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July 1, 2019
Air Force stands up Air Force Medical Readiness Agency

In a ceremony Friday at the Defense Health Headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia, the Air Force Medical Service stood up a new field operating agency, the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency.Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, Air Force Surgeon General, and Brig. Gen. Mark Koeniger, incoming AFMRA commander,
June 28, 2019
Training lethal defenders for lethal weapons

Sunbaked skin presses against the butts of rifles, as sweat runs down foreheads, brimming along chinstraps and soaking into shirt collars. Their eyes scan the urban terrain, searching for enemies from the surrounding grassy hills of Camp Guernsey, Wyo. U.S. Marines and Airmen from around the globe
June 28, 2019
Crafting to heal

“Once (soldiers) are exposed to war or that kind of violence on that scale, I think it changes you in a way,” said Ehren Tool, Marine Corps veteran. “Like the guy who went to war isn’t the same person that comes back.” In 1941 Brig. Gen. Frederick Osborn, U.S. Army retired, lead the committee on
June 27, 2019
Getting down and dirty

It’s after four in the afternoon and Airmen from the 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron Pavements and Heavy Equipment Flight are returning to their building after a long day working around the base. Their shirts are stained with sweat and their boots are covered in dirt after. As they begin to pack their
June 26, 2019
Goldfein offers rationale for nuclear modernization and ‘failsafe’ deterrence

The United States remains the world’s most potent nuclear force, Goldfein said. But the nation cannot be complacent, especially at a time when Russia and China are moving to modernize and diversify their nuclear capabilities and when the core components of the U.S. nuclear capability are aging.
June 21, 2019
Global Strike Challenge 2019 kicks off

The 2019 Global Strike Challenge kicked off this week with a bomber maintenance competition at Minot AFB, N.D., and an intercontinental ballistic missile operations competition at Malmstrom AFB, Mont.Global Strike Challenge is the world's premier bomber, ICBM, helicopter operations and security
June 21, 2019
Global Strike command chief visits Team Kirtland

Chief Master Sgt. Charles Hoffman, Air Force Global Strike Command command chief, had the opportunity to hear from Airmen from Team Kirtland while learning about their mission.
June 20, 2019
Malmstrom hosts goats for third year

Nearly 600 goats from Idaho are visiting Malmstrom Air Force Base, eating and ridding the base of noxious weeds.The goats arrived June 17, and will roam and graze the base for approximately eight weeks.“They are here to eat weeds,” said Donald Delorme, 341st Civil Engineer Squadron natural resource
June 20, 2019
Ellsworth’s fire pit gets lit

Firefighters come to Ellsworth Air Force Base for their annual aircraft fire training . Ellsworth's fire training facility utilizes jet fuel, rather than propane, which provides firemen with a more realistic training experience.
June 18, 2019
Airman owns mistake, recovers from Article 15, becomes shining example

You’re sitting in front of your commander about to receive an Article 15.Panic sets in as you ask yourself, “Is my career over?”Spoiler alert: Not necessarily.Airman 1st Class Mary Kapuscinski, 7th Operations Support Squadron meteorologist, was recently recognized for an act that could have saved

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