• Honoring honorary commanders at the Rock

    The military community and the civilian community are a lot alike. There's a chain of command where everyone knows their position and roles. In the military, at the top of the chain, there is a commander; in the civilian world, there is a mayor. But when coexisting, how are the two combined?

  • Taking in the trash: Deployed 'Rock' Airmen learn meaning of OPSEC

    Garbage cans and dumpsters aren't particularly appealing to people. In fact, most people could present dozens of compelling reasons to avoid venturing into trash receptacles. Reasons such as the foul stench of decayed food, bodily wastes, and the pests they attract. Garbage can also host dangerous

  • Commentary: My job is prosecuting sexual assault

    Here's a simple truth...sexual offenders reject our core values of integrity, service and excellence, in favor of following their own base, undisciplined, criminal desires. Most sexual assaults committed by Airmen are "blue on blue," or Airmen victimizing other Airmen. So in addition to rejecting

  • Unit feature: 19th OSS Weather Flight

    In an area where weather can turn violent at a moment's notice, the 19th Operations Support Squadron Weather Flight stands ready to keep Team Little Rock alert to the always changing conditions around base.Capt. JohnDavid Gasa, weather flight commander, leads a close knit team of weather technicians

  • Commentary: End of a season

    Last weekend I sat on my patio winding down from a busy week. I watched some long needed rain fall to the ground, and took time to reflect on the many changes of command ceremonies I've attended here at Little Rock Air Force Base this summer. The most recent one took place just last Friday, one of

  • Children, parents “Get a Break”

    For military or non-military parents working on Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., the 19th Force Support Squadron offers two Child Development Centers for children ranging from the ages of six weeks to five years old.The hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The two

  • Little Rock gets electronic flight bags, saves paper & money

    Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., received 721 iPads, to be used as electronic flight bags, for its C-130 aircrews July 2, 2012, as part of Air Mobility Command's effort to reduce paper waste and costs by replacing flight bags and the loads of paperwork they hold with the electronic tablets.This

  • Completing the circle: Airman Mehmedovic's story

    In 1995 in America, most six year old boys spent their days picking on six year-old girls or mimicking and idolizing the Power Rangers, and characters from Dragon Ball Z and the World Wrestling Foundation. For six year-old Muhamed Mehmedovic, escaping to safety from tanks through the woods with his