Debbie Gildea Air Force Personnel Center 7/14/2012 - Joint Base San Antonio - Randolph, Texas (AFNS) -- Interested officers, enlisted members and cadets eligible for fiscal 2013 Biomedical Sciences Corps training and commissioning programs can learn more during a world-wide webcast slated for July 18, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced. Webcasts, slated for 9 a.m. … [Read more...]
Dempsey Salutes ThanksUSA Organization for Scholarships
By Claudette Roulo American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, July 12, 2012 – After briefly bursting into song before addressing supporters and scholarship recipients at the ThanksUSA Treasure Our Troops gala held July 11 at the Newseum here, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey called the event one of the most interesting he attends. I say … [Read more...]
Cost-Cutting Ideas Sought Through SAVE Award
7/13/2012 WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The White House continues to challenge federal employees to identify areas where we can save scarce taxpayer dollars while improving the way the government works. President Obama believes the best ideas usually come from the front lines and back in 2009 launched the SAVE Award (Securing Americans Value and Efficiency) to seek ideas from … [Read more...]
Georgia Marine Awarded Silver Star for Heroic Actions in Afghanistan
7/11/2012 By Cpl. Jeff Drew , 2nd Marine Division Marine Corps Base Camp - He watched as five Marines beside him dropped, struck by the sheer force of insurgent machine gun fire. Within seconds, Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Cole joined his brothers as a three-round burst lifted his 200-pound frame and 80 pounds of gear completely off the ground, moved him five feet in the air, and … [Read more...]
Nellis Airman Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor
By Senior Airman Jack Sanders 99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs 7/11/2012 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) -- Staff Sgt. Justin Tite, 88th Test and Evaluation Squadron aerial gunner, received the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross with valor here, July 9. Maj. Gen. Bill Hyatt, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, presented the decoration to Tite during a ceremony … [Read more...]