• One Airman's trash is another Airman's training aid

    Several American and Iraqi airmen are working together to move parts from a wrecked C-130 Hercules on Sather Air Base to New Al Muthana AB where they will be used as training aids for Iraqi aircraft maintainers. Little Rock Air Force Base Master Sgt. Dellet Weaver is part of the team recovering the

  • Little Rock Air Force Base NCO Academy graduates

    Tech. Sgt. Abel Alvarez, 19th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Jamie Beard, 19th Operations Support Squadron Tech. Sgt. Michale Brinkley, 314th Operations Group Tech. Sgt. Timothy Callahan, 19th AMXS Tech. Sgt. Kerry Cook, 19th AMXS Tech. Sgt. William Crouch, 19th Logistics Readiness

  • Flu symptoms nothing to sneeze at

    Even though nearly 4,100 people have received flu shots at the base clinic, the threat of the seasonal sickness is nothing to sneeze at - especially with the threat of the H1N1 flu.Base medical officials are awaiting shipment of the H1N1 flu vaccine and have instituted new actions for those who have

  • Team Little Rock members selected for OTS

    Five members of Team Little Rock were selected for fiscal 2009 Officer Training School among 1,139 other applicants, of whom 114 were selected. The base's Basic Officer Training selects are: Senior Airman Dane Coppini, 19th Security Forces Squadron, 92T0/Pilot, Staff Sgt. Sean Jensen, 373rd Training

  • Experts to answer H1N1 questions online

    Military Health System experts will host a Web-based town hall-style meeting Nov. 10 from 3 to 4 p.m. EST to respond to questions about H1N1 influenza. Military members, their families, health-care providers and Defense Department civilians may submit questions starting Nov. 2, using the comments

  • Nurse commissioning program seeks enlisted applicants

    Officials at the Air Force Personnel Center here will conduct the annual Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program board May 11-13 to select candidates for fall 2010 start dates. The program offers active-duty enlisted personnel the opportunity to earn a bachelor's degree in a high-need academic major.

  • DoD challenges servicemembers--You're tougher than tobacco!

    Falls Church, VA--The U.S. Department of Defense is urging young enlisted personnel to put themselves to the test on November 19. That's the day smokers worldwide join the Great American Smokeout (GASO), stomping out their butts and taking on one of the biggest internal challenges they may face.

  • Improved protection for household goods

    Relocating can be one of the most stressful events in a person's life. With approximately 500,000 household goods shipments every year, the military is the largest moving population in the United States. Officials with the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command are committed to making

  • New perspective improves VA programs

    A new perspective has enabled leaders at the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve the level and accessibility of care provided to servicemembers, the department's assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs said here Oct. 27. "I bring with me to VA a really different, new