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  • Family Matters Blog: DOD helps troops with higher ed expenses

    The Defense Department is again working with the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to help service members with their higher-education expenses.Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Holly Petraeus, the bureau's assistant director for service members' concerns, yesterday announced they are

  • State Air Guard Hall of Fame adds former senior enlisted Airman

    Current and retired military members, close friends and family members gathered together to honor retired Command Chief Master Sgt. Thomas Yapundich of Waukesha, Wis., upon his induction into the Wisconsin Air National Guard Hall of Fame during a formal ceremony Saturday (Oct. 13) at the Volk Field

  • Wisconsin Air National Guard's first female general officer retires

    The first woman to serve in the rank of general in the Wisconsin Air National Guard, Brig. Gen. Margaret H. Bair retired on Sept. 30, after 32 years in uniform. "General Bair would brighten every meeting and room she walked into," said Brig. Gen. John McCoy, commander of the Wisconsin Air National

  • Sexual assault hotline message sent to Airmen from past 10 years

    Airmen, separated and still serving, who graduated from basic military training and technical training during the past 10 years were sent an email message about an activated sexual assault hotline Oct. 15. The message is part of a thorough investigation of the military training instructor sexual

  • New commander to lead 115th Fighter Wing into the future

    For the first time in more than eight years, there is a new commander leading the Madison-based 115th Fighter Wing - which includes more than 1,000 Airmen and a squadron of F-16 Fighting Falcons. Col. Jeffrey Wiegand of Sun Prairie, Wis., assumed command from Brig. Gen. Joseph Brandemuehl of

  • Fire Prevention Week: Not just a one-time-a-year thought

    Most people, especially on an Air Force base, know their fire prevention personnel as those firefighters that go around telling them they cannot daisy chain there extension cords or they need to remove the door stop holding open the fire door. The main objective of every fire department throughout

  • USNORTHCOM commemorates 10th anniversary, names headquarters

    Members of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command celebrated the 10th anniversary of USNORTHCOM in a special ceremony here Oct. 1. USNORTHCOM was established Oct. 1, 2002, to provide command and control of Department of Defense homeland defense efforts, and to

  • Airmen able to vote by absentee ballots

    No one has to miss out on getting their vote in for the upcoming general election. With FVAP.gov voting for military members, it is simpler than ever.The 2012 general election will be held Nov. 6 and deadlines to register absentee ballots are state-dependent and can be found at the FVAP.gov website.

  • Energy action: It starts with one

    If one Airman runs an 18-watt compact fluorescent light bulb for one hour, it costs approximately five cents. If the estimated 10,000 civilian employees and military members at Langley Air Force Base, Va., were to run one 18-watt CFL bulb for one hour simultaneously, it could cost roughly $500.

  • Adjutant general named vice-chair of National Guard association

    Maj. Gen. Don Dunbar, adjutant general of Wisconsin, was named the new vice chairman-Air for the board of directors of the nation's oldest military service organization. Dunbar was selected to serve as an officer of the 29-member panel by National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS)