DECEMBER 30, 2025 - Our Nation’s warfighters encounter many known and unknown hazards on the modern battlefield including chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats. Hand-held detection and identification capabilities enhance situational awareness and enable early warning and mitigation, but they can also be time intensive and physiologically burdensome. … [Read more...]
Firefighters Train for Real-World Operations
DECEMBER 30, 2025 - Firefighters at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, recently completed an intensive training course focused on rapid intervention, advanced search techniques and fire ground survival skills tailored to the unique mission environment at one of the Air Force's largest installations. The training centered on a 10-day orientation course designed specifically for … [Read more...]
Medal of Honor Monday: Nash
DECEMBER 29, 2025 - Army Pfc. David Paul Nash had only been in the military for about eight months when he gave his life in Vietnam so his fellow soldiers could live. Nash's devotion to the mission and his comrades led him to receive a posthumous Medal of Honor. Nash, who was known throughout his life as Paulie, was born Nov. 3, 1947, in Whitesville, Kentucky, to Ishmael and … [Read more...]
Sailor’s Journey thru Aircraft Firefighting School
DECEMBER 29, 2025 - The flames crackled and hissed in front of Alex Tetrault, spitting sparks and waves of heat so fierce she could feel it against her fire-retardant coveralls. In steady, controlled breaths, she breathed in cool air through her mask as the heat rushed over her body. Every fiber of her being was focused on the roaring inferno in front of her and the nozzle in … [Read more...]
Lohmeier Addresses Warrant Officer Graduation
DECEMBER 29, 2025 - The Under Secretary of the Air Force, Matt L. Lohmeier, served as the guest speaker for Warrant Officer Training School graduation Class 26-02 at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Dec. 18, 2025. The WOTS program is an eight-week, in-residence accessioning course designed to develop highly technical noncommissioned officers into warrant officers who serve … [Read more...]