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Category Archives: News
New commander for 51st Fighter Wing
The 51st Fighter Wing at Osan Air Base, Korea, has a new commander, the base announced.Col. Patrick Malackowski assumed command of the wing during a ceremony Monday from Col. Thomas Deale, who will become director of colonel management at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Base, Col. Patrick Malackowski, Col. Thomas Deale, Korea, Nev., Osan, osan air base korea
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McChrystal gives full backing to Afghan plan
The top U.S. general in Afghanistan told the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that he “fully supports” President Barack Obama’s new strategy and decision to deploy tens of thousands of troops to the war and that those decisions “reflect … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Karl Eikenberry, Maine, Md., Obama, U.S.
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DOD officials host disability awards ceremony, forum
Defense Department officials highlighted the Pentagon’s programs for people with disabilities Dec. 8 and recognized accomplishments of employees with disabilities. Clarence Johnson, acting deputy undersecretary of defense for plans, served as host for the department’s disability awards ceremony and forum … Continue reading
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Tagged Clarence Johnson, Defense, defense department officials, Md.
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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
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
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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Tagged Ariz., man, rescue coordination center, Sonoran Desert, Superstition Mountain
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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
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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Tagged Adm. Patrick Walsh, Afghanistan, Arizona, Ewa, Hawaii, Iraq, John Hughes, Navy, navy corpsman, Pearl Harbor-, Richard Laubert, Sterling Cale, U.S., Walsh, West Oahu
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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