• Air Force's new 'virtual Finance' takes customers out of waiting line

    The Air Force's new "virtual Finance" is giving work time back to Airmen and civilians by providing a host of secure financial services that customers can access with a mouse click.Replacing the "Money - Finance Central" page on the Air Force Portal, the virtual finance page was developed with a

  • Culture shift: AMC launches Comprehensive Airman Fitness

    "Each of us has a flame inside of us that, when made stronger, can help us withstand life's storms," said Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., Air Mobility Command commander, during a June 16 video teleconference with wing commanders.To strengthen force resilience AMC launched Comprehensive Airman Fitness

  • All students required to register for new school year

    All students in the Pulaski County Special School District, whether they will be a new or returning student, will have to register at the school they will be attending, according to Assistant Superintendent for Equity and Pupil Services Brenda Bowles. Bowles said registering is necessary because the

  • VA eases claims process for veterans with PTSD

    The Veterans Affairs Department published a final regulation intended to ease the claims process and improve access to health care for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. The new rule, published in the Federal Register, will relax the evidence requirement if the PTSD stressor claimed by a

  • Air Force wounded warrior rides from coast to coast

    A combat controller, who last year was laying in a hospital fighting for his life, is now riding his bicycle across America as part of his rehabilitation and to inspire other wounded warriors.Along with 19 of his teammates, including one from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., Staff Sgt. Marc

  • Information assurance scholarship available to officers, civilians

    Officers and civilians have until Jan. 31 to apply for the Information Assurance Scholarship Program, a special developmental education program available for the 2011 academic year. The program pays the full cost of tuition, select fees and required books for graduate degrees in subjects such as

  • Four Little Rock aircrews take part in largest ever JFEX formation

    Four Little Rock Air Force Base aircrews took part in the largest formation ever assembled for a Joint Forcible Entry Exercise June 22 and 23 at Pope Air Force Base and Fort Bragg, N.C.The herculean formation of 18 Air Force cargo airplanes featuring 10 C-130s and eight C-17s from various Air Force

  • Services work to learn more about brain ailments, suicides

    Post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury and suicides among servicemembers are interrelated problems requiring holistic prevention methods and more scientific study, military leaders told a Senate panel June 22."The reality is, the study of the brain is an emerging science, and there still is

  • Base now Facebook friendly

    "I'm a fan." That's what the base's public affairs staff hopes military members on base and supporters outside the base's gates will say to the base's June 18 launch of its Facebook page.The page offers base leaders a new avenue to connect and communicate with Airmen and their families as well as

  • Commander's Action Line: Surcharges at dining hall

    Question: Based on information I have read, retirees shouldn't be charged a surcharge for eating at the dining hall under the test program. Am I wrong? I enjoy eating at the dining hall on weekends, but the 30-percent surcharge I was charged is a bit much.Answer: You're referring to the Food