• Air Force fitness program revisions begin July 1

    In about a month, Airmen across the globe will begin testing against new fitness assessment standards. These standards were deemed necessary by senior Air Force leaders to ensure a fitter and healthier fighting force. Changes include bi-annual testing, minimum requirements within testing components

  • Portal offers new secure network tool similar to Facebook

    Air Force Portal Web designers are keeping up with the Web 2.0 era by offering portal users a new means to engage in professional communications in a secure social media environment.After initial tests among some 7,000 users in the Air Force's logistics community, the portal's newly developed

  • Water safety learned the hard way

    On Nov. 1, 2008, I was enjoying an unseasonably warm day at the Heber Springs., Ark., reservoir with my family and friends. The water temp was still in the upper 70s, so it was a great day to be on the lake. We started the day with some boating on the pontoon boat, with our friends riding on their

  • Remember safety during the Critical Days of Summer

    With summer just around the corner, it's the time of the year when many of us will be going on vacation, playing sports and enjoying the great outdoors. It's also the time for the Critical Days of Summer safety campaign - Memorial Day weekend, May 28th, through Labor Day weekend, Sept. 6th. We, our

  • Law Day 2010: Law in the 21st Century

    Law Day is a national day set aside to celebrate the rule of law and to underscore how the legal process has contributed to the freedoms that all Americans share today. It began in 1957, when the American Bar Association President Charles S. Rhyne, a Washington, D.C. attorney, envisioned a special

  • 2 Airmen start fundraising trend

    Two young enlisted Airmen started a fundraiser last month that had a contagious effect, ending with $5,000 for the Manas Area Benefits Outreach Society children's heart surgery fund.Beginning with a goal of raising about $500 - enough to fund one surgery - the 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness

  • JAG announces 2 law school opportunities

    Applications for the Funded Legal Education Program and Excess Leave Program are being accepted from Jan. 1 through March 1, 2011, and all interested eligible officers are encouraged to compete. "Our Air Force missions change constantly, and our commanders deserve to have legal advisors with a broad