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  • Beneficiaries must sign up for TRICARE automatic payment by May 31

    Beneficiaries enrolled in TRICARE Reserve Select or TRICARE Retired Reserve who pay monthly premiums by check must switch to an electronic form of payment by May 31 to avoid losing coverage. TRICARE will only accept monthly premium payments using recurring automatic payments by credit or debit card,

  • Base to pay final respects to 306th IS airman

    Tomorrow Beale Air Force Base will bring home another fallen hero.Staff Sgt. Richard Dickson, of Rancho Cordova, Calif., was one of four airmen who perished when their MC-12 aircraft went down in Afghanistan, April 27.Just a year ago, I was among the airmen lining the streets of our base to render

  • 940th Wing Spotlight

    Name: Christine MariglianiRank: Tech SergeantMilitary Job: NCOIC Customer Service 940th Wing Civilian Job: NCOIC Customer Service 940th WingFavorite part of being in the Air Force: The opportunity to travel and meet great people.Biggest Pet Peeve: Drivers who don't know what they're doing.Person you

  • Play It Safe This Cinco de Mayo!

    As party-goers celebrate Cinco de Mayo with sombreros, mariachi music and authentic cuisine, many will also indulge with their favorite margarita or tequila, and then, unfortunately, choose to get behind the wheel. That's why this year your Total Force Safety Offices and Beale Airmen Against Drunk

  • Two Beale Airmen killed in Afghanistan

    4/28/2013 - BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Two Beale Airmen were among four Airmen killed in a MC-12 Liberty plane crash near Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, April 27. Captain Reid K. Nishizuka, 30, of Kailua, Hawaii, was assigned to the 427th Reconnaissance Squadron. Staff Sergeant Richard A.

  • 'Every dollar counts' ushers in new savings culture

    With budgets shrinking, Air Force leaders are calling on Airmen to share their best money-saving ideas through the Every Dollar Counts campaign.In the wake of sequestration, the initiative marks a cultural shift that empowers Airmen to find and recommend areas for savings that may be used to support

  • Sequestration will affect force readiness

    The four branches of the military delivered another warning to Congress April 18 that a prolonged budget sequester will significantly affect military readiness, and could leave the services unable to carry out defense strategy.Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry Spencer told lawmakers

  • Beale command post fosters culture of excellence

    Life as a command post controller is not a glamorous one. Every day controllers descend down three flights of stairs, pass through four secure doors, each requiring key cards and authentication codes, where they will spend the majority of the next 12 hours of their shift.It's easy to be overlooked

  • Raising SARC awareness through skydiving

    The Beale Air Force Base Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Center will hold its annual skydiving event to raise sexual assault awareness, "Jump into Prevention," April 26 at the Lincoln Regional Airport.Major Holt Durham, deputy director of communications for the 713th Combat Operations

  • 940 Security Forces Squadron Airmen leave for Patriot Defender

    Thirteen Reservists from the 940th Wing Security Forces Squadron, Beale Air Force Base, Calif. deaparted  for Fort Wolters, Texas April 13 to participate in a training exercise .Patriot Defender is a 15 day training exercise utilized by Reserve Security Forces to prepare for worldwide