Civilian employees should start education applications early

Hundreds of professional development opportunities are available annually for civilian employees. Many of those slots go unfilled, in part because eligible candidates wait until the last minute to prepare and staff their application packages.For example, annually, 280 Civilian Acculturation and

Martial arts club spars way to victory

Ten competitors from the Peterson Taekwondo Club kicked and punched their way through the recent regional winter tournament and came out with 14 trophies. Club members attended the American Taekwondo Association Winter Regional Tournament Feb. 19 at Aurora High School in Aurora, Colo. More than 550

Airman adopts retired partner

In 2008, Staff Sgt. Nicholas Pospischil, 21st Security Forces Squadron, and his partner were deployed together to Baghdad to provide explosive detection for an Army unit.Work like that makes partners close, Sergeant Pospischil said. The two were inseparable, they even bunked together. He didn't

AFSPC IG inspectors are among us

Inspectors from Headquarters Air Force Space Command arrived at various locations throughout the 21st Space Wing this week to perform the wing's Operational Readiness Inspection and Unit Compliance Inspection.ORIs, conducted by an AFSPC team of up to 100 inspectors, measure how prepared a wing is to

Acquisition class offered at Peterson

A two-day course providing a snapshot overview of the acquisition lifecycle will be offered through the Air Force Institute of Technology at Peterson Air Force Base, March 22 and 23.The course, SYS 281 Air Force Acquisition and Sustainment, provides a general overview of the latest in acquisition

Paine Street gets 'extreme' makeover

Paine Street is shedding its country-road, two-lane identity to become a major four-lane boulevard on Peterson Air Force Base.Beginning in April, the street, which connects Peterson Boulevard and Stewart Avenue, will be under construction and will be turned from a two-lane road into a four-lane

Seatbelt safety

Air Force has new weapon in fight against Spice

Air Force officials began drug testing Airmen Feb. 22 to determine whether they are using Spice -- the street term for a range of designer synthetic-cannabinoid products. With the implementation of testing, officials intend to send a very clear message: use Spice, and you may lose your career, end

Stop loss pay application window closing March 4

The deadline for eligible members or legally designated beneficiaries to apply for Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay is coming to a close March 4.Almost 6,000 current and former Airmen have received a total of more than $19 million in special pay since Air Force Personnel Center officials here began

Wingman Day takes aim at healthy eating, resiliency

If it seemed like Health and Wellness Center registered dietitian Julie Anderson was trying to gross out the audience, she was.She showed slides of how the artery of a person who eats too many fatty chicken wings starts to resemble the chicken wings. She also showed a photo of processed chicken meat