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  • Suicide prevention month: stopping suicide is everyone’s battle

    September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time for Americans to build awareness and help understand suicide in our culture. More than 40,000 Americans lose their life due to suicide each year and research shows that rates in the military and the general population are very close. The loss of any one

  • ALS Graduation and Levitow award winner

    PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Col. Todd Moore, 21st Space Wing commander, congratulates the most recent graduates after the Airmen Leadership School graduation on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Aug. 24, 2017. Peterson AFB invites and welcomes Airmen from around the regional area to participate

  • 21CONS: two continents and a big island

    Located across the pond in Copenhagen, Denmark, and eight hours ahead of Colorado, a team of Airmen work tirelessly to ensure that contracts are executed in order to allocate life-support resources and maintain mission assurance for the 21st Space Wing Airmen at Thule Air Base, Greenland.

  • Team Pete celebrates newest staff sergeant selects

    Col. Todd Moore, 21st Space Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Marcus Webb, 21st Contracting Squadron superintendent, stand in company with staff sergeant selects Jason Moran and Garrett Thompson from Space and Missile Systems Center during a promotion release party at The Club on Peterson Air

  • Aiming to keep aircraft and wildlife from hazardous encounters

    Descending above the runway and coming into the wind, the wings are aligned. It’s a beautiful day for a flight and vision is clear for hundreds of miles. In the midst of this peaceful scene a shadow suddenly darkens the daylight; a loud, high-pitched screech encompasses the senses. Finally a thud

  • Employee Assistance Program: Helping civilians cope at work

    The Air Force Space Command Employee Assistance Program is a voluntary, confidential program that helps employees, including management work through various life challenges that may adversely affect job performance, health and personal well-being. It exists to optimize the 21st Space Wing’s success

  • Reenlistment is a bright spot in the eclipse

    McEachron reenlisted for five years, taking advantage of the historic, astronomical event as a backdrop for the ceremony. He chose the event because of his infatuation with astronomy since childhood. He joined the Air Force on January 30, 2012, and prior to coming to Peterson was assigned to Osan