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  • Expeditionary Center students from McGuire save a life

    Staff Sgt. Milton Cobo and Senior Airman Nestor Rivas went to the do some studying with their classmates and enjoy an evening by the hotel pool. The last thing they expected was to be saving someone from drowning on the deep end of the pool. On July 30, Sergeant Cobo and Airman Rivas, both security

  • Travel regulation change protects renters whose landlords default

    A new change to the Joint Federal Travel Regulations authorizes the military to pay to move servicemembers and their families whose landlords default on property the military members are renting. Bill Carr, deputy undersecretary of defense for military personnel policy and chairman of the Per Diem,

  • How, when to use a fire extinguisher

    Prevention is key when it comes to protecting your home or workplace from a fire. However, fire extinguishers are our first line of defense if a fire starts. The question is, will you know when and how to use a fire extinguisher? Here are 10 important rules to remember when it comes to a fire: 1.

  • YES program offers money for students’ education, McGuire youth programs

    The Air Force Aid Society, along with the 305th Services Squadron youth programs, has created a program for high school students, which allows them to earn money for post-secondary education and gain valuable work and volunteer experience, while supporting and earning money for McGuire AFB. The

  • New travel card distribution to begin this month

    Citibank officials will mail out new government travel charge cards Aug. 13 through Sept. 19. Initial distribution will begin with cardholders at overseas locations and migrate from the west to the east coast. The new cards will be sent to addresses on file with Bank of America, so all cardholders

  • Retraining gives NCOs opportunity to shape their careers

    Air Force officials are seeking volunteers to accept jobs in more than 1,077 shortage career field and special duty positions during the 2009 Noncommissioned Officer Retraining Program which began Aug. 1. Officials especially need NCOs to choose opportunities to conduct investigative work in the

  • Tricare enhances dental benefit for pregnant women

    In response to research indicating the increased risk of dental disease during pregnancy, Tricare Management Activity recently approved an enhanced Maternity Dental Benefit through United Concordia, a dental contractor. The enhanced benefit authorizes an additional cleaning at no cost for all

  • Suicide Prevention: Speak up so others don't act out

    A canoe plummets over a waterfall and crashes into boulders below. Moments earlier, as it nears the precipice, a bystander almost yells out a warning but assumes the canoeist is in control of the situation and remains quiet. Prior to that, several hikers watch the same person paddling obliviously