• Celebrate freedom safely

    Happy Independence Day America! This weekend is a great opportunity to spend some much deserved time enjoying barbecues, picnics, parades and fireworks with family and friends celebrating our nation's 233rd year of freedom. As you celebrate freedom, it is important to keep in mind those past and

  • Command chief says goodbye to Travis

    Team Travis it's Friday and what another grand day to behold. Tonight Charlene, Dominique and I will celebrate the culmination of three years of challenges, great times, forged friendship and one incredible ride. Thank you for the memories. We've watched Airmen come and go only to have others pick

  • DoD announces transferability options for "Post 9/11 GI Bill"

    The Defense Department announced today its policy for transferring educational benefits to the spouses and children of service members under the "Post 9/11 GI Bill," which takes effect Aug. 1, 2009. "This is as it should be in a volunteer force where families also serve," said Deputy Under Secretary

  • Ensure smoking materials are properly discarded

    August 24, 2008 marked a day firefighters around the county and Air Force communities would not forget anytime soon. A fire started off base and moved quickly through the old vacant base housing, causing the destruction of 176 homes, which in turn, called for 225 firefighters and 78 fire trucks to

  • Officials Work to lessen impact of deployments on children

    Defense Department officials are working aggressively to reduce the impact of multiple deployments on the children of military families. "The department recognizes that these multiple, long-term deployments are really tough on families," said Barbara Thompson, director of the Pentagon's Office of

  • Class helps new dads adjust to fatherhood

    New babies don't come with an owner's manual. Feeding and diaper changing are new experiences for first-time fathers. At Boot Camp for New Dads, first-time fathers receive training to become experienced dads. Invest in one, three-hour workshop, taught by experienced, veteran dads who bring their own

  • Fourth of July message

    With the 233rd birthday of our great nation's independence rapidly approaching, we prepare to celebrate our freedom with family and friends. Since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, we have been vigilant in defending our ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Air

  • NCOs continue legacy of freedom

    The freedom and democracy we enjoy as American's began during the American Revolutionary War's first battle -- the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Responding to intolerable threats to the civil liberty, the thirteen American colonies bravely sought sovereignty from British rule by means of a

  • Command chief says goodbye to Travis

    Team Travis it's Friday and what another grand day to behold. Tonight Charlene, Dominique and I will celebrate the culmination of three years of challenges, great times, forged friendship and one incredible ride. Thank you for the memories. We've watched Airmen come and go only to have others pick