April 23, 2012 by Staff Sgt. Brian Valencia 375th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFNS) -- At 6 foot, 6 inches tall and 305 pounds, 2nd Lt. Ben Garland looks more like a football player than a typical Air Force officer. That's because he's a defensive lineman contracted to play for the Denver Broncos and currently attending the team's conditioning … [Read more...]
The New Battle Our Soldiers Face: the Bias of Some Corporate Hiring Managers
April 2012 PARSIPPANY, NJ ̶ When the Vietnam War ended, US soldiers were greeted with jeers, anti-war demonstrators, and behaviors so hostile that military superiors warned returning veterans not to wear their uniforms in public. It took years before Vietnam vets received the respect they deserved, and a duly chastened and shamed public was determined not to repeat … [Read more...]
25th ID Mortar Men Put Rounds on Target in Korea
April 19, 2012 By Sgt. 1st Class Joel F. Gibson, Eighth Army Public Affairs RODRIGUEZ LIVE FIRE COMPLEX, South Korea -- "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes." This probably apocryphal quote applies to modern combat about as much as ramrods, steel pikes and cavalry charges. To mortar men, purveyors of indirect fire from concealed locations, the idea sounds … [Read more...]
New Housing Website Prepares Airmen for Moving
April 19, 2012 by 1st Lt. Nicole White Air Mobility Command Public Affairs SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- With the summer moving season just around the corner thousands of Airmen and their families can now use a new housing website to help prepare for their move. The website,www.housing.af.mil, provides dormitory information for unaccompanied Airmen while detailing housing … [Read more...]
Discovery Flies for Last Time, Ends Chapter in Aerospace History
April 18, 2012 by Airman 1st Class Alexander W. Riedel Defense Media Activity FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- After almost 27 years and 39 flights in Earth's orbit, the space shuttle Discovery arrived at Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C., April 17 on its way to its final resting place. The last moments in the air for Discovery began at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., … [Read more...]