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  • Pentagon to lift rule excluding women from combat

    Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are expected to announce the lifting of the direct combat exclusion rule for women in the military, a senior defense official said today.The policy change will begin a process in which the

  • Ostrat assumes operations group command

    Lt. Col. Ken Ostrat took the guidon for the 514th Operations Group from Col. Michael Underkofler, 514th Air Mobility Wing commander, Jan. 12, 2013, here at an assumption-of-command ceremony at the community center.Ostrat recently served as the 908th Operations Group director of operations at Maxwell

  • 87th MDG offers resiliency enhancement visits

    Active-duty service members may be eligible for a program which offers four visits "off-the-record" at the 87th Medical Group Mental Health Clinic.The program, called resiliency enhancement visits, encourages active-duty service members who are hesitant to seek mental health services to get the help

  • Air Force leaders deliver budget guidance to force

    Air Force leaders delivered guidance to the force recently, telling them to begin planning for the uncertain budget environment ahead, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley said Jan. 11 in a press briefing."Even though we're not presuming this worst case will occur, prudent planning for the