• Little Rock AFB home of Total Force C-130 training

    Little Rock Air Force Base will continue to be the center of C-130 Total Force training for years to come as a result of a fore structure realignment announced by the Air Force May 11.As a result, Little Rock's C-130 training mission will reflect the Total Force Integration environment employed and

  • Prepare for fiscal year closeout

    The fiscal year end is approaching, so it's time to take action to ensure the items and services that are needed are received. Acquisition planning is the key to meeting those needs. While use of the government purchase card remains the preferred method for obtaining small-dollar items and services.

  • Memorial Day ceremony

    Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of Union veterans -- the Grand Army of the Republic -- established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared that Decoration Day

  • DoD launches personalized quit tobacco training

    The U.S. Department of Defense has announced the launch of Train2Quit, an innovative Web-based tobacco cessation training specifically designed for military personnel and families.Train2Quit is a step-by-step process with proven methods and interactive activities and tools to help tobacco users quit

  • Air Force seeks officers for defense research program

    The Air Force is soliciting officer nominations through June 17 for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Service Chiefs Program beginning in September.According to Capt. Breanne Roeckers, the Air Force Personnel Center's officer developmental education chief, the DARPA SCP will help

  • Air Force fitness program revisions begin July 1

    In about a month, Airmen across the globe will begin testing against new fitness assessment standards. These standards were deemed necessary by senior Air Force leaders to ensure a fitter and healthier fighting force. Changes include bi-annual testing, minimum requirements within testing components

  • Portal offers new secure network tool similar to Facebook

    Air Force Portal Web designers are keeping up with the Web 2.0 era by offering portal users a new means to engage in professional communications in a secure social media environment.After initial tests among some 7,000 users in the Air Force's logistics community, the portal's newly developed