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  • Executive order eases employment for military spouses

    President Bush has signed an executive order that will make it easier for spouses of servicemembers to get federal jobs. The order authorizes noncompetitive hiring of spouses and should make the hiring process easier and faster for those in this category, said Patricia Bradshaw, deputy

  • Tips to save energy at work, home

    October is Energy Awareness Month. One of McGuire's "enduring themes" is preserving resources, which is equally important to accept as a personal theme. Everything we do involves energy -- work, transportation, family activities, health, well-being and entertainment. In that respect, each and every

  • Air Force climate survey begins Oct. 1

    Air Force leaders want to know what's on the minds of Airmen. The Air Force launches its 2008 climate survey Oct. 1 via an e-mail invitation to every Airman across the total force, including civilians. The survey covers home life, work environment, leadership and morale issues. It will run through

  • Club-membership benefits continue to grow

    Moments after Gary Kelly's set of kings was topped by a runner-runner straight, the assistant operations officer for the 305th Security Forces Squadron shrugged and simply said, "that's poker." The bad beat that had eliminated Mr. Kelly from The Club's poker tournament no doubt smarted less because,

  • Airmen gradute ALS Class 08-F

    Congratulations to the following Airmen who graduated Airman Leadership School Class 08-F: Staff Sgt. Loren Bell 20th Air Support Operations Squadron Staff Sgt. George Reinas 305th Security Forces Squadron Senior Airman Jorge Anton 2nd Air Refueling Squadron Senior Airman Andrew Mullins 20th ASOS

  • Spouse forums, GI Mail alternatives still available online

    With the transition to the new Air Force Community Web site, www.afcommunity.af.mil, on Oct. 1, alternatives to the GI Mail service and Air Force Spouse forums and discussion boards previously available on the former "Air Force Crossroads" Web site are available on the Air Force Portal and

  • New organization changes how to get info, entertainment

    The Oct. 1 establishment of the Defense Media Activity will change the way Defense Department members get news, entertainment and information to servicemembers and their families. Servicemembers will not immediately notice a change: the Armed Forces Network will still broadcast football games and

  • Air Mobility Battlelab deactivates after 10 years

    At 2 p.m. on Sept. 24, the Air Mobility Battlelab was no longer a unit in the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, or the Air Force. In front of the center's commander, Maj. Gen. Kip Self, and the battlelab's last commander, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Lathrop, the unit's flag was rolled up and ceremoniously

  • AMC vice commander calls Expeditionary Center 'transformational'

    Lt. Gen. Vern "Rusty" Findley marks the passing of time not in hurried minutes or seconds, but in the lingering days of a paper calendar. "Two thousand, five hundred and sixty-nine days is a long time," the vice commander of the Air Mobility Command said, counting the number of days since the