September 8, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Many of you have recently been invited to participate in the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study. This web-based survey assesses your recent experiences with military workplace relations, professionalism and personal safety. It's not "just another survey." This one is part of our newly designed, recurring set of surveys that will allow … [Read more...]

September 8, 2014, KABUL, Afghanistan (AFNS) - Thirty-nine security forces Airmen received the Air Force Combat Action Medal Sept. 2, for their actions in defending U.S., NATO, and Afghan military bases from an insurgent attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. At approximately 4:15 a.m., July 17, the Afghan air force's Kabul Air Wing, Forward Operating Base Oqab and a NATO base, all … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - The Office of Personnel Management has announced recent upgrades to their electronic personnel filing system to provide smarter and more efficient service to employees. The OPM eOPF is a secure electronic personnel folder which provides civilian employees virtual access to their personnel records. This … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - The Veterans Affairs Department has named September National Suicide Prevention Month, but the Defense Department continues its year-round, comprehensive, multi-pronged approach to address the issue of suicide in the military, a Pentagon official said Aug. 21. Army Lt. Gen. Michael S. Linnington, military deputy to the Under Secretary … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) - The site of one of America's proudest achievements is now little more than a weed-riddled concrete pad, surrounded by twisted, rusting metal. Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 14 is best known as the launch site for NASA's "Friendship 7," the flight that brought John Glenn fame as the first American to orbit the … [Read more...]