Five TriCare tips to tame travel trouble

Whether you're leaving on vacation or changing duty stations, TriCare is here to keep you medically covered. Take a few steps now to help make sure your coverage remains constant during your travels.Keep DEERS updatedNo matter which TriCare program you use, your Defense Enrollment Eligibility

Team Pete sergeants selected for promotion to E-6

Air Force officials selected 7,752 of 37,185 eligible staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant for a selection rate of 20.85 percent.The average score for those selected was 317.63, with an average time in grade and an average time in service of 5.65 years and 10.69 years, respectively.

IMA program to hire 1,600 by September

The Individual Mobilization Augmentee program is set to hire 1,600 Airmen by September in positions opening worldwide in all career fields. Recent attrition rates and the rise of new positions have created a great need to grow the program. Unlike any other Air Force service member, IMAs have

Random DBIDS checks turn away unregistered personnel

Since June 1, about 30 percent of people have been denied entry onto Peterson Air Force Base during increased security checks at the gates.During those checks, security forces scan Department of Defense identification cards through the Defense Biometric Identification System to ensure card holders

House rep visits wing

21st AMDS gets new doc

21st SFS first in AFSPC to adopt new policing mandate; squadron moves to eight-hour shifts

The 21st Security Forces Squadron has undergone a major shift in the way it polices, making it the first in Air Force Space Command to adopt new Air Force policing mandates.Maj. Joseph Musacchia, 21st SFS commander, calls the change revolutionary because it gives security forces more flexibility in

Air Force officials ban use and possession of spice, mood-altering substances

Air Force officials issued guidance banning the knowing use and possession of any substance, other than alcohol or tobacco, that is ingested to alter mood or function. On June 8, the Air Force published an Air Force guidance memorandum revising Air Force Instruction 44-121, Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Winds cause heavy damage to Pete facility

Hangar 133 on the flightline is expected to have its new roof completed by June 30.This time the hangar's rooftop will be fortified with an extra layer of wood and a rubber cover in hopes that it won't blow its lid again, should scolding winds race through Peterson AFB as they did on May 25. The

What to do when severe weather threatens

As we move through spring and into the summer months along the Front Range the possibility of severe weather at Peterson AFB dramatically increases. In July of 2009 a funnel cloud was observed moving toward us, a weather warning was issued and the command post directed all personnel to shelter in