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Feb. 4, 2014
Air Force Medical Service 2013 annual award winners announced

It is with great pride that the Surgeon General's Medical Force Development Directorate announces the winners of the Air Force Medical Service Annual Award competition. The competition included individual and team awards, based on criteria outlined in AFI 36-2856, Medical Service Awards. The winners
Feb. 4, 2014
Senior enlisted leader gains new appreciation for nuclear enterprise during trip to Barksdale

The senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visited the 2nd Bomb Wing Jan. 30-31 to interact with Airmen and gain a better understanding for the mission here.Over the course of two days, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia met with Airmen of all ranks and
Feb. 4, 2014
USSTRATCOM commander instills message of assurance, deterrence for Team Malmstrom

Adm. Cecil D. Haney, U.S. Strategic Command commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick Alston, USSTRATCOM senior enlisted leader, visited Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Jan. 30 to meet with Airmen and see what role the 341st Missile Wing plays in the nation's nuclear deterrence and assurance
Feb. 1, 2014
Secretary Hagel makes surprise calls to Malmstrom officers

Flying back to Washington D.C. from the Munich Security Conference aboard an E-4B aircraft, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel made a series of surprise phone calls to six officers currently pulling alert in three of the 341st Missile Wing's launch control centers.In a series of candid conversations that
Jan. 31, 2014
AF news team preps for '28-days in AFGSC'

Two photojournalists and a broadcaster from the Air Force Public Affairs Agency here are gearing up for a 28-day trek to provide and inside and in depth look at the Air Force Global Strike mission and the Airmen who make it happen.AFPAA documentation team members Tech. Sgt. Steve Grever, Staff Sgt.
Jan. 31, 2014
We remember: WWII POW receives honors

Air Force Global Strike Command and 509th Bomb Wing leadership surprised retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Charles Sibert with a shadow box presentation at Whiteman Air Force Base, Jan. 24.A World War II veteran, Sibert was held as a prisoner of war in Germany and was missing in action for
Jan. 31, 2014
AFGSC commander visits Team Whiteman

Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, and Maj. Gen. Scott Vander Hamm, 8th Air Force commander, visited Airmen at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Jan. 24, 2014, to congratulate them on a job well done during a recent Nuclear Surety Inspection and address current issues
Jan. 30, 2014
Air Force, Global Strike Command taking aggressive action to address crew force challenges

Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Air Force Global Strike Command commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson held a press conference at the Pentagon, Jan. 30, to discuss the Air Force's response to the recent investigation within the ICBM crew force. Brought to light by the Air Force Office of
Jan. 30, 2014
Air Force addresses aspects of cheating scandal

Air Force officials have started to address aspects related to the on-going investigation of cheating on proficiency exams by nuclear launch officers at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont.Air Force Global Strike Command has put together force improvement program teams as a way to get solutions from
Jan. 30, 2014
Air Force officials address systemic problems in ICBM force

After meeting with thousands of Airmen in the ICBM community, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said she believes there is a systemic problem among missile launch officers.James and Lt. Gen. Stephen W. Wilson, the commander of the Global Strike Command, briefed the press Jan. 30, as part of the

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