• Family support vital to war effort

    Military readiness is directly tied to family readiness, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told National Guard family program volunteers here Aug. 2."This is our ninth year at war," Navy Adm. Mike Mullen said. "We continue at a level that has generated extraordinary results from the best

  • Chairman Joint Chiefs: Suicide at crisis level

    While no easy answers exist to a military suicide problem that has reached "crisis level," a big part of the solution is tied to leadership, according to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Addressing the National Guard Family Program Volunteer Workshop Aug. 2 in New Orleans, Navy Adm. Mike

  • 19th AW activates its third active associate squadron

    The 345th Airlift Squadron was officially reactivated here Aug. 6, making it the third active associate squadron to fall under Little Rock Air Force Base's 19th Airlift Wing.As part of the Air Force's Total Force Integration initiative, the 345th AS, commanded by Lt. Col. Craig L. Williams, will

  • The other face of Facebook

    It seems that Facebook is so popular today that my high school age kids are now calling it "Loserbook". To me, ridicule by a teenager simply verifies that Facebook has reached the main stream of today's society. With recent growth in Facebook's popularity and the change in Department of

  • 19th Airlift Wing lifts off with new commander

    A former C-130 pilot assigned to the base in 1994 has come home to command the world's largest C-130 wing.Col. Michael Minihan, a former 61st Airlift Squadron pilot, took command of the 19th Airlift Wing Black Knights in a change-of-command ceremony here Aug. 2."We are Combat Airlift," he told the

  • Plans underway for 2011 AETC Symposium

    Airmen who want to participate in the Air Force's premier academic and technical showcase can now put a date on their calendars for the 2011 Air Education and Training Command Symposium and AETC Ball.The two-day event, co-sponsored by the Alamo Chapter of the Air Force Association, will be held Jan.