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SrA Sam Gregg, an electrician with the 583rd RED HORSE, finishes installing a junction box during an IRT project at Fletcher Field, Miss.. Sra Gregg and 26 other members of the 583rd RHS completed their first deployed mission as a squadron July 7-21. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Capt. Joe Simms)

July 22, 2013

583rd RED HORSE is on the loose

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The 583rd RED HORSE completed their first deployed mission as a squadron during an Innovative Readiness Training project near Clarksdale, Miss., July 7-21.The RED HORSE squadron (Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers) completed multiple structural, electrical and utilities tasks for the Fletcher Field Airport during

Eight Non-Commissioned Officers assigned to the 940th Wing on Beale Air Force Base, Calif., were inducted into the rank of Master Sergeant July 14 during a ceremony held on base. (U.S. Air Force photo Tech Sgt Kenneth McCann)

July 14, 2013

940th Wing recognizes newest Senior NCOs

Beale Air Force Base, Calif. — The 940th Wing held an induction ceremony for the wing's newest Senior NCOs July 14.The ceremony was presided over by Chief Master Sgt. Denny Brown, 940th Command Chief who recognized the Airmen's professional endeavors in their Air Force Reserve careers. The following reservists from the 940th Wing were recognized during the ceremony for their

Members of the 940th Civil Engineering Squadron change hats from standard military issue to the RED HORSE cap during the stand up ceremony. The 583rd RED HORSE Squadron held a stand up ceremony July 13 during the unit training assembly at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., gaining members from the 940th Civil Engineering Squadron and the 9th CES. (U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Adam Hamar)

July 14, 2013

Beale welcomes AFRC's newest RED HORSE squadron

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Air Force Reserve Command's 22nd Air Force stood up the 583rd RED HORSE during a ceremony here July 13. The ceremony introduced the newest RED HORSE (Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers), in the Air Force Reserve and the first located on the West Coast."Today is a very important day for our new west coast RED HORSE

Cutline: Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel brief reporters at the Pentagon, March 28, 2013. Hagel and Dempsey discussed the ongoing sequester affecting the Defense Department's budget and North Korea's recent provocative actions. (DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett/ RELEASED)

July 11, 2013

SecDef details 'Plan B' should sequestration continue

WASHINGTON (AFPS) — If sequestration continues into fiscal year 2014, the Defense Department will be forced to consider involuntary reductions-in-force for the civilian workforce, draconian cuts to military personnel accounts and a virtual halt to military modernization, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in a letter to Senate leaders today.The senators had requested

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July 8, 2013

AF leaders stand behind civilians during tough furlough times

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III send the following furlough message to the Airmen of the United States Air Force:As you all know, Department of Defense civilian furloughs begin this week. With few exceptions, our civilian Airmen face involuntary furlough one day per week from the

Brig. Gen. Norman Ham, right, greets reservists' dependent children at Air Force Reserve Command's Yellow Ribbon Program in Orlando, Fla., April 29, 2012. The commander of the 440th Airlift Wing at Pope Field, N.C., spoke to pre-and post-deployment reservists from across the nation about taking care of their wingmen and using the resources offered at Yellow Ribbon. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff. Sgt. Anna-Marie Wyant)

July 1, 2013

Yellow Ribbon shows reservist that there is still much to learn

Seymour Johnson, Air Force Base — Most service members who have deployed at least once in their careers may think that they've "been there, done that." But one Airman' s recent experience showed that there is still much to learn for a successful deployment.Staff Sgt. Bronsha Smith, Combat Arms Training and Maintenance instructor with the 931st Security Forces Squadron, McConnell

Nineteen Airmen died and hundreds were injured in the terrorist attack at Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on June 25, 1996. At the time, it was the worst terrorist attack against the American military since the bombing of a Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1983.

June 26, 2013

Civil engineers recall, reflect 17 years after Khobar Towers bombing

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) — On the night of June 25, 1996, near Dhahran Air Base, Saudi Arabia, terrorists positioned a tanker truck filled with explosives less than 100 feet away from a building in the Khobar Towers complex that housed deployed Airmen. Shortly before 10 p.m. local time, the bomb detonated, killing 19 Airmen and wounding an estimated 400 others.Defense

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivers remarks at his alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Omaha, in Omaha, Neb., June 19, 2013. Hagel discussed, among other topics, how the Defense Department is adapting the nation’s military to operate in a world that’s undergoing far-reaching geopolitical, technological and economic change. (DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)

June 21, 2013

Hagel vows to prioritize cyber, nuclear capabilities

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Malicious cyberattacks are quickly becoming a defining security challenge "for our time, for all our institutions," Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said June 19 during a speech in Omaha, Neb., at his alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Omaha."They are putting America's economic and technological advantages and our industrial base at risk," the

Master Sgt. Kontinna Rosebud-Sawyer takes the blood pressure of a patient visiting a clinic in Lanai City, Hawaii. Rosebud-Saywer, a nursing technician from the 72nd Air Refueling Wing, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., was one of 500 Reserve and Guard medical personnel participating in TROPICARE 13, an Innovative Readiness Training event that provided free health services to communities throughout the Hawaiian islands, June 2-15, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo / Dana Lineback)

June 17, 2013

TROPICARE 13 wraps up readiness training in Hawai'i

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Communities across Hawai'i are bidding aloha to more than 500 Guard and Reserve members as TROPICARE 13, a medical Innovative Readiness Training event, draws to a close this week on the Hawaiian islands of Lanai, Maui, Molokai and Hawaii.Reserve component medical personnel from the Air Force, Navy, Army and Air National Guard came together for the

School children in Lanai City, Hawai'i, perform a hula dance at a luau hosted by residents to thank the more than 200 Reserve and Guard medical personnel on their island for TROPICARE 13, June 2-15, 2013. TROPICARE 13, a Reserve component medical Innovative Readiness Training event, provided free health services to communities throughout the Hawaiian islands. (U.S. Air Force photo / Dana Lineback)

June 14, 2013

Hawaiian communities welcome TROPICARE 13

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — "My sons have not seen a doctor in a long time. I just want to know if I can bring them here." The lady on the other side of the fence seemed to be talking to no one in particular. Without making eye contact, she continued, "And my husband, he's in such pain with two bad teeth. I just want to know, he's not here, but if he comes, can you help