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  • Hawaiian communities welcome TROPICARE 13

    "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,

  • DOD research chief says science, tech skills vital

    The Defense Department needs to be thinking now about how to best recruit a workforce skilled in science and technology, which will be increasingly vital to national security, a senior DOD official said here yesterday.Reginald Brothers, deputy assistant secretary of defense for research, told a

  • Sexual assault is a 'cancer,' Welsh says

    The Air Force chief of staff testified in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee along with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and service chiefs from the Army, Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard on pending legislation regarding sexual assaults in the military June 4.Gen. Mark A. Welsh

  • Kendall: Sequestration Likely to Continue into 2014

    Sequestration spending cuts could continue into 2014, and the impact of the deep cuts will fall disproportionately on small business, the Pentagon's top acquisition official told a Navy industry forum Monday."It's a reasonable possibility that we will go into 2014 with sequestration still underway,"

  • Airmen must understand business of cyber, general says

    As U.S. Cyber Command gains strength and steadily extends its range across the newest warfare domain, it has called on all the services over the next five years to contribute trained-up teams of cyber operators to ensure U.S. military freedom of action, defensively and offensively, in cyberspace.For

  • 940th Wing Hosts Annual ESGR Tour

    Employers and civic leaders from the Sacramento area attended the 940th Wing's annual Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve tour, June 1, at Beale Air Force Base, Calif.The event was part of the wing's community outreach program to introduce employers to the Air Force Reserve and allowed them to

  • Squadron adopts brown bag approach to professional development

    Reservists bring a wealth of experience from their civilian jobs to the military mission.When Lt. Col. Leslie Beavers took command of the 50th Intelligence Squadron, Beale Air Force Base, Calif., in March 2012, she decided a professional development program she had experienced in her civilian

  • Air Force leaders send Memorial Day message

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III send the following Memorial Day message to Airmen of the U.S. Air Force and their families:Memorial Day provides an opportunity to reflect upon the sacrifices of our nation's uniformed service members,

  • Memorial Day: Remember our veterans

    The Civil War ended nearly 150 years ago on May 9, 1865, marking the beginning to a new era. However, many lives were lost during the more than four-year war; and, as a result, the Grand Army of the Republic established what was then called "Decoration Day" three years later on May 5, 1868.It wasn't

  • Hagel Announces Fewer Furlough Days for DOD Employees

    After weeks of review, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has concluded budget cuts will require most of the department's civilian employees to be furloughed beginning in July, but that because of other efforts to deal with the shortfall, only half of the 22 days originally envisioned as temporary