July 29, 2009 Motorcycle safety - make it a priority Motorcycle safety has become a hot topic in the safety community lately and for good reason. There have been 15 motorcycle related fatalities so far this fiscal year throughout the Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard. That's the same amount of motorcycle related fatalities that we
July 29, 2009 On bended knee at the "old ball game" Airman 1st Class Chad Beintker, a Security Forces apprentice with the 126th Security Forces Squadron and Belleville, Ill. native, had a lifetime memory he wanted to make but was having difficulty finding the right place to make it happen.With a pending mobilization and deployment in support of
Feb. 19, 2009 Site activation task force meets at Scott A site activation task force, or SATAF, team met from Jan. 26-30 to continue developing the KC-135 active association. The team consisted of members from Air Mobility Command; the National Guard Bureau and McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., which will be the servicing base for active duty members
Jan. 21, 2009 CCAF: Education now: College degrees open doors for today's Airmen This college has no traditional classrooms, teachers, dorms or libraries, but more than 300,000 students are registered. Sixty-seven degree programs are available, and each student can have an individual degree plan developed by any one of more than 5,700 counselors available for assistance. More
Jan. 21, 2009 Enlisted Commissioning Programs Airman Scholarship and Commissioning Program The Airman Scholarship and Commissioning Program is for selected Airmen who separate from active duty and enlist into the Air Force Reserve. The ASCP program offers enlisted personnel the opportunity to earn a commission while completing their bachelor's
Jan. 21, 2009 Education Benefits: Then & Now Education benefits and opportunities available to Airmen today have come a long way since their beginning at the end of World War II. The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, more commonly know as the GI Bill of Rights, was said to be one of the most important pieces of legislation for
Jan. 21, 2009 2009 Scholarships for Military Children Program is under way If you're a high school or college student and the child of a military family looking for ways to fund your education, you might want to checkout the 2009 Scholarships for Military Children Program that began Nov. 3. Scholarship applications are available in commissaries worldwide and online through
Jan. 9, 2009 Associated supply groups provide dedicated support Associate - a word that according to Webster's dictionary means, 'to unite in a relationship; to connect or join together; one joined with another or others in an action, enterprise, or business; a colleague.' Current military members know associates or associations well. To meet the demands of
Nov. 18, 2008 Nominations Open for the 2009 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Department of Defense agency, has opened the nomination season for the 2009 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. National Guard and Reserve members and their families are eligible and encouraged to nominate employers who have gone above