• 24/7 Fitness Now Available for Dependents

    A 24 hour/seven days a week fitness center began at Little Rock Air Force Base's fitness center Feb. 15. Sign-up for the program began Feb. 4.The new program is part of a Force Support Squadron initiative to enhance the morale, welfare and recreation for Airmen on base."This is all part of services'

  • CUI Preparation: Awareness of Intelligence Oversight

    Since the implementation of the Patriot Act in 2001, many people are under the impression that DoD agencies are constantly gathering information on all U.S. persons, all the time. However, this is not the case.A Presidential Executive Order, a DoD regulation, and AFI 14-104 define the intelligence

  • Decision Making and Your Career

    Can you remember when you had to make a decision and there was a little voice in the back of your head talking to you. Two choices could be made: you listened to that voice or you didn't. Chances are if it was the wrong choice there would be consequences to face. A successful career is due, in part,

  • Air Force implements civilian hiring freeze

    Air Force senior leaders directed a force-wide hiring freeze among other workforce actions in a memorandum sent to senior commanders Jan. 16.The actions are part of the Air Force's efforts to pursue reversible or recoverable steps to avoid impacts to core readiness caused by the looming possibility

  • New 314 AW command chief focuses on Airmen

    The chief master sergeant sat in her office and sipped coffee on this cold January day. She spoke with a gentle tone that gave no indication of her experience as a basic military training instructor at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.Chief Master Sgt. Andrea Gates, the 314th Airlift Wing's newest

  • GI Bill education transfer incurs 4 years for all Airmen

    When initially implemented, the Post-9/11 GI Bill education transfer program was phased in to enable Airmen nearing retirement to accept a 1-, 2-, or 3-year active-duty service commitment. That phase-in period expired July 31, 2012 and all active-duty Airmen now incur a 4-year ADSC, said Bruce

  • 19th EMS pays the tab

    0-0-1-3 is an equation that just adds up. For members of the 19th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, it has merely been one factor helping to solve a greater problem. "As of [Jan. 14,] our unit has been 387 days DUI free" said Maj. Jeffrey Burdette, 19th EMS commander. "That's about 550 Airmen, NCOs,

  • Base Airmen earn medals for their courageous actions

    "I'd do it again in a heartbeat if I had the chance," said Staff Sgt. William Charleton, 19th Component Maintenance Squadron fuel system craftsman. Inclement weather at an Arkansas Travelers baseball game Aug. 12, 2011, forced Charleton, his wife, Susannah and Airman 1st Class Kyle Gibson, 19th

  • Air Force announces KC-46A candidate bases

    The Air Force announced Altus Air Force Base, Okla. and McConnell AFB, Kan., as candidate bases for the KC-46A formal training unit (FTU) today. Altus AFB, Fairchild AFB, Wash., Grand Forks AFB, N.D., and McConnell AFB, are candidate bases for the first active-duty led KC-46A main operating base