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NASA’s New Horizons Discovers Frozen Plains in the Heart of Pluto’s ‘Heart’
In the latest data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, a new close-up image of Pluto reveals a vast, craterless plain that appears to be...
Empowerment: More than just a word
I am a first-term Airman at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. I am approaching one year time on station and getting close...
A first sergeant’s 20-year journey from hardship to success
Army photograph by Staff Sgt. Warren WrightFirst Sgt. Gina Aceves, the senior enlisted leader of Headquarters Headquarters Company, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team,...
Torch lighting, honoring Vietnam vets kicks off 2016 Warrior Games
DOD photograh by EJ HersomRetired Air Force Capt. Chris Cochrane, left, accepts the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games torch from Navy Lt....
Thunderbolts participate in San Diego veteran’s sports clinic
Air Force photograph by Senior Airman Devante WilliamsVeterans kayak through the Mission Valley River during the National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic Sept. 21,...
LIFESTYLE NEWS
Las Vegas teen loses over 100 pounds to join Army
Luis Enrique Pinto Jr. joined the Army so he could do something different. But first, he had to do something extraordinary.
Just seven months...
Arnold engineer recounts how he overcame homelessness
Although Robert Duff is still settling into his new job at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee, he is eager to see what opportunities...
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WORLD NEWS
24-hour journey for heroes, father
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) -- He reached his 5th hour of running alone in the still of a dark, cold night lit only...
Enlisted Airmen: A legacy of professionals
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Professionalism was the common thread when the Air Force’s senior enlisted leader talked about the Airmen of yesterday, today and tomorrow...
Psyched to solve for X: Math champ tells parents how to get kids excited...
Want to show your kids that math is exciting? Look no farther than Kevin Liu.
Liu is a ninth-grade math master with a lightning-fast mind....
Perseverance in face of adversity
Air Force photograph by Airman 1st Class Andrew D. SarverSenior Airman Lin Evenson, 99th Aerospace Medical Squadron ophthalmic technician, poses for a photo...
Wounded Army veteran finds new purpose with NFL team
Courtesy photographFormer Sgt. Sean Karpf, who lost his lower left leg after he stepped on a pressure plate that detonated a buried bomb...
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Choosing to live
I have worked for the federal government for 13 years and in each and every one of those years, I have been through suicide...
Four F’s essential to life in military
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- I have had a lot of my non-military friends ask me the question, "How have you made it for...
Castaway Airman helped map the world
Photograph courtesy of Bob CunninghamAirman 2nd Class Bob Cunningham, of the 1374th Mapping and Charting Squadron, operates radar equipment on North Danger Island...
Airman’s Attic gets computer, printer courtesy of Civ-Mil
Air Force photograph by Edward CannonBase volunteers at the Airman’s Attic meet with John Fergione (center), former test pilot and president of the...
Prisoner of war shares 32 worst days
A ceremony honoring service members who are prisoners of war or missing in action was held in the Base Exchange Sept. 18 for National...
HOLIDAY RECIPES
Torch lighting, honoring Vietnam vets kicks off 2016 Warrior Games
DOD photograh by EJ HersomRetired Air Force Capt. Chris Cochrane, left, accepts the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games torch from Navy Lt....
