by Debbie Gildea Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs 9/5/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) -- Whether you are a civilian employee, hoping to become one or planning to hire one, the myPers website has information to help you find opportunities and manage your career, said Pat Stokes, Air Force Personnel Center marketing specialist. "The Air Force is a … [Read more...]
New Unmanned Air System Training School Welcomes Marines
9/4/2012 By Courtesy , Headquarters Marine Corps PAXTUXENT RIVER, Md.-- Future Unmanned Air System (UAS) operators now have access to a new training and logistics activity in Camp Lejeune, N.C. A team from the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical UAS program office (PMA-263) here launched the Training and Logistics Support Activity (TALSA) in mid-July to Marines from II … [Read more...]
Airman Achieves Highest Rank for Chaplains
By Staff Sgt. Amanda Dick Air Force Public Affairs Agency 9/4/2012 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Air Force Chief of Staff, promoted Howard D. Stendahl to the rank of major general Aug. 31 during a ceremony at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling. Stendahl, who was recently appointed as the seventeenth Air Force Chief of Chaplains, now holds the highest rank an Air … [Read more...]
Donations For Troops Flow In With Ward Leonard Operation Shoebox Drive
THOMASTON, CT, USA – Ward Leonard Electric Company held its first Operation Shoebox charity drive recently, collecting donated items for our troops deployed outside of the United States. Started in 2003, Operation Shoebox is an organization which was founded in order to raise morale and let the men and women defending our country know that they are cared about. Based in … [Read more...]
Army, NFL Team Up to Fight Traumatic Brain Injury
By David Vergun Army News Service WEST POINT, N.Y., Aug. 31, 2012 – The Army and the National Football League are working together to improve awareness of traumatic brain injury and increase research into its causes, prevention and treatment. The top leaders of both organizations -- Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell -- met at the … [Read more...]