• Base honors Jacksonville mayor with 2012 Cornerstone Award

    Colonel Brian Robinson, 19th Airlift Wing commander, presented the 2012 Team Little Rock Cornerstone Award to Jacksonville Mayor Gary Fletcher at the Jan. 25 Team Little Rock 2012 Annual Awards Banquet.The Cornerstone Award recognizes civic leaders who excel in base and community involvement, Airmen

  • CUI Prep: Part I

    "What is a CUI?"This is the first in a series of articles to inform the base populace and extended Little Rock community about our upcoming inspections and exercises. Through these articles, we hope to educate Team Little Rock about the expectations, preparations, and execution of our exercise and

  • Airmen in the Attic

    For some first-term Airmen, it can be quite difficult and a bit scary, leaving home and starting a completely new life. Trying to survive on an airman's income is not always easy, especially if that Airman has dependents. The Airman's Attic is a place located on most, if not all, Air Force bases,

  • Commentary: Penthouse View

    After 42 years in the trenches, in one fashion or another, I'm in the "Penthouse" or "The Big House", or "On the Hill", or in the "Rabbit Cage", ...whatever your pseudonym is for your leadership's office digs. As the very first civilian deputy ever for the 19th Mission Support Group, I am

  • Innovative Thinking: 19th OG converts to 4-day fly week, increases training

    Nearly a year ago, the 19th Operations Group at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., truncated their fly-week from five days to four, leaving one day a week explicitly dedicated to training. Group leaders said the switch has led to increased training rates and improved deployment readiness, while

  • 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