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  • 2017 AF Trials commence

    By Staff Sgt. Alexx Pons Air Force Personnel Center Public AffairsNELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – "Over the past few days, I have had the privilege to meet warriors from different countries and services with the most incredible stories the majority will never fully understand. These warriors have

  • Stronger through adversity: Airman rebounding after Aneurysm

    Early on Dec. 9, 2015, Staff Sgt. Rasheed, a 7th Intelligence Squadron signals intelligence analyst, experienced a cerebral aneurysm. From what he can recall, and what he has been told, a neighbor found him unresponsive in his Maryland apartment while his dog ran loose outside, door wide open.

  • Seek help early for substance abuse following TBI

    Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and substance use disorder share many symptoms, and one condition may often complicate the other. Experts from the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) discussed the problems service members can face when the two conditions intersect during a webinar hosted

  • Vet Center hosts Resource Fair for Veterans

    In an effort to bring together organizations that offer assistance to veterans, the base’s Veteran Center hosted a resource fair at the 375th Medical Group clinic auditorium Jan. 27.“When I retired in 2006, I had no direction on who I would go to for schooling, employment or mental health,” said

  • 2017 Warrior Games Spirit Poster Challenge

    WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The 8th annual Department of Defense Warrior Games, hosted by the U.S. Navy, will kick off this summer in Chicago as more than 250 wounded, ill, and injured from all branches of service compete in Paralympic-style athletic games in the Windy City, June 30-July 8.The DoD is

  • Disability Evaluation System rolls out new email notification process

    A new email notification system rolls out this month for the Air Force’s Disability Evaluation System that will enhance customer service and increase overall transparency in the Physical Evaluation Board process. Instead of Airmen calling their physical evaluation board liaison officer or the Air

  • Overcoming the fire: One defender’s story of survival and healing

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas – Poking, prodding, patching and splinting – the doctors were doing everything they could to assess and treat Staff Sgt. Bryan Nelson. Just days earlier, Nelson was out with a convoy near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Now, he found himself lying in a hospital

  • JBSA takes part in Wounded Warrior CARE

    The U.S. Air Force Wounded Warrior Program’s weeklong Warrior CARE event concludes Jan. 13 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.During the Jan. 9-13 event, the keynote speaker, Master Sgt. Michael Moroney, a former pararescueman, touched on one of the reoccurring themes of the week: hugs.“AFW2 is big

  • Deployed wounded warrior completes back-to-back tours

    BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- “Being here, you get treated like a normal person, not like an amputee. Not like an injured guy,” said Tech. Sgt. Jason Caswell, as he added more 45-pound plates to his barbell.  In the crowded 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron “prison gym” at Bagram

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