• Team Little Rock unified in Haiti relief effort

    An augmented crew from Little Rock Air Force Base's 41st Airlift Squadron flew the base's eighth C-130 Hercules transport airplane into Haiti Jan. 20 as part of Air Mobility Command's participation in Operation Unified Response, the Hatian earthquake relief efforts. The airplane, a C-130J model that

  • Chairman cites need for rapid health-care solutions

    Defense Department officials must work quickly to surmount a stigma that's preventing servicemembers from seeking help for the signature wounds of today's wars, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Jan. 25. "We are clearly just beginning to deal with the long-term effects of the signature

  • Taking care of caregivers

    Deployments are a way of life in today's Air Force. Accordingly, Air Force members plan ahead and anticipate many contingencies while they are deployed.One plan that's required by all Air Force members with families is a family care plan that reasonably covers all situations, short and long term.

  • Air Force officials extend deadline for warrior games applications

    Air Force officials are accepting applications until Feb. 15 for the inaugural Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo.Wounded, ill and injured servicemembers will compete across all branches of the military in a joint effort between the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Olympic Committee.

  • Developmental opportunities in WMD for civilians/officers

    Officials are requesting nominations for a professional military education course in the study of weapons of mass destruction.The Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction at the National Defense University announced recently the call for nominations to the 2010 program for emerging

  • $3,000 emergency advanced payment information and guidance

    In late 2009, the Department of Veterans Affairs authorized emergency advanced payments of $3,000 to veterans who had not received education benefits during the Fall 2009 semester. In addition to providing payments to veterans, some payments were made to Airmen on active duty and possibly some