News

Feb. 17, 2009
First Knight

Tech. Sgt. Mitchell D. Retzlaff was selected for this week's First Knight award. This award is designed to recognize outstanding Airmen each week for the work they do every day. Name: Mitchell D. Retzlaff Unit: 16th Space Control Squadron Duty Title: NCOIC, Standardization and Evaluation Time in
Feb. 17, 2009
Dealing with Post-Combat Issues: Mental health resources for service members and families

Whether gone for two months or two years, returning from combat is grueling. Airmen at Peterson Air Force Base readjusting back into society need time to recover from the stress of a highly charged war zone. Most will adapt after some time; however, if problems continue and interfere with daily
Feb. 17, 2009
Coming Feb. 22, single 800 number for all Airmen

Members of the Total Force - regular Air Force, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, civilian and retired Airmen - are on line to have one central phone number for help with their personnel questions starting at 5 p.m. Central Standard Time Feb. 22. Members of the Air Force community should call
Feb. 12, 2009
Strength in numbers shows through detachments

The power of four - four operation group detachment sites, four commanders, and four key global locations - support the 21 Space Wing vision to be America's space superiority wing - globally postured to ensure space dominance. The detachments are remote space surveillance units. Several detachments
Feb. 12, 2009
Followership: Often overlooked, critical trait

If you have not heard the term "followership" before, or not thought twice about it, you are not alone. It usually appears as a "non-word" when documents are spell-checked on the computer. It is not a new concept, just one that is often overlooked or forgotten. Why followership is overlooked and
Feb. 11, 2009
Golden Knight

The Car Theft Task Force received the Golden Knight award for November 2008. This team was comprised of multi-agency, multi-squadron Airmen and civilians who tracked and located a stolen vehicle from the base fitness center ,resulting in the apprehension and incarceration of two base-affiliated
Feb. 10, 2009
A Healthy Heart for a Healthy Life

Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States of America. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 700,000 people die from heart disease in the United States each year. February is American Heart Month and TRICARE encourages all beneficiaries to
Feb. 10, 2009
First Knight

Airman 1st Class Jimmy Granara was selected for this week's First Knight award. This award is designed to recognize outstanding Airmen each week for the work they do every day. Name: Airman 1st Class Jimmy Granara Unit: 20th Space Control Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla. Duty Title: Space Console Operator
Feb. 9, 2009
Gate access transitions, system shapes security

Whip out those identification cards and register for the Defense Biometric Identification System, known as DBIDS, soon. All gates at Peterson AFB began partial implementation of the new security system Feb. 2. In order to access the base, all Department of Defense identification card or common
Feb. 9, 2009
AFSPC unbeatable as Over-30 season winds down

After two games, Jan. 27 and Jan. 29, one thing seems to be perfectly clear when it comes to the Peterson Over-30 intramural basketball league. The defending champions from Air Force Space Command are on their way to becoming repeat champions. On Jan. 27, Air Force Space Command used a devastating