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  • Senegal president praises Guard partnerships

    (Editor's note: The National Guard's State Partnership Program is a key component of the 17th Air Force's engagement with our African partners in building long-term military-to-military relationships)The National Guard State Partnership Program is increasing understanding between people in African

  • Strength essential for password security

    In the world of computer security, passwords are a must.From sites such as Facebook and Twitter to government sites like the Advanced Distributed Learning Center and the Defense Personal Property Systems, passwords safeguard personal information."In today's cyber world, companies and corporations

  • German partnership enhances mission, saves JTACs money

    From energy conservation practices and Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century initiatives, everyone from the lowest ranking Airmen to seasoned leaders is looking for more efficient ways of conducting business. One task that has Air Force leaders at Ramstein thinking outside of the box is

  • New York Army and Air Guard members participate in South African air show

    More than 70 members of the New York Army and Air National Guard from Long Island, the Hudson Valley and the Capital Region, are in Cape Town, South Africa this week participating in the African continent's largest air show, the Africa Aerospace and Defense Exposition 2010, Sept. 21-25.The event,

  • 37th AS Airmen participate in Operation Market Garden anniversary

    Nineteen Airmen along with three C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron traveled to Holland Sept. 16 to 19 to participate in the reenactment of the largest airborne assault in history to date. More than 1,000 Dutch, German, British, Polish and American forces

  • Tops in Blue entertains Airmen, Portuguese partners at Lajes Field

    At the dusk of Tuesday evening, more than 250 members gathered at the Portuguese South Hangar to watch the Air Forces' expeditionary entertainment team, Tops in Blue, during the team's visit here Sept 14. The team of entertainers was here as part of its 2010 world tour named "We Believe," which will

  • MEDCEUR10 successfully closes

    The 2010 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe held a closing ceremony today.Almost identical to the fashion of the opening ceremony, exercise Co-Director U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Brent Vosseller from RAF Lakenheath, England, called the formations of servicemembers from 10

  • VIPs witness MEDCEUR intensity

    The servicemembers participating in the 2010 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe demonstrated what they had learned in two weeks of classroom training and live simulations of disaster and crisis situations Sept. 17.The participants ran through a rapid-fire series of crisis

  • Seabees build Montenegrin clinic

    While American Airmen, soldiers and Marines are hard at work training with service members of partner nations at the Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2010 (MEDCEUR), their Navy counterparts are two hours north in a mountain village.As part of MEDCEUR 10, hosted at Danilovgrad

  • Spreading a gospel for the dead: Marines teach MEDCEUR military medics

    It's not your everyday Marine Corps instructional slide show. Before the familiar "Questions?" screen rolls, a dozen images of bodies ravaged by combat in Iraq flash before the class.A Personnel Retrieval and Processing Marine stands by signaling his assistant to change slides in a small multimedia