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  • Roll up a sleeve, help patients in need

    January is National Blood Donor Month, and the Armed Services Blood Program staff is encouraging all service members - active duty and retired -- to make a resolution to give blood regularly in 2015.National Blood Donor Month recognizes the importance of giving blood and platelets while honoring

  • Assistance fund campaign kicks off in February

    The annual Air Force Assistance Fund campaign kicks off Feb. 2 at 78 Air Force and joint bases worldwide, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.The campaign, in its 42nd year, will be conducted for six-week periods through May 1, said Bill D'Avanzo, Air Force voting action officer and

  • Applications accepted for 2015 National Veterans Wheelchair Games

    Officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs are accepting applications for the 2015 National Veterans Wheelchair Games. Registration began in early January and will close April 15.The National Veterans Wheelchair Games is a sports and rehabilitation program for military veterans who use

  • Former Airman sentenced to 18 years in drunken-driving death tells story

    He was born into an Air Force family, moving around from Florida, to Okinawa, then to Oklahoma."My parents were strict," said Lane Wyatt, a former airman first class and client-systems technician stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.His father, a retired Air Force major, started off

  • Mental misconceptions: Psychologist’s mental health perspective

    It is 7 a.m. on a Monday in 2012. Nancy wakes up, puts on her best business attire, grabs a cup of coffee and heads out the door. Working as a high-paid psychologist in Louisville, Kentucky, she has a day full of client appointments to keep her busy.As each client leaves, she said she feels

  • Latest Airman magazine edition now available

    The January issue of Airman magazine is now available to download and is viewable through a Web browser.This edition has a bit of international flavor as it looks at one method chaplains use to recharge their batteries after years of spiritual service to Airmen.Also featured is a security force's

  • Thunderbirds release 2015 show schedule

    The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds have finalized their 2015 show schedule. In its 62nd season, the team is slated to perform 71 demonstrations at 39 locations.The flying unit, officially known as the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, will perform its first public flyover of 2015 at the

  • Airmen, families, friends remember loved ones at Arlington

    Nearly 50,000 volunteers came together to place remembrance wreaths on the headstones of about 230,000 veterans during the 23rd Annual National Wreaths Across America Day on Dec. 13, at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.Airmen from all around the Washington area, along with friends and families

  • AF senior leaders share holiday messages

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and her husband, Frank Beatty; Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and his wife, Betty; and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody and his wife, retired Chief Master Sgt. Athena Cody, wish all Airmen and families season's

  • Finding life’s new direction after a loss

    Sometimes it takes a difficult situation in your life to not only be reminded of the things you are truly grateful for, but also to serve as a catalyst for change.That moment for me came during the beginning of 2012 when my mother died suddenly at just 43 years old.We had just finished observing

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