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  • First-term Airmen broaden skills in Dominican Republic

    Airmen on a Medical Readiness Training Exercise here are stepping out of their traditional home-station roles and enhancing their existing skill-sets by training in medical competencies they do not have the opportunity to experience back home. The Airmen face tough, sweaty, long hours of confusion,

  • Basic health education key in Dominican Republic

    The tropical environment here is great for tourists but brings a number of health issues to the local population that foreigners may take for granted or be entirely oblivious of. A high prevalence of issues caused by sunlight, insects and the high sugar content of foods combined with a general lack

  • April exercise tests Maxwell-Gunter readiness, response

    The multiple scenarios of Maxwell-Gunter's April base exercise tested capabilities of base personnel and first responders, and the results were good, said the Base Exercise Evaluation Team chief. "There are always areas for improvement, but at the end of the day, the base responded in a satisfactory

  • Former NSF attendees meet at Eglin

    In an effort to help former National Security Forum attendees stay informed about National Security and what the Air Force is doing, the Air War College sponsored a meeting of 42 NSF alumni at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. AWC is part of the Spaatz Center for Officer Education which will celebrate its

  • Maxwell medics plan joint exercise in Dominican Republic

    Medics treated 760 patients at a primary school here today on the inaugural day of the largest Maxwell Air Force Base-planned U.S. Air Force Medical Readiness Exercise to date. A group of 45 medics, translators, security and support personnel derived from the U.S. Air Force, Army and Marines

  • JLASS 2009 trains students in strategic thinking

    As students from Air War College, the Army, Navy and Marine Corps War Colleges and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces became immersed in the 26th annual Joint Land, Aerospace and Sea Simulation, or JLASS, game, members of the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard gave of their time by

  • Canadian becomes first international student at First Sergeant Academy

    When Warrant Officer Jay McLaren of the Canadian Forces graduates from the Air Force First Sergeant Academy today, he will become the first member from his country's military to complete the program and the first international student to attend the course. Warrant Officer McLaren, a surveillance

  • Widow receives husband's Distinguished Flying Cross for WWII

    On behalf of her husband, Mrs. William Norred received the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor from Lt. Gen. Allen Peck, Air University commander, before a group of family members, friends and well wishers April 13.The ceremony took place at the Butler County Commission in Greenville, Ala., and

  • Gates seeks to shift thinking on budget, war

    Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today made his second stop this week at a service war college, spelling out his thinking behind shifting $13 billion in warfighter programs away from traditional supplemental funding and into his base fiscal 2010 budget proposal. This is the first time Gates has

  • Wargame students plan for 'World on the Brink'

    Using the theme, "World on the Brink," students from five military Senior Level Colleges unite at Maxwell Air Force Base to train the way they fight. The 26th annual Joint Land, Aerospace and Sea Simulation, or JLASS, wargame kicks off today at the Lemay Center's Air Force Doctrine Development and