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Air Force creates Installation and Mission Support Center

Posted July 25, 2014 by Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs

The Air Force is centralizing its installation support management within a newly created Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center (AFIMSC), Air Force officials announced July 11. The change resulted from a comprehensive effort to reduce overhead costs; increase efficiencies; eliminate redundant activities; improve effectiveness and business processes; and will help meet the Defense Department’s…

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AF introduces Total Force Commissioning Process

Posted July 25, 2014 by Bekah Geffert

Air Force officials announced the Total Force Commissioning Process July 10. This new process allows the Air Force to provide multiple career avenues for officers being commissioned through Air Force ROTC

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IMPORTANT INCIDENT REPORTING NUMBERS AND PROCEDURES

Posted July 11, 2014 by

For 24-hour security assistance, call the Base Defense Operations Center (BDOC) at 655-2981 through 2985. Use if you need immediate security assistance Use to report all criminal activity Use to report Resource Protection issues Use to report traffic accidents To report incidents affecting Protection Level 1, 2 or 3 resources, call the Security Incident Hotline…

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AF to every Airman: Tell us your story

Posted July 3, 2014 by Staff Sgt. Torri Ingalsbe,

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Air Force leaders want Airmen to share their stories with the world and designed the 2014 American Airman Video Contest with that purpose in mind. “Every Airman has a story — and smartphone technology now allows those Airmen to share those stories to a wider audience than ever before,” said Air Force…

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Pulse on Air Force force-shaping management

Posted June 27, 2014 by Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs

Several factors have resulted in fewer Airmen eligible for current and upcoming involuntary force management boards. Air Force leaders recently decided to bolster manning for nuclear-related career fields, an intention to make adjustments to account for budgetary uncertainties tied to proposed force structure changes. Those actions, coupled with previously approved voluntary applications and recent increases…

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SecAF says Total force readiness has atrophied

Posted June 27, 2014 by Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.

While elements of the Air Force are always prepared to meet the country’s readiness needs, total force readiness has deteriorated, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James told the Defense Writers Group June 18. Nearing the six-month mark of her term as the Air Force’s top official, James touched on appropriately balancing the readiness of the…

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‘Keep your boots shined’ means I love you

Posted June 20, 2014 by Master Sgt. Linda Welz

Courtesy Photo Master Sgt. Angela Caruso-Yahne, 34th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, (left) and her spouse, Mandy, pose for a photo at a friend’s wedding. The two legally married July 2013, one month after the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act and 14 years after their unofficial wedding. Approaching their sixth…

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Air Force releases new feedback forms

Posted June 20, 2014 by Staff Sgt. Carlin Leslie

During the past year, Air Force leaders have been shaping a new and more comprehensive Air Force evaluation system for officers and enlisted Airmen. The new system is designed to better meet the needs of the Air Force and Airmen, differentiate more effectively between good and great performers, and value job performance first and foremost,…

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The Duchess of Lodging retires

Posted June 6, 2014 by Linda Welz 452 AMW public affairs

U.S. Air Force photo/Linda Welz Helen Holm, March Inn general manager, holds a Hollywood star she was presented at her retirement ceremony, May 30, 2014. Holm retired after 27 years in the service industry. After 27 years in the hospitality industry, Helen Holm (dubbed The Duchess of Lodging), March Inn general manager, retired May 30,…

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Wingman Toolkit supports Critical Days of Summer campaign

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ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — Air Force Reserve Command’s Wingman Toolkit is partnering with the Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, to highlight the 2014 Critical Days of Summer campaign. The annual campaign runs from May 23 to Sept. 2 and focuses on risk management for all summer activities – on and…

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