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News

  • Refresher SABC training proves essential

    More than 600 21st Space Wing personnel participated in a hands-on Self Aid and Buddy Care refresher training session Jan. 29. The training took place in the old commissary building and was led by Tech. Sgt. Stacy Otte, 21st SW SABC advisor. A cadre of medics and SABC instructors were on hand during

  • The Space Top Three offers educational grants to enlisted members.

    Although the Air Force offers 100% tuition assistance, the cost of books, lab fees, etc, can become overwhelming. The Space Top 3 has developed a grant program to help defray those additional costs. Each quarter, $100 grants are awarded to three eligible members of our enlisted community. Any Air

  • TRICARE Trains Civilian Providers on Military Behavioral Health

    TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) is offering a pilot program that delivers post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury (PTSD/TBI) education to civilian behavioral health providers in a convenient, online setting. The new civilian provider portal can be accessed at

  • AF Reserve security forces reunite with friends, family

    The waiting area of the Colorado Springs Airport looked like a surprise party Feb. 5. Loved ones were holding banners and balloons to welcome the guests of honor. Children, up past their bedtimes, were struggling to stay awake, waiting to catch a glimpse of their mothers and fathers, who, after a

  • Nurse commissioning program seeks enlisted applicants

    Officials at the Air Force Personnel Center will conduct the annual Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program board May 4-8 to select candidates for fall 2009 and spring 2010 semester start dates. The program offers active-duty enlisted personnel the opportunity to earn a bachelor's degree in a high-need

  • PT uniform wear standards often violated

    Have you ever walked into the fitness center and seen someone wearing their physical training uniform incorrectly? If not, you probably are not paying attention to how personnel are wearing the uniform or maybe you are unsure of the proper standards for wear. Violations of these standards happen

  • Winter riding hazards: Ice, sand

    Nice, warm days like the ones we are experiencing during the winter are great opportunities to get out and ride your motorcycle. However, riders must be extra mindful of hidden dangers. Ice: My friends and I made a ride through Black Forest and came upon residual ice still covering the road where

  • Base home construction on track

    Since breaking ground in April 2008, Tierra Vista Communities has continued on their mission to provide Peterson Airmen and families a better quality of life. In February 2009 the team at Tierra Vista Communities is seeing major progress in the construction and delivery of 597 three and four bedroom

  • AFSPC Puts AFSO 21 to work

    Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century is an Air Force initiative that challenges Airmen to look at all ways to accomplish the Air Force mission more effectively and efficiently without sacrificing quality, and Air Force Space Command has proven it has the smarts! Working smarter not harder