• AF announces PT test enhancements to start Oct. 1

    Air Force senior leadership announced enhancements to the Air Force's Physical Fitness Assessment program, to be implemented Oct. 1. In a letter to Airmen Aug. 20, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III explained the results of the comprehensive review, highlighting the strength of the

  • New ITT location offers $1,000 Prize

    The Information, Tickets and Travel Office at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. is moving to the Base Exchange here after a grand opening ceremony Friday. Do you ever wish you had a personal travel guide to help you plan out your family vacations? How about the endless hours spent surfing the web to

  • Airmen asked to participate in DoD anti-tobacco video competition

    The Department of Defense (DoD), Health Affairs, has recently announced a new tobacco countermarketing video competition aimed to target the message of tobacco being an enemy of our military as it degrades their health, fitness, mission readiness and work productivity. The competition entitled,

  • DOD announces same-sex spouse benefits

    Today, the Department of Defense announced its plan to extend benefits to same-sex spouses of uniformed service members and Department of Defense civilian employees, according to a DOD news release issued today.After a review of the department's benefit policies following the Supreme Court's ruling

  • Little Rock Air Force Base uses new ERT during MARE

    During the recent Major Accident Response Exercise, July 24, 2013, Little Rock Air Force Base tested a revolutionary new Emergency Response Tool that could increase the efficiency of first responders and enhance the base's ability to respond to disasters in the future. The base did not have a

  • ABC’s of back to school safety

    As August marks the beginning of the end of summer, parents and those who drive past Arnold Drive Elementary and Jacksonville Lighthouse Charter School Flightline Upper Academy are to be mindful that now that school has begun for the Flightline Upper Academy and will begin Monday for Arnold Drive,

  • 19th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Structural Maintenance

    Staff Sgt. Maxwell Roberts, a 19th Equipment Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, repairs and replaces a broken faceplate August 8, 2013 at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The 19th EMS aircraft structural maintenance shop designs, repairs and fabricates aircraft

  • Team Little Rock Member Shows Core Values at Work and Home

    Situations and circumstances are the building blocks of one's personality and outlook on life. Whether you have had positive experiences and opportunities that have placed you on the easy road to success or have learned lessons and triumphed over mistakes or difficult obstacles, these life

  • New ANG recruiter for Little Rock AFB

    Little Rock Air Force Base now has an in-service recruiter for any active-duty member who wants to join the Air National Guard. If an Airman wants to go to a specific state or perhaps back home, Master Sgt. Marcus Rawls, Little Rock AFB in-service recruiter, said he is the "broker" between that

  • Pentagon announces reduction in TLR civilian furlough days

    Hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian employees who have had to take a weekly unpaid day off from work since July 8 are getting some relief, as the total number of furlough days has been reduced from 11 to six, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced today.Here is the complete text of