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  • November Airman Magazine out now

    The November issue of Airman magazine is now available to download and viewable through a Web browser.Our cover story, titled "Making Airmen," tells the story of how Tech. Sgt. Chananya Stuart, a native of the Virgin Islands, grooms trainees into Air Force warriors within eight short weeks. The

  • AF Christmas radio special features TV's ‘Nashville’ cast

    Millions of TV viewers know them as Deacon Claybourne, Scarlett O'Connor, Avery Barkley and Layla Grant from the hit ABC series, "Nashville."During the 2014 "Red, White and Air Force Blue Christmas" radio special, Master Sgt. Harry Kibbe chats with cast members Charles "Chip" Esten, Clare Bowen,

  • BLUE: Air Force TV premieres new show

    Wounded warriors star on Air Force TV with the release of its all-new premiere broadcast show BLUE.The 30-minute show replaces the former Today's Air Force. BLUE will be released quarterly in order to provide a more exclusive and in-depth look into what is happening around the Air Force.Episode 1

  • VA telehealth services served more than 690,000 veterans in fiscal 2014

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced that its national telehealth programs served more than 690,000 veterans during fiscal 2014.That total represents approximately 12 percent of the overall veteran population enrolled for VA healthcare, and accounted for more than 2 million telehealth

  • VA processes more than 1.3 million veterans’ claims in fiscal 2014

    More than 1.3 million veterans received decisions on their Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation and pension claims in fiscal 2014 - the highest number in VA's history, surpassing last year's record-breaking production by more than 150,000 claims.This second year of record-breaking

  • VA expands Fry Scholarship to surviving spouses

    The Department of Veterans Affairs announced it will begin accepting applications by mail Nov. 3, for the Fry Scholarship under newly expanded eligibility criteria to include surviving spouses.Expanding criteria for the Fry Scholarship is the latest in a series of VA actions to implement provisions

  • Nationwide telephone scam affecting TRICARE beneficiaries

    TRICARE officials are warning beneficiaries of the need to be aware of a telephone scam affecting beneficiaries older than 65 and on Medicare nationwide.A caller will usually identify themselves as being an official Medicare vendor, and will then offer to sell beneficiaries back braces. The caller

  • Airman wages war against breast cancer

    "You have cancer." The three words no one, no matter their age, wants to hear. I happened to receive these words at the age of 29.Though I knew from the moment I found the lump in my breast it was cancer, I was in no way prepared to hear those words Oct. 4, 2013, -- the day that forever changed my

  • When responding to surveys, check to ensure they're official

    Airmen around the world are asked to respond to many surveys, some of which are official and legitimate. Others, however, are not official and Airmen should not respond to them.According to Renee Tealer of the Air Force Survey Office, Air Force Personnel Center, Airmen typically get three types of

  • Eligible Airmen may now apply for nuclear deterrence medal

    Airmen who meet eligibility criteria may now submit an application for the newly approved Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal, Air Force officials announced.Eligibility is retroactive to Dec. 27, 1991 for active-duty, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, retired and separated Airmen and

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