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  • JSTARS Guardsmen team with Rebuilding Together

    Five Air National Guardsmen from the 116th Air Control Wing, gave up their Saturday to volunteer with Rebuilding Together Warner Robins performing repair and renovation work for a local low-income household.Rebuilding Together is a national non-profit organization that has been providing critical

  • Sears heroic actions under enemy fire helps fellow members survive attack

    When an explosive ordnance disposal team rolls out for a combat patrol, their objective is to defuse bombs and gather intelligence about the bomb-makers. It's not to engage the enemy. But as New Jersey Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Mike Sears put it, sometimes, there's no choice. Sept. 29, 2012 was

  • Airman Leadership distance course marks change, release

    Officials at the Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education announced the release today, May 1, of a new version of the Airman Leadership Distance Learning Course (ALDLC) entitled, "Course 00003." The updated course is used by Air National Guard members for distance learning of the normally

  • Soldiers, Airmen, Warriors

    For the first time, the Massachusetts National Guard held a joint service competition to determine who are the state's best warriors. Twenty two Soldiers and Airmen competed in the Massachusetts National Guard's Best Warrior Competition from April 5th to 7th, here. Best Warrior covers a number of

  • Specialized Airmen have two jobs but they're not moonlighting

    Khaki or denim pants, a plaid button-up shirt, rolled-up sleeves and dark brown work boots are not what one would expect to see an Airman wearing during the duty day.However, this is common for Air National Guard members of the Engineering Installation team. If they are not deployed or performing

  • Family service members group life insurance benefit changes

    Service members married to other service members are no longer automatically enrolled in the Family Servicemembers Group Life Insurance program, Pentagon officials said.The change, effective Jan. 2, to date affects about 4,500 service members, Coast Guard Cmdr. Kristen Martin, who heads the Defense

  • Faith in Captivity: Vietnam POW inspires 128th ARW Airmen

    With his hands bound in manacles, an imprisoned Air Force pilot watched from his bamboo holding cell as North Vietnamese soldiers moved a wounded American prisoner into the cell across from his. The pilot was shocked at the man's appearance; his fingers were raw and his body was emaciated. His whole

  • Wingman Day; taking care of Guardsmen and their families

    Guardsmen assigned here participated in an Air Force and Air National Guard event known as Wingman Day to discuss important issues impacting Airmen and their families Thursday here."It's our time to focus on our organization and our people, to 'stop and check under the hood' on how we're doing both

  • SecAF announces departure

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley announced his plan April 26 to step down June 21 as the Air Force's top civilian after serving in the position for nearly five years. "It's been an honor and a privilege to serve with our Air Force's great Airmen," Donley said. "Their accomplishments have