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  • Air Force takes swift action against sexual assault

    It's not an overstatement to say that the past many years have been challenging for those in the military working to prevent sexual assault and sexual trauma. However, for those who've been victimized it has been much worse, and we should never forget that. The harm in this crime is not just

  • 583rd RED HORSE is on the loose

    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

  • 940th Wing recognizes newest Senior NCOs

    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

  • Beale welcomes AFRC's newest RED HORSE squadron

    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

  • SecDef details 'Plan B' should sequestration continue

    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

  • AF leaders stand behind civilians during tough furlough times

    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

  • Yellow Ribbon shows reservist that there is still much to learn

    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

  • Civil engineers recall, reflect 17 years after Khobar Towers bombing

    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

  • Hagel vows to prioritize cyber, nuclear capabilities

    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

  • TROPICARE 13 wraps up readiness training in Hawai'i

    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,