Dec. 17, 2020

Key spouses can be key

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California — In the past two years, the Air Force has had an alarming increase in its suicide rate. There are many resources available to Airmen in need, but one change that is being worked toward is involving families. Molly Noyes, 940 Air Refueling Wing director of psychological health, created a one-hour virtual training course for unit key spouses to equip

Nov. 24, 2020

Coming around full circle

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California — A tree went up and tags went on, but without the customary ornaments. And why not? Because this is an Angel Tree, and it’s glistening inside the 940th Maintenance Group building with big blue bows and colorful tags each with a child’s name on it with the simple wish for a toy.Master Sgt. Eileen Safford, training manager, 940 MXG, gave a brief

Nov. 12, 2020

Making communication happen

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California — Communication is the plan. Effective communication is described as the active receiver waiting for the feedback response from the sender and back around again to the receiver.Just like commanding, communication is a must. Communication is always a challenge due to unscheduled interruptions, getting the message across with its intended purpose and

Nov. 10, 2020

Bio: Example of an endless desire to serve

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California — Retired Chief Master Sgt. Matt P. Proietti is a four-time recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Award which is the highest honor in military journalism. Adding among other things he has undertaken professionally in his career, he accepted an invite extended to him from the 940th Air Refueling Wing to speak and teach a class on a military must-have.

April 9, 2020

From the set of California to the stage of New York, Air Force Reservist stand up to COVID-19

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California — Just as the story goes. Watching a movie on a Saturday night can be two and a half hours on the couch watching other people’s lives in action. But in the life of Air Force Reservist Lt. Col. William M. Lucas, 940th Aerospace Medicine Squadron commander and flight surgeon at Beale Air Force, California, he was doing just that but with a twist. He