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  • First Lady, Panetta unveil effort to aid spouse employment

    Alongside the nation's top defense officials, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, unveiled a new report today that spotlights military spouses' employment challenges and aims to remove barriers for the thousands of spouses with occupational

  • Commentary: Core values: key ingredients for the perfect Airman

    Some members of the U.S. Air Force enlist or commission with the intention of serving their term and separating upon the expiration of their contracts. Whatever their reason for joining, whether it be for education, benefits, a steady income, or simply because they want to serve their country, they

  • Unique Wisconsin National Guard unit ready for next step

    The 82nd Agribusiness Development Team - the Wisconsin National Guard's first unit formed to help improve the agricultural techniques of Afghan farmers - was honored by Gov. Scott Walker and senior Wisconsin National Guard leaders during a Feb. 4 sendoff ceremony at Hartford Union High School in

  • Wisconsin Air Guardsmen vie for national honors

    Excited, honored, humbled, proud and surprised. Those were the reactions of the five Wisconsin Air National Guard members - three from Madison's 115th Fighter Wing and two from Milwaukee's 128th Air Refueling Wing - who just learned that they made the grade as the Wisconsin Air National Guard's

  • Commentary: Lack of supervision, communication can lead to dire situations

    "MOC, Dog 3!" the master sergeant screamed into the radio. "We have an Airman trapped between the flaperon and aircraft fuselage!" The maintenance operations controller, startled by the communication, asked the master sergeant to repeat."We have an Airman's arm trapped between the flaperon and the

  • Wisconsin Guard unit returns from sneak peek at Afghanistan deployment

    Ten members of the Wisconsin National Guard's 82nd Agribusiness Development Team-including the unit commander-returned from three weeks in Afghanistan, just in time for a formal sendoff ceremony on Feb. 4.According to Col. Darrel Feucht, 82nd ADT commander, the goal of the pre-deployment site survey

  • Volk Field receives second straight Air Force excellence award

    Air Force officials recently announced the Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center as one of eight units nation-wide to earn the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award (AFOEA). This is the second consecutive AFOEA for the CRTC and the fourth in unit history. "Having the Volk Field Combat

  • Air Force announces force structure and mission changes

    The Air Force announced force structure plans to retire, not acquire or transfer 191 Air National Guard aircraft and add 65 aircraft to the Air National Guard fleet.The changes announced today will impact Air Guard units in 27 states and territories over the next few years, according to Pentagon

  • DOD drug testing program to screen for more prescription drugs

    The Defense Department's drug-testing program is expanding to add screening for two additional prescription medications to the range of legal and illegal drugs it currently detects.Joe Angello, the department's director of operational readiness and safety, told Pentagon Channel and American Forces

  • Commentary: Suggestions for when you are in a funk

    Have you been down lately? Here are some suggestions from Dawn LaFrance PsyD and Gary Malone, MD:1. Pin point what is getting you down. (Sports team losses affect our cultural psyche!) 2. Don't let your mood dictate plans; push yourself to keep social commitments.3. Watch your diet. Work in winter