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  • Uniform code of military justice changes

    Effective Jan. 1, 2019, the Military Justice Act of 2016 will instate the most reform to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and Manual for Courts-Martial in decades, modernizing dated aspects of the military justice system while also providing transparency.

  • Peterson AFB begins Year of the Defender initiative

    In line with the CSAF’s sentiments and the Air Force’s Reconstitute Defender Initiative, the 21st Security Forces Squadron will be reviewing eight improvement areas, ranging from human capital to technology integration to better improve operations. In support of the RDI, the Air Force has allotted

  • Peterson opens new dental clinic

    The 21st Dental Squadron officially introduced its new building during a ribbon cutting ceremony here on Dec. 18, 2018.            Helping cut the ribbon was Brig. Gen. Sharon Bannister, deputy assistant director, education and training, Defense Health Agency.            “When I was looking at the

  • Airmen learn to lead at all levels

    Leadership is traditionally thought of as a top-down activity, with the leader leading and the follower following, John C. Maxwell wrote in his book “The 360 Degree Leader.”

  • Improved medical process gives reservists more time for training

    Instead of spending hours completing their annual Periodic Health Assessments, reservists here were in and out in as little as 15 minutes during the December unit training assembly. More often than not, time is in short supply during UTAs, which is why the Reserve Citizen Airmen at the 302nd

  • A hot air balloon made an emergency landing on Peterson Air Force Base

    A hot air balloon made an emergency landing on Peterson Air Force Base at about 9:45 a.m. December 9, 2018. The 21st Security Forces Squadron responded quickly to the scene. No injuries or damage to government property were reported, and the hot air balloon was safely removed from the installation.

  • Top of the enlisted ranks

    PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Chief master sergeant selects gather for the CMSgt. Release Party at The Club on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Dec. 6, 2018. According to the Air Force Personnel Center, the Air Force selected 479 airmen, eleven from Peterson AFB, for promotion beginning in January

  • Santa makes a surprise visit to commander's call

    PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Col. Todd Moore, 21st Space Wing commander, welcomes Santa Claus to a 21st SW commander’s call at the base auditorium on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Dec. 6, 2018. Santa explained to Moore that he had been both naughty and nice and presented him with a gift. (U.S.

  • Hanscom lays groundwork for comms at Tyndall

    Program managers in the Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks Directorate here are exercising every one of the words in their five-word title by reconstituting a communications network almost totally wiped out by winds, flooding and infrastructure damage. First responders have