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  • November edition of wounded warrior news bulletin now available

    The November edition of the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program news bulletin is now available for viewing and downloading at http://www.woundedwarrior.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-131108-014.pdf. This month's issue features a articles about a wounded warrior who made his final free-fall jump out

  • Backlog of disability claims reduced by 34 percent since March

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has made significant progress in reducing the backlog of disability compensation claims - from 611,000 to 400,835, or 34 percent -- since peaking in March. Concurrently, VA improved the accuracy of disability ratings, and provided hundreds of thousands of claims

  • Special report: Warrior Care Month

    -- Each November the military services observe Warrior Care Month to honor the service and sacrifice of wounded, ill and injured service members, their families, caregivers, and the professionals who support them. This year's theme is Warrior Care - Building a Ready and Resilient Force. Learn more

  • Total Force Service Center contact numbers change

    Telephone contact numbers for the Total Force Service Center will change Nov. 15.The new numbers, commercial 210-565-0102 and DSN 665-0102 will replace DSN 665-5000 and DSN 847-3294. To ensure Airmen have ample time to adjust, AFPC will keep the "5000" number live, and ARPC will keep the "3294"

  • VA meets president's mental health executive order hiring goal

    The Veterans Affairs Department has hired 815 peer specialists and peer apprentices, exceeding the hiring goal set in a 2012 presidential executive order aimed at improving access to mental health services for veterans, service members and military families.On June 3, VA officials announced the

  • Note to breast cancer: 'I am not your victim'

    I'm sure by now most people don't need to be reminded that October is breast cancer awareness month. How could you have missed it? With all the ribbons, "Save the Ta-Tas" T-shirts, bracelets, earrings, shoe laces and other pink doodads it's fairly hard to forget. Don't get me wrong, this is not a

  • Football legend Herschel Walker visits Airmen, wounded warriors

    Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL running back Herschel Walker visited Airmen from the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center here on Oct. 23.Walker spoke to more than 200 Airmen about his life as a boy, leading up to his college and NFL days. He also discussed the challenges he faced with

  • Wounded warrior makes final jump

    One by one, Airmen from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron lined up at the back of a C-130 Hercules, paused, then stepped off the aircraft Oct. 16, completing their free-fall training jump into the picturesque water of Florida's Emerald Coast.For Staff Sgt. Johnnie Yellock Jr., this jump was two

  • AFI change simplifies fitness appeal process

    Airmen who fail their fitness assessment now may appeal to their wing commanders rather than submit an appeal to the Air Force Board for Corrections of Military Records, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.The appeal process change is one of several updates to Air Force Instruction 36-2905,

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