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  • Officer Training School to celebrate 50th anniversary

    The first week of February 2010 will mark the 50th anniversary of Air Force Officer Training School opening its doors, and the staff and students at OTS are planning a celebration."The commander of OTS would like to invite interested former OTS students, staff and their guests to attend our 50th

  • 200th Airlift Squadron Adds to Experience

    For the first time ever, the 200th Airlift Squadron (200 AS), a unit under the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, located at Peterson Air Force Base, is preparing to deploy 35 percent of its pilots to Al Udeid, Qatar. The C-21 pilots preparing to leave volunteered to go to alleviate some of

  • Personnel Office Enlists CHRIS to Aid in Force Management

    With the enlistment of CHRIS, Selfridge commanders will be better able to manage and shape the 127th Wing's work force.But CHRIS is no slick-sleeve new recruit. It is the Command Human Resources Intelligence System, a relatively new personnel tracking and management software tool being tested at

  • The top 10 call-outs of the National Guard in 2009

    In addition to the thousands of Soldiers and Airmen currently activated for ongoing federal missions, the Guard provides significant response to planned events and unexpected contingencies. On average, on any given day, 17 governors call out their Guard to help citizens in need. Though 2009 lacked a

  • New year's resolution: nominate your patriotic employer for an ESGR award

    Providing pay and benefits during deployments, sending care packages to deployed employees, allowing time off, and celebrating military service with send-off and homecoming ceremonies are just a few commitments that the Guard and Reserve's top employers are honored for each year.And officials here

  • Father and Son Team up for Satellite NCO Academy

    A father and son from the New York Air National Guard were among 130 Airmen from 14 units who graduated from the Satellite Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy Class 10-2 in a ceremony held at The I.G. Brown Air National Guard Training and Education Center here, Dec. 15.TSgt Robert J. Helligrass

  • Air Guard recognition program continues in 2010

    An Air National Guard award campaign that has honored thousands of Citizen-Airmen, families and civilians this year will continue into 2010, officials said here today. The Air Guard's Hometown Heroes Salute campaign recognizes Airmen who have deployed since 9/11 as well their families and personal

  • Muncy visits Airmen in South Pole's 'Deep Freeze'

    The Air National Guard's top enlisted leader returned here this week after visiting Air Guard members involved in Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica and in Christchurch, New Zealand.It took three days of traveling for Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Muncy, command chief of the Air Guard, to

  • Former Army Medic Saves Child

    For Staff Sgt. Kim Ramirez, 129th Rescue Wing still photographer, the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., was an unfamiliar place to hear a familiar call."Medic!"She instantly turned and ran, not knowing what emergency could be drawing a crowd on the other side of the memorial, where she was

  • Airman Returns Home with a Purple Heart

    An Air Guardsman from the 129th Rescue Squadron (129 RQS) here was awarded a Purple Heart at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Dec 6. Capt Mary Jennings, HH-60G Pave Hawk pilot, received the Badge of Military Merit, also known as the Purple Heart, from Maj Gen Dennis Lucas, commander of the