May 6, 2015 Health specialists keep forces active It’s an everyday routine for Airmen and other base personnel to pour into the dining facility for their daily intake of breakfast, lunch and dinner.
May 6, 2015 $2M Air Force Prize for development of a small, efficient turboshaft engine Registration is now open for the $2 million Air Force Prize that will be awarded to the first entrant to successfully develop a small, lightweight, fuel-efficient turbine engine.
May 6, 2015 Civilian Airmen serve their country, deploy with military teammates More than two million public employees protect the nation through service in the armed forces, and more than 183,000 of them are Air Force civilian full-time, part-time, term, temp and nonappropriated fund Airmen.
May 5, 2015 Air Force employee named as Service to America Medals finalist An Air Force leader was announced May 4 as a finalist for the 2015 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals, which highlight America’s dedicated civil servants who made significant contributions to the nation.
May 5, 2015 USDA dogs sniff out snakes With the utilization of 17 active-detector dog teams, 3,400 traps and toxicants, the U.S. Department of Agriculture captured approximately 8,300 brown tree snakes on Guam last year.
May 5, 2015 DOD Lab Day to showcase groundbreaking technologies The Air Force Research Laboratory will have a unique opportunity to showcase some of its groundbreaking technologies at the first ever Department of Defense Lab Day to be held at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., May 14.
May 5, 2015 Emerald Warrior-15 a complete success More than 2,100 members participated in Emerald Warrior, an annual Air Force Special Operations Command two-week joint service, interagency and partner nation exercise that concluded here May 1.
May 5, 2015 Active-duty Airmen to have direct access to physical therapy clinics The Air Force Medical Operations Agency has recently directed all Air Force military treatment facilities (MTF) to establish direct access physical therapy clinics for active-duty members. The policy shift will now allow an active-duty member with an acute musculoskeletal injury to make an
May 5, 2015 Website improves, simplifies military child care search With frequent moves, Air Force families face the challenging, and often frustrating task of making new child care arrangements every few years. A new Defense Department website is helping ease those moving transitions by simplifying the search and registration process for child care.
May 5, 2015 AF celebrates Public Service Recognition Week PSRW is a nation-wide campaign to recognize people who serve the nation as federal, state, county and local government employees. It's to highlight their contributions and to say “thank you for your service.”