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  • One year later: Response by Airmen for Operation Tomodachi 'unprecedented'

    When the island nation of Japan was struck with an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 11, 2011, the world answered the call with an unprecedented response -- and so did mobility and contingency Airmen. Among those leading the worldwide effort that delivered aid and support to

  • Inaugural African Partnership Flight takes off

    Airmen from the 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron of the 621st Contingency Response Wing participated in the opening ceremony of the inaugural African Partnership Flight event March 12 at Air Force Base Accra, Ghana.The event, hosted by the Ghanaian Air Force, is a two-week,

  • Trainers train for overseas mission

    Leaders of 174th Infantry Brigade and 72nd Field Artillery Brigade, First Army Division East train at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., in preparation for an advise and assist training mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.Although First Army does not deploy as brigades or

  • 99th RSC improves Yellow Ribbon experience

    Army Reserve soldiers who are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan sometimes encounter a different kind of fog of war when returning to the states, leaving these hometown heroes feeling lost and unsatisfied with their commitment to their nation.The Secretary of Defense initiated the Yellow Ribbon

  • Soldier embodies 'Warrior Ethos,' pursues Purple Heart for fallen comrade

    The letter began, "Dear Senator McCain, I am an 87-year -old WWII veteran who participated in the Battle of Central Europe, Battle of Adrennes (bulge), Battle of Germany ..."The author and octogenarian, Dr. Michael Altamura, addressed the senator in yet another attempt to ensure the recognition of a

  • Contingency response team trains to move Americans out of harm's way

    Airmen from across Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst joined forces March 6 through 8 in an exercise training for noncombatant evacuation operations.Members of the 817th Contingency Response Group, 87th Medical Group and special dedicated agents from Detachment 307 of the Air Force Office of Special

  • 305th AMW's 6th Airlift Squadron returns home from deployment

    Eight Airmen from the 305th Air Mobility Wing's, 6th Airlift Squadron, returned March 5 from a three month leadership deployment to Southwest Asia.Airmen with the 305th Aerial Port Squadron, Detachment 1, working out of Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport welcomed the team

  • Air Force expands drug testing program to include abused prescription drugs

    The Air Force and other military services will expand their drug testing to include testing for commonly abused prescription drugs beginning May 1.On Jan. 31, the Secretary of Defense gave a 90-day advance notice of the drug testing expansion which aims to counter the nation's growing epidemic and