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  • Air Force Cross recipient retires due to combat wounds

    After 11 years, six deployments, three Purple Hearts and one Air Force Cross, Tech. Sgt. Zachary J. Rhyner, Special Tactics combat controller, medically retired due to injuries sustained in battle, Aug. 21, 2015.“Your retirement is well deserved, but your selfless contributions will be sorely

  • Road to Recovery: Academy hosts Air Force Wounded Warrior Program events

    The Air Force Wounded Warriors Program led an outdoor sports experience across the Front Range and the Air Force Academy to build support and trust for dozens of service members July 20-24.The recovery process for any Wounded Warrior is a group and individual effort, said Dr. Aaron Moffett, the Air

  • 10 Tips for Better Sleep After Brain Injury

    Does it really matter if you get enough sleep? Yes! It may matter even more if you're recovering from a brain injury as sleep disturbances are common. This makes it harder for those with a TBI to get the quantity and quality of sleep they need. Any brain injury -- mild to severe -- can lead to

  • 2015 Warrior Games: Resilient archers face unexpected conditions, competition

    This is the second story in a four-part series featuring two athletes who have overcome traumatic brain injury (TBI) or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to compete at the 2015 Warrior Games.Air Force Master Sgt. Daniel Waugh and Marine Sgt. Clayton McDaniel arrived at the 2015 Warrior Games in

  • DFAS preparing health care forms for next tax season

    Under the Affordable Care Act, all Americans including all military members (active duty, retired, Selected Reserve, or Retired Reserve) and their eligible family members must have must have health care coverage that meets a minimum standard called minimum essential coverage or pay a fee. TRICARE

  • Service star authorized on GWOT Expeditionary Medal

    Active-duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen who earned the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal for more than one of the five Defense Department-approved Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal operations may now wear a service star device on the medal and service ribbon for the second and

  • June issue of Airman magazine now available

    FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. -- The June issue of Airman magazine is here.The front cover story focuses on a special unit of security forces Airmen and their partners -- quarter horses. Together, the Airmen and their horses patrol the beaches along Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, while minimally

  • Alcohol consumption slow road to nowhere

    The long warm days of summer invite celebration, recreation and relaxation as residents hurry to cram in all their outdoor activities before the cold, dark winter arrives and drives everyone back inside.One familiar attendee to outdoor social gatherings is alcohol. While many choose not to partake

  • Take me out to the ballgame, warrior style

    Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team members and athletes from the NFL joined forces to compete in the 3rd annual Amputee Warrior Softball Classic on June 6 at Prince George's Stadium in Bowie, Maryland.Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry O. Spencer threw out the first pitch alongside the

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