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  • Guard members to see changes in GI Bill transfer benefits

    ARLINGTON, Va. – Provisions allowing Guard members to transfer some or all of their Post- 9/11 GI Bill benefits to their spouse or children are set to change, limiting the timeframe Soldiers and Airmen can transfer those benefits.“You have to have a minimum of six years [in service] in order to be

  • OK Air Guardsmen named Oklahoma City military hero

    Master Sgt. Bryan Whittle, assigned to the 205 Engineering and Installation Squadron (205th EIS) at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, was honored as the American Red Cross of Oklahoma’s military hero during the 2019 Oklahoma City Heroes Breakfast, March 5, 2019.

  • Keeping Airmen safe in the most inhospitable place on Earth

    SWANTON, Ohio – In 1914, when the unfortunate crew of the ship Endurance attempted the first land crossing of Antarctica, Sir Ernest Shackleton wrote, “We were helpless intruders in a strange world, our lives dependent upon the play of grim elementary forces that made a mock of our puny

  • Guardsmen Optimize Mission Readiness, Enhance Army Combatives Program

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Frederick Cruz from the Hawaii Air National Guard, pins down fellow Airman on shallow ocean waves as water splashed after each body hit. Sparring with Airman 1st Class Christian Torres they alternated control with each movement. Both Airmen participated in a U.S. Army Combatives

  • New Hampshire Airman has passion to keep old aircraft aloft

    NEWINGTON, N.H. – Keeping an aging fleet of KC-135 Stratotankers flying is a passion for Tech Sgt. Mark McCassin, an assistant crew chief with the 157th Air Refueling Wing Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, New Hampshire Air National Guard. He is assigned to what is thought to be the oldest KC-135

  • Wyoming National Guard partners with police in drug fight

    CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The National Guard has always been about cooperation and support and for the last 30 years has partnered with law enforcement in the war on drugs. The Wyoming Counterdrug Support Program works with law enforcement agencies to pursue criminal organizations and deter illicit drug use

  • ACC Commander pays rare visit to 173rd Fighter Wing

    The commander of Air Combat Command, made his first visit to the 173rd Fighter Wing, Feb. 4-6, 2019, to see operations at the sole provider of F-15C air superiority pilots in the U.S. Air Force. General Mike Holmes is responsible for all the combat units in the Air Force and as such is very