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  • CSAF defers heritage coat decision, focuses on current uniform issues

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz decided on Aug. 28 to defer a decision on the Air Force heritage coat until the summer of 2009 to address current uniform issues, according to a senior Air Force official. "We are going to fix, improve and upgrade uniforms in our current inventory,"

  • Navy SEABEES dive upon Thule

    Eighteen members of Underwater Construction Team Two from Port Hueneme, Calif., completed a two-week diving operation in the end of August at the northernmost deepwater port in the world. The operation was the first phase in a two-phase project to remove debris from along the DeLong Pier at Thule

  • First Knight

    Senior Airman Cory Williams 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: Senior Airman Cory J. Williams Unit: 21st Force Support Squadron Duty Title: Guest Services Representative Hometown:

  • TRICARE 'Back to School Sale': annual checkups

    In this era of back to school consumerism, don't let children's checkups be overshadowed by trips to the mall. As the world's best integrated health care system, TRICARE wants to make beneficiaries aware of their child's health benefits during this hectic time. Immunizations are an important part of

  • DOD officials select new government travel charge card

    Department of Defense officials announced the selection of Citibank to provide travel charge card services for its members under the General Services Administration's umbrella SmartPay® 2 master contract Jan. 16. The new official travel cards will activate on Nov. 30, 2008. DOD currently has 1.2

  • Air Force accepting physician assistant applications

    Air Force officials are taking applications from active-duty enlisted Airmen for Physician Assistant Phase I training classes beginning January, April and August 2010. Completed applications must arrive at HQ AFPC/DPAMW, 550 C Street West, Suite 27, Randolph AFB TX 78150-4729 no later than Jan. 25

  • Senior leaders meet to discuss, decide way ahead for force

    Senior Air Force leaders gathered for a strategic summit Aug. 27 at Bolling Air Force Base to discuss the way ahead for the Air Force as a part of the August emphasis on strategic planning. "The summit allows us to identify issues that need senior leader review and decide on matters affecting the

  • Operation 'Boxtop' at Thule

    More than 150 Canadian Forces inhabited Thule Aug. 5-22 to conduct Operation BOXTOP, a bi-annual resupply mission of Canadian Forces Station Alert. Supplies for the operation, officially titled Operation BOXTOP II, arrived here via air and sea in the weeks before the operation began. Canadian C-17s

  • Labor Day safety message

    Labor Day is dedicated to the achievements of American workers and the contributions they made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. Labor Day weekend also marks the end of the 101 Critical Days of Summer; a period historically associated with increased mishaps. Over this Labor

  • Bowling Center installs new equipment

    Peterson Bowling Center Assistant Manager Larry Mullis announced recently that bowling play will be suspended at the facility through Sept. 3 while new pinspotters are installed, along with new pins and new house balls. "The new equipment will help improve the quality of play for our customers," Mr