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  • Madison Priest To Deploy Overseas As Chaplain

    Click to view the full video of news story.With the influx of troops needed overseas following 9/11, there has also been an increasing need for their spiritual support, and a local priest is answering the call for help.At St. Thomas Aquinas Parish on Madison's West Side on Sunday, the Rev. Donn

  • Military mobilized since 9/11 attacks

    Click here to view the full video of news story. "One weekend a month, two weeks a year." That was once the recruiting slogan of the National Guard."The thought of joining the National Guard was you might be mobilized once in a career, 20, 25 years for a really big event," says Maj. Gen. Don

  • Service Members Reflect on 9/11

    Click here to view full video of the story. The 'where were you when' moment: many of us will never forget the first time we saw airplanes crash into the Twin Towers."I had just broken my leg and I was on the couch and watched the planes go into the towers," said SMSgt. Brad Thompson. "And then

  • Truax Airman responds to on-flight medical emergency

    A flight doctor for the 115th Fighter Wing assisted a young woman aboard a civilian aircraft while returning home from a NATO training exercise in Iceland. The situation took place while waiting for takeoff Sunday (June 12) aboard Delta Airlines Flight 1126 from Boston Logan Airport to the

  • Volcanic eruption ends, NATO operation continues

    Near the coast of southwest Iceland, miles from the snow-covered volcanoes that made media attention twice since early 2010, is the former Keflavik Naval Air Station - the location used for NATO's Northern Viking 2011 training exercise.Approximately 450 NATO military members, including nearly 100

  • Follow our leaders...and rediscover mentorship

    Much has been written about mentorship: its importance, how to mentor, choosing a mentor, mentoring subordinates, mentoring peers, reverse-mentorship, and so forth. Attempts to codify, formalize, or in extreme cases, even mandate mentorship often result in the "self-licking ice cream cone" syndrome.

  • Wisconsin Airmen inspired to 'Live the Dream'

    National-level motivational speaker Curtis Zimmerman encouraged more than 800 Airmen of the 115th Fighter Wing to take control of the "scripts" in their lives, as part of a Wingman Day March 5.Zimmerman explained that everyone is the star of their own show ... the stage is theirs and they have

  • Wisconsin Airman awarded for combat actions in Afghanistan

    An Airman's heroics were recognized Saturday (March 5) as Wisconsin National Guard leaders presented the Air Force Combat Action Medal to a member of the Madison-based 115th Fighter Wing. Tech. Sgt. William Williams, 115th Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight, braved hostile fire while on a mission to

  • Truax Airman keeps jets flying, earns national recognition

    A 115th Fighter Wing maintenance Airman has been named as a top aircraft maintainer in the Air National Guard. Senior Master Sgt. Robert Hintz has been awarded the General Lew Allen, Jr. trophy for excellence in aircraft maintenance. The prestigious maintenance award is given out once every year to