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  • Air Force leaders expand force management options

    Air Force leaders announced March 25, 2010 an expansion of force management measures designed to bring the service closer to its authorized funded end strength. Fewer Airmen than anticipated applied for voluntary programs offered under Phase One of the force management program initiated in November

  • Military gears up for 2010 Census

    Defense Department officials are working with the U.S. Census Bureau to ensure that all military personnel are accounted for in the 2010 Census, a defense official said March 19. All servicemembers and their families, whether stationed domestically or overseas, must be counted and attributed to

  • Upwood Beaver Scout meets Queen Again

    It's not every day a 7-year-old boy gets to meet the Queen, let alone twice.Freedom Scott, a First Bury and Upwood Beaver Scout, met with the Queen for the second time when she attended morning service at West Newton Church on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk on Feb. 7. Freedom Scott is the son of

  • More customers using MyPay for faster, safer service

    When the Defense Finance and Accounting Service first launched the myPay Web-based pay account system in 2000, less than 500,000 military members, military retirees, annuitants and federal civilian employees were listed as online users. Today that number includes 3.7 million users with access to pay

  • There should be no excuse for high standards

    There I was, at a remote site with 42 other Airmen, minimal contact with anybody outside the post, and serving as the lone postal warrior. It was hard to see the importance of the mission and urgency behind doing things right. You could say I slightly fell into the trap of those that weren't happy

  • Welford Airmen prepare to ship 800 tons of munitions

    Airmen at RAF Welford are preparing to ship more than 90,000 munitions and parts during the 2010 Turbo Containerized Ammunition Distribution System exercise to be completed by mid May.Turbo CADS is an Air Force-wide exercise that tests the capability of units to transport large quantities of

  • Airmen reach out, make a difference for Haiti

    When an earthquake devastated a country thousands of miles away, two 423rd Security Forces Squadron Airmen sprang to action raising funds for the Red Cross effort.Days after the earthquake rocked Haiti, Airman Thomas O'Leary found himself wanting to help, but wasn't sure on how to start fundraising

  • 501st SARC selected 'Air Force A1 Specialist of the Year'

    The Sexual Assault Response Coordinator for the 501st Combat Support Wing was named as the top A1 Specialist of the Year by the Air Force Feb. 21.Kimberly Dickman was selected as the top specialist after nominations from more than 90 wings were submitted into the annual A1 Awards. Her selection

  • Saluting much bigger than it appears on the surface

    I was going to write an amusing, but pointed, message about saluting vehicles marked by appropriate rank symbols. But the story I'll mention is not that hilarious when you critically think about it, and it represents a more strategic issue at hand. I'm hosting a three-star general officer at one of

  • Barber Cuts 125,000 to Keep RAF Molesworth on the 'Cutting Edge'

    "We've done the math.  Ms. Marrianne Davis has improved the looks of more than 125,000 military and civilian members here over her 15 years at RAF Molesworth" said Marine Corps Colonel Pete Devlin. In a surprise ceremony on February 25, the JIOCEUR Analytic Center (JAC)Commander presented Ms. Davis,