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  • Airmen with ‘excellent’ PT score test only once a year

    Air Force officials have a little carrot for Airmen who score "excellent" on their physical fitness test: they only have to take the test once a year."Those who test in all four components - and earn 90 or above in each - can go to an annual test schedule," said Capt. Jesse Johnson, 21st Force

  • RAIDRS team marks 5 years of continuous deployment

    The 16th and 380th Space Control Squadrons achieved a historic milestone recently when their deployed mission, Operation Silent Sentry, surpassed five years of continuous deployed operations. Employing the Rapid Attack Identification Detection Reporting System Deployable Ground Segment Zero,

  • Every drop counts: New tech saves base dollars

    By this time next year Peterson Air Force Base will have a high tech irrigation system that acts like an achy elbow - it will sense when it's about to rain.The 21st Space Wing Civil Engineer Squadron is installing an intelligent irrigation system that will shut down when its built-in weather system

  • NSPS positions assigned GS pay grades

    With only weeks remaining to classify Air Force civilian jobs into the legacy General Schedule personnel system, Air Force classifiers are ensuring NSPS positions have a current GS title, series and grade before the NSPS conversion out date.The Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act

  • Upgrade allows civilians to update awards online

    Civilian employees can now update their non-monetary awards through the self-service module in the Defense Civilian Personnel Data System using the "Awards and Bonuses" tab in "My Biz." The ability to update non-monetary awards, such as length of service recognition, exemplary civilian service award

  • See clearly with proper monitor care

    The 21st Communications Squadron would like to help users with the following computer tip. We encourage users to follow weekly tips to further their computer knowledge. This week's tip is on how to clean a monitor.CRT monitors are the large, bulky monitors with the hard glass screen and are very

  • Common keyboard shortcuts

    The 21st Communications Squadron offers computer users the following computer tip. We encourage users to follow these weekly tips to further their computer knowledge. This tip of the week is for common keyboard shortcuts.Here are the most common shortcuts on the keyboard: CTRL+A: Select all the

  • Encrypting e-mails

    The 21st Communications Squadron offers users computer tips to further their computer knowledge. This week's tip is: encrypting e-mails.In previous instructions, e-mail accounts were set up to encrypt all outgoing e-mails. The 21st Space Wing Information Assurance has informed users that not all

  • Unsigned e-mails with attachments

    The 21st Communications Squadron encourages users to follow weekly tips to further their computer knowledge. This week's tip concerns unsigned e-mails with attachments.Never open a link or attachment in an email unless the e-mail has been digitally signed. Doing so could infect your computer and the

  • Social networking and media

    According to Air Force Instruction 35-113, the Air Force views personal websites and weblogs positively and respects the right of Airmen to use them as a medium of self-expression. That being said, users should use their best judgment and remember there are always consequences to what is written.