JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash., Aug. 7, 2015 – He jumps, he drools, and he sheds like it’s summer all year long, but this is no ordinary pup. This dog is an invaluable part of team that could one day save lives and capture dangerous criminals. Army Staff Sgt. Adam Serella, a military working dog handler with the 95th Military Police Detachment here, is busy … [Read more...]
National Guard Soldiers and Airmen Helping Douse Wildfires in California, Oregon and Washington
August 7, 2015 - SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In what has become a near-annual mission for the California National Guard (CNG), Army and Air Force aviators are dousing wildfires across Northern California, where they soon may be joined by Army Guard firefighting hand crews on the ground. Army Guard helicopter crews mobilized July 31 to support wildland firefighting efforts as dozens … [Read more...]
CSAF Listens to Airmen, Discusses Nuclear Enterprise Mission
August 7, 2015 - MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. (AFNS) -- Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A Welsh III visited three Air Force Global Strike Command bases to listen to Airmen of all ranks who support the Global Strike mission on a daily basis, while addressing the importance of the nuclear enterprise and its future. Earlier in the week, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee … [Read more...]
Crisis Response Marines Always Alert
August 7, 2015 -NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain -- Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa continuously train to be mission-ready as a rapid crisis response force. Alert force Marines, a part of the ground combat element for SPMAGTF-CR-AF, conducted a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel mission, locating and extracting a simulated … [Read more...]
Maintainers Extend Life of T-38 Talon
August 7, 2015 - HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AFNS) -- The Air Force's trusted trainer, the T-38 Talon, has a new lease on life thanks to a robust structural-modification program. Technicians in the Ogden Air Logistics Complex's 575th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, recently completed the first aircraft in the program and are currently … [Read more...]