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  • Defense Secretary Hagel announces 11 furlough days for civilian employees

    To all Department of Defense personnel: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced plans for 11 furlough days at a meeting May 14, 2013. (Defense Department photo)download hi-res photo As you are fully aware, the Department of Defense is facing a historic shortfall in our budget for the current fiscal

  • Airmen's home-made fuel helps Afghan homes

    Shredded paper, sawdust and water may seem unimportant to many people, but to others it can mean fuel to stay warm or cook food. These are small but vital comforts that members of NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan try to provide to the people of Afghanistan on a weekly basis.As part of Operation

  • Hagel initiatives take aim against sexual assault

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is vowing to change the culture that allows sexual assault to be a serious problem for the Defense Department.In a memo released Tuesday, Hagel announced a number of initiatives to eradicate sexual assault."While the department is putting in place important new programs

  • Camarillo Springs Fire hits home for Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing

    When hot, dry, gusty winds from the east, known as Santa Ana winds, carried the sparks and embers of the Camarillo Springs wildfire dangerously close to homes and neighborhoods late last week, the California National Guard members who responded alongside fire personnel had a unique opportunity -- to

  • Former 131st Commander promoted to brigadier general

    Gregory S. Champagne was promoted to brigadier general during a ceremony held at the Ike Skelton Training Site on Saturday.Champagne, a 30-year service member and the previous commander of the 131st Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., has been serving as the Assistant Adjutant General-Air of

  • Crew Chief's First Launch: 'Nervous and Excited, All At the Same Time'

    It was early evening on May 7, 2013. Just about 8:15 p.m. - that's 2015 for you military types. That's what time Airman 1st Class Jhontez Peoples had his name written in indelible ink in the ledger of freedom. During routine night flying operations that evening, Peoples, a crew chief with the 127th

  • JSTARS receives international recognition

    The E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform has been recognized as one of the "Big 25 [2012] biggest breakthroughs" by C4ISR Journal.Every year, the C4ISR Journal looks for new technologies and efforts that