Upcoming traumatic stress response classes at the Expeditionary Center June 15

 Chaplain (Col.) Charlie Bolin from Air Force Reserve Command is pursuing a doctorate in health psychology to help bring traumatic stress response training to combined forces warriors. His understanding of the body-mind-spirit connection in traumatic stress helps those who are involved in combat

Air Force officials release uniform board results, focus on current inventory

Air Force officials here have released the results of the 98th Virtual Uniform Board. While the board did not introduce new uniforms, the majority of the uniform-wear policy results improved upon existing uniforms. The service's senior leaders said they intend to provide fully functional and

Town hall meeting draws Fort Dix audience as leaders share Joint Base details

 In a June 4 briefing at Fort Dix, aptly titled Joint Base 101, Col. Gina Grosso, commander of the 87th Air Base Wing, presented a rapid-fire summary of challenges, opportunities and organizational imperatives facing McGuire Air Force Base, Fort Dix and the Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst as

Air Force officials revise fitness program

The need for a "clear, understandable and simpler" fitness program will mean significant changes to the Air Force's current fitness program, said the service's top officer during a senior leadership conference held June 4 through 6 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Air Force Chief of Staff

Questions abound in cyber theater of operations, vice chairman says

Cyber operations simply are another theater of operations for the U.S. military, and the Defense Department must apply the same analytical rigor and resources to it as it would to any other theater, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said recently. "There will be a cyber capability at

108th Refueling Wing wins Metcalf Trophy

The 108th Air Refueling Wing was recently awarded the Rusty Metcalf Trophy for demonstrating the highest standards of mission accomplishment for the year of 2008. To be considered for this award, units are evaluated in the areas of exercises and deployments, human resources, accident rate history,

Information managers transform into knowledge operations managers

Airmen in the former information management career field started a two-part transformation Oct. 31, 2008, as they changed their job titles to knowledge operations managers. Airmen in the knowledge operations management career field will undergo another transformation in October 2009 when it

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Vice chairman: Deterrence plays into overseas basing decisions

The overseas basing choices the United States makes for its military forces are a factor in deterring potential enemies, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said June 4 here. Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright told a gathering at the Center for International and Strategic Studies here

This week in McGuire Air Force Base history

This is a week of significant anniversaries. The first permanently assigned air unit to Fort Dix Army Air Forces Base arrived June 9, 1941. The 126th Observation Squadron began operating with North American O-47 Army Liaison/Observation Aircraft on June 10; the airfield was ready just in time for