Summer jobs available at Air Force bases worldwide

Students and certain other eligible persons can gain marketable skills and earn money while enjoying their summer vacations, thanks to the Air Force Summer Hire Program, according to Air Force Personnel Center officials here. "These great temporary jobs will run from May through September," said

Airmen SRB, CSRB January reenlistment bonuses retroactive

All eligible Airmen in Air Force Specialty Codes with a selective reenlistment bonus or those with a critical skills retention bonus who reenlisted Jan. 1 or later are authorized retroactive payment effective immediately. The 2008 National Defense Authorization Act., signed by President Bush Jan.

Nurse commissioning program seeks enlisted applicants

Officials at the Air Force Personnel Center here will conduct the annual Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program board May 13-14 to select candidates for fall 2008 and spring 2009 start dates. The program offers active duty enlisted personnel the opportunity to earn a bachelor's degree in a high-need

11 Peterson Airmen return home from Iraq

Eleven Airmen assigned to the 21st Security Forces Squadron returned home from Iraq Feb. 12 after spending six months supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. The wait at Colorado Springs' airport was small compared to the 179-day deployment, still friends and loved ones agonized through each minute as

Peterson officer assumes command in Iraq

OPSEC: It's everyone's business

Operations security is one of the many programs that may just save your life and the lives of the people you work with. Since the 1970s, the OPSEC process has been integrated into the daily lives of servicemembers everywhere. It is how we keep adversaries and people who are just plain nosy from

21st Space Wing annual award winners

International cooperation ensures drug enforcement, reduction

Team Thule members were recently surprised to see and hear a dog at this remote Arctic installation. A Danish Police Inspector and his canine counterpart paid a visit to Thule Air Base Jan. 25 - 28. Farda Olsen, a 33-year-old Greenland native and Danish Police Inspector, and Kenzo, a 4-year-old,

Deployed 21st SW Airman supports Balad mission

Postal Service offers first-time military discount

Planning to send a care package to a military service member serving abroad? Send it after March 3 to take advantage of a new flat-rate box from the Postal Service that is 50 percent larger and delivered for $10.95 to an APO/FPO address -- $2 less than for domestic destinations. "This is the first