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  • Air Force Financial Services Center – Working through challenges

    Last fall, Financial Management implemented its largest change in its more than 60-year history with the establishment of the Air Force Financial Services Center at Ellsworth AFB, S.D. Back-shop military pay and travel processes for McGuire migrated to the AFFSC with the goal of saving manpower

  • McGuire Airmen stand up at 'Stand Down'

    In a concerted effort to give homeless veterans "a hand up, not a hand out," more than 65 Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing paid tribute to veterans during operation Operation Stand Down 2008 held at the Pennsylvania National Guard grounds in Philadelphia Sept. 5-7. "This massive

  • Family Fun Day postponed

    Team McGuire families plus food, fun and faith equals Family Fun Day! All base personnel and family members are encouraged to attend the first Family Fun Day, hosted by the Chapel's Protestant community. The event has been postponed due to weather conditions; a new date will be determined. "Family

  • Battlelab initiative demonstrates safer way to cool down KC-135 flight deck

    Aircrews operating KC-135 Stratotankers in hot climates may soon have a safer way to keep their flight decks cool thanks to the Air Mobility Battlelab's KC-135 Hot Weather Cooling Sock initiative. "This initiative addresses a current problem where aircraft maintainers use a standard flexible duct

  • McGuire family member makes history

    Kasen Warrick is his name; tee ball is his game. He's only 6 years old, but little Kasen has made history. Handpicked by McGuire's Youth Center staff, Kasen recently took a trip to the White House for a game of tee ball with the president of the United States. President George Bush and first lady

  • Suicide Prevention Week: There is help

    Although suicide rates for the military are substantially lower than comparable populations in the United States, Department of Defense figures are on the rise. In 2001, for every 100,000 servicemembers, 10.3 committed suicide. In 2007 that number had risen to 13.9. Suicide Prevention Week is Sept.

  • Online master's program earns award

    Officials from the Air Command and Staff College's Distance Learning Directorate here developed and launched the Air Force's online master's degree program in 2007 and received the Muir S. Fairchild Award Aug. 29 for their efforts. The entire curriculum was created in-house, and the program, an Air