well. We spoke often and had many "war stories" to tell each other. I'd seen him at least weekly