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Twitter accounts feed job opportunities, news to customers

Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr.   The Web is fueling society’s digital hunger for real-time information and dialogue, and officials at the Air Force Personnel Center and the Air Force Services Agency are serving up the first course. Two Twitter accounts currently … Continue reading

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2 SEALs arraigned in detainee abuse case

NORFOLK, Va. — The Navy SEAL charged with assaulting an alleged terrorist in Iraq in September declined to enter a plea during his Monday arraignment here, then took the unusual step of speaking to supporters and the media after the … Continue reading

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Task force finds improvement in sexual assault response

Defense Department officials have made progress in improving their response to the needs of sexual assault victims, but they need to do more, a special task force has determined. The Defense Task Force on sexual assault in the military services has … Continue reading

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Airmen aid in search for stranded hiker

Members of the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center here aided in search operations with local and state agencies to save a stranded man late Dec. 1 in the Sonoran Desert in Apache Junction, Ariz. The young man was hiking on … Continue reading

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Support improves for families with special needs

Officials are working to boost the resources and support the Defense Department’s Exceptional Family Member Program provides to military families with special needs. “Most people are aware of EFMP as a mandatory enrollment program, but we’re working to raise awareness … Continue reading

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Pearl Harbor remembered 68 years later

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Dozens of survivors of Pearl Harbor on Monday solemnly remembered those who died in the Japanese aerial assault 68 years ago as a top Navy commander said their bravery laid the foundation for the subsequent U.S. … Continue reading

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Veterans more likely to avoid foreclosure with VA-backed loan

Despite problems in the nation’s housing market, mortgage loans backed by the Department of Veterans Affairs had a lower foreclosure rate than any other type of home loan in the industry, as of the end of the last fiscal year. … Continue reading

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Dec. 4 airpower summary

Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Dec. 4 according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. Air Operations in Afghanistan: Now Zad Air Force MQ-1 Predator … Continue reading

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624 medical, dental officers to be promoted

More than 620 medical and dental officers have been selected for promotion, the Air Force Personnel Center announced Dec. 4.The 2009A colonel, lieutenant colonel and major Central Selection Boards for the Medical and Dental corps and the 2009B colonel board … Continue reading

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Kandahar Airmen complete 265,000 push ups

Sixty-three members of the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing completed a total of 265,597 push ups throughout the month of November. Nov. 30 ended the wing’s 30-day challenge in which Airmen were challenged to complete 10,000 push ups between Nov. 1 … Continue reading

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