• Air Force clarifies post-deployment time

    The Air Force post-deployment stand-down policy allows Airmen returning from deployments and lengthy temporary duty assignments time off work for recuperation and reconstitution upon their return, said the deputy chief of staff of personnel recently at the Pentagon. "Reconstitution involves all the

  • Remembering Normandy

    Typically, most lessons learned about the past are from history books. However, 3rd Air Force Airmen got a unique chance to relive history by retracing the footsteps of U.S. Soldiers in Normandy who orchestrated one of the most epic battles in U.S. history - the D-Day invasion. Lt. Gen. Rod Bishop,

  • Veteran's pride

    America's veterans are the face of America. They come from all walks of life, all ages, all ethnicities. They served our Nation honorably and well and we honor that service, but how do we honor the veteran - the individual who put on the uniform and gave his or her all for our country? In the spring

  • Get your CFC on

    How much would it take to make a "World of Difference"? $2 per month removes 100 pounds of trash from a beach $8 per month provides some clothing and supplies to a fire victim $8 per month buys one infant scale to monitor child suffering from malnutrition $9 per month can help a child with cerebral

  • Airman deliver donations to orphanage

    Coloring books, soccer balls and tennis shoes were delivered along with other donations to an orphanage in Kigali, Rwanda, Oct. 27 by U.S. Air Force Airmen. The donations were delivered by Airmen from the 86th Contingency Response Group, and C-17 Globe-master aircrews from Charleston Air Force Base,

  • An Airmans take on joint operations

    The following essay, written by one of our best and brightest, Senior Airman Steven Nehls from the 31st Fighter Wing, depicts how important each and every one of us are to the joint fight. He competed for U.S. European Command Servicemember of the Year and I was particularly impressed with the

  • Get ready, it's flu season

    FluMist, an influenza vaccine applied as a nasal spray, is the vaccine of choice for those ages 2 to 49. The more traditional flu shot is administered to those who are younger - ages 6 months to two years old, those older than 49, and those for whom FluMist is not recommended, for example, pregnant

  • GI Mail offer safer way to stay in touch

    Global Internet Mail is a personal e-mail program available to all service members that can be used from any computer with internet access, including government systems. While messages sent between official government e-mail accounts is the most secure form of e-mail communication, messages sent

  • I am a marine

    Staff Sgt. Ben A. Coleman is a Marine liaison at the 435th Medical Group Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility. He greets all injured Marines, coming from downrange, arriving at Ramstein. His job is to keep the Marines family and unit updated about all the steps of the Marine's progress through

  • Big Fish, Little Fish: C-5 Galaxy gets filled to the gills with helicopters

    It was like a scene on the Discovery Channel; one of those underwater programs where a rather large fish swallows a smaller fish whole, all in the name of survival. A team of 10 airmen from the 352nd Maintenance Squadron loaded two, recently-retired, MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopters onto a C-5 Galaxy