• 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

  • 314th Maintenance Group impresses inspectors

    The 314th Maintenance Group impressed a 25-person team of Air Education and Training Command inspectors during the group's Logistics Compliance Assessment Program inspection, which assesses the group's compliance with directives governing the work they do. The Group received a Satisfactory rating,

  • Airman slices competition, wins culinary honors

    A member of Team Little Rock was among 21 Air Force food-service professionals who were honored at the 2009 Hennessy Travelers Association Educational Foundation Armed Forces Culinary Forum for Culinary Excellence Oct. 4 - 10. According to Staff Sgt. Sterling Jackson, 19th Force Support Squadron

  • Little Rock leads joint force training effort at JFEX

    The 19th Airlift Wing's own C-130s took the lead at Joint Force Exercise 10-01 held here Oct. 25-29. According to Col. Dave Kasberg, 19th Operations Group commander and JFEX Air Mission commander, the purpose of the JFEX is to reestablish forcible entry capability through air power by combining Army