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  • Airman appointed first White House Social aide from the Air National Guard

    Since President Theodore Roosevelt established the White House Social aide program nearly 114 years ago, the White House has never had an Air National Guard officer until now.Capt. John D. Fesler, a native of Lebanon, Tennessee, recently began his duties as a White House social aide, an honor and

  • 188th vehicle maintainers prove to be high speed

    Since the invention of the wheel, transportation has added efficiency to endeavors man can accomplish. With this advent of technology also came the maintainers of the machinery. Current forms of transportation need to be maintained in order to prevent failures and repaired to fix damage. The 188th

  • Puerto Rico ANG Starbase program opens kids to STEM education

    For almost two decades, the initial dream to create a program that would fulfill the technological educational needs of children, has evolved into a hands-on teaching environment, which today is known as the Starbase Program.Since the Puerto Rico National Guard youth program launched in 1994, it has

  • Thankfulness Equals Forgiveness

    November is a time to give thanks, reflect on our Native American heritage, and to honor our nation's veterans.Is it ironic that we observe the Native American Heritage, Veterans Day, and Thanksgiving Day all in the same month?  Maybe it is simply a way to remind us, no matter the struggle or

  • Switcher directs her last satellite broadcasts

    It's her last switch as well as her next switch: after videography missions with Army infantry in Iraq, then conquering a broadcast control room comparable to a major television studio's, one Airman said that she hopes for something challenging.Tech Sgt. Chalanda Roberts just began her last

  • "Protecting the Protectors": 129th Security Forces Gears Up For Deployment

    In October, approximately 30 Airmen from the 129th Security Forces Squadron participated in a training mission at Beale Air Force Base near Marysville.The purpose was twofold: annual training for traditional Guardsmen, and pre-deployment weapons qualification.Over the course of four days,

  • VTANG Airman helps people start new paths

    When not doing military duty or being with his family, Senior Airman Griffin Reid spends time with people convicted of crimes. Sometimes he gives them rides, or shares common interests like nutrition and working out. What he doesn't do is see them as criminals. In fact, he sees them as brave people

  • For a retired colonel, the NCO academy's Hall of Fame

    The umpteenth time that he drove here to the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, retired Col. Edmund C. Morrisey arrived early to exercise among the other retirees and Airmen in Wilson Hall. He parked in his usual parking spot and wished good mornings to passersby.The 86-year-old Morrisey then

  • Airman, Soldier act as first responders to car accident

    On June 6, 2015, around 6:30 a.m., Airman 1st Class Joseph T. Nenadich, with the 121st Security Forces Squadron and Sgt. 1st Class Moore, were on their way to drill when they noticed a vehicle swerve in and out of traffic and then go off the road into a ditch. That's when they took action."As