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  • Leaders speak at renewable energy industry day event

    Military and industry leaders gathered for the annual Renewable Energy Industry Day to discuss opportunities for public-private collaboration to meet the military's energy needs June 12 in Arlington, Va.While making the event's opening remarks, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Installations,

  • Panetta Calls for Leadership on Suicide Prevention

    Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, in an internal memo written last month, addressed the issue of military suicides, calling it one of the most complex and urgent problems facing the department, a Pentagon spokesman said June 8.In a briefing with reporters, Navy Capt. John Kirby confirmed the

  • Exercise Northern Sentry and the 128ACS

    Airmen from the 128th Air Control Squadron participate in Exercise Northern Sentry. From tear down at home station, to set up in a remote location hundreds of miles away. View the slideshow.

  • Panetta Says Strategy Puts Dream of 21st Century in Reach

    The dream of the 21st century is a world that shares in prosperity and security and peace, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said here today.The United States reaching out to countries is the best way to make this dream real, he told reporters traveling with him in Asia."The United States has to

  • Wisconsin Heat Awareness Day

    Heat can kill. That's why Wisconsin Emergency Management and the National Weather Service are reminding people of the dangers associated with extreme heat and to promote safety measures.In 2011, excessive heat claimed five lives and injured more than 100 people in Wisconsin during the July 17-21

  • Partnership helps military spouses find employment

    As the wife of the Air Force Chief of Staff, Suzie Schwartz has the opportunity to meet with Air Force families stationed all across the country and around the world. And when she does, one issue that comes up time and again is spouse employment. During a recent interview, Schwartz said a relatively

  • Commentary: Prepare and prevent, don't repair and repent

    "Don't move...don't move, lay still. Can you wiggle your fingers? Toes? Where are you hurt?"This is how the first day of the Memorial Day weekend went for me.My friend, Tech. Sgt. Brian Schmitt, came down from Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., to do some trail riding with me in Cloudcroft, N.M., over the

  • Commentary: National Guard serves bravely at home, abroad

    Six hundred ninety-three: That's how many brave, selfless National Guardsmen and women who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan since 9/11 to ensure others a chance to enjoy freedom. Memorial Day is once again upon us, and it is important to reflect upon and honor those who have

  • Air Force personnel services website renamed to myPers

    The Air Force Personnel Services website is now known as myPers and has a new address. Airmen can access myPers via a secure link, https://mypers.af.mil, to use existing personnel services information and transaction applications.The site is customized, recognizing the user's affiliation as officer,

  • Commentary: Have a positive attitude, do the best you can, be yourself

    "Beware the test." I don't recall which supervisor or mentor shared this with me or even exactly when it was passed, but I do know I think of it often and use it as a source of motivation. The point to the message is that every encounter, chance interaction, project, assignment or opportunity you