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Team March hosts Eighteenth Air Force commander for two-day visit

U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jacquelyn Estrada Lt. Gen. Darren McDew, commander, 18th Air Force and Chief Master Sgt. Vicki Gamble, command chief, 18th Air Force, congratulate Chief Master Sgt. James Wood, 56th Aerial Port Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, for Wood’s participation in Superstorm Sandy relief efforts. Wood worked relief efforts as an Airman…

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Our land of limitless opportunities

Personal Nguyen family courtesy photo Dr. Nguyen is pictured with his mother, father and brother in 1976, shortly after their arrival to the United States. May is Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. For Vietnamese-Americans, this time of year is an anniversary of great importance to us. Most Vietnamese-Americans can trace their presence in the…

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March security forces awarded AFRC Best Full-Time Unit

U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt Bari Yonkers Staff Sgt. Adrian Salido, installation patrolman, 452nd Security Forces Squadron, checks the identification of a Team March member entering the main gate yesterday. Salido is part of the team of SFS warriors who were recently awarded the 2012 Air Force Reserve Command Outstanding Security Forces Full-Time Unit Award…

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Memorial Day: Remember our veterans

SOUTHWEST ASIA — The Civil War ended nearly 150 years ago on May 9, 1865, marking the beginning to a new era. However, many lives were lost during the more-than-four-year war. As a result, three years later, on May 5, 1868, the Grand Army of the Republic established what was then called “Decoration Day.” It…

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Airmen submit innovative ideas by the thousands

WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 8,000 money-saving ideas have cascaded into the Pentagon from across the Air Force this month. Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry Spencer launched the Airmen Powered by Innovation Challenge May 1, challenging uniformed and civilian Airmen to find places to save money across the service, no matter how…

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Get to know your first sergeants

Posted  October 12, 2012

What does a train conductor, a school teacher, a bronze star with valor recipient, an ice cream scooper, a top secret projects administrator and the owner of the best-looking mustache in the Air Force Reserve have in common? Are they contestants on a reality show or characters in a thrilling novel? No — they are…

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Snapshots | Holiday Party

Posted  December 14, 2012

Col. Samuel Mahaney, 452d Air Mobility Wing commander (center) and his wife, Chris, welcome local community leaders to the wing’s annual holiday reception, held Dec. 1, in the operations group building. The reception, sponsored by the Chief’s Group and the First Sergeant’s Council, is held to thank the community members for their support of the…

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Reservists to get help with travel vouchers

Posted  January 11, 2013

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — Air Force Reserve Command is adding resources and changing business practices to make travel voucher processing easier for reservists. Throughout FY13 the command will increase the number of Defense Travel System travel technicians to assist reservists with their travel vouchers, according to Michael Burgess, AFRC chief of financial operations at Robins…

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Fiscal cliff legislation affects military, civilian paychecks

Posted  January 11, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The legislation President Barack Obama signed Jan. 2, postponed the fiscal cliff and means changes to military and civilian paychecks, Defense Finance and Accounting Service officials said, Jan. 4. The legislation increases Social Security withholding taxes to 6.2 percent. For the past two years during the “tax holiday,” the rate was 4.2 percent. The increase in…

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News Briefs | January 11, 2013

Posted  January 11, 2013

A&FRC CONDUCTS SEMINAR ON SECURING A FEDERAL JOB The Airman and Family Readiness Center will conduct “The 10 Steps to a Federal Job” training seminar, Feb. 15, in the Mission Support Group conference room, Bldg. 2313, from 8 a.m. to noon. To register for the event, contact A&FRC at 951-655-5350. AIRMEN FLY FOR FREE Single Airmen…

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Quarterly award winners | First Quarter, FY 2013

Posted  January 11, 2013

     

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Happy New Year Airmen!

Posted  January 11, 2013

To those of you who spent the holidays deployed, thank you and I’m sorry you weren’t home with your families. I know you understand what you are doing is important, but I also know that doesn’t make the separation any easier. In these days where self-serving agendas seem to be on display everywhere we turn,…

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2012 Year in Photos

Posted  January 11, 2013

February – Wardog Memorial. An Air Force security forces staff sergeant and his military working dog pause at the March Field Air Museum’s War Dog Memorial on Feb. 18 during the museum’s 12th Annual War Dog Remembrance Day. Military members and their working dogs participated in the event which included an obstacle course competition Sunday. (Courtesy…

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Air Force to provide dedicated legal counsel to sexual assault victims

Posted  January 11, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new Air Force pilot program designed to provide legal assistance to victims of sexual assault will begin later in January. ...

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Civilian of the Quarter | Third Quarter

Posted  January 11, 2013
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For all on-base emergencies, call 911

The area code for March Air Reserve Base is 951. The DSN prefix is 447.

Chaplain – 655-4105

Civilian Personnel – 655-4076

Commissary – 655-3967

Contracting Office – 655-4042

Education Office – 655-4442

Exchange – 653-3111

Family Readiness and Support – 655-5350

General Old Golf Course – 697-6690

Law Enforcement Desk – 655-2981

Legal Office – 655-4479

Military Personnel Customer Support (and ID card center) – 655-3028

March Field Museum – 902-5949

Pass and Registration – 655-3791 (Visitor’s Center)

Passenger Terminal / Space-A Travel – 655-3214 / 2397
(24-hour flight information ) – 655-2913

Public Affairs – 655-4137

Retiree Affairs Office – 655-4077

For all other phone numbers, call the base directory at 655-1110.


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