7/31/2012 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have released a free Apple and Android smartphone mobile application for use with post-traumatic stress disorder treatment. The app is called PE Coach; PE stands for "prolonged exposure." Psychologists at the Defense Department's National Center for Telehealth and Technology, known as T2, and the VA … [Read more...]
Strengthening Our Core
Commentary by Col. Jim Dryjanski National War College 7/19/2012 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The greatest threat to the United States Air Force right now is not external. It is from within. The allegations of sexual misconduct at Lackland Air Force Base splashed across the news will undoubtedly be fully investigated and criminal behavior will be prosecuted appropriately. The … [Read more...]
Panetta Urges DoD Community to Honor Shooting Victims Through Service
American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, July 24, 2012 – In a message issued last night, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta paid tribute to the military victims of the July 20 shooting spree in Aurora, Colo., and urged Defense Department personnel to honor the victims’ memory through hard work and sacrifice. Here is the text of the message: To all Department of … [Read more...]
Victims in Colorado Shooting Tragedy Identified
7/22/2012 ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFNS) -- An Air Force Reservist was killed and another was wounded during the mass shooting at an Aurora, Colo., theater July 20. Staff Sgt. Jesse Childress, 29, was among the 12 fatalities and another Air Force Reservist was among 58 wounded during a midnight shooting rampage at the Century 16 multiplex, about 10 miles from downtown … [Read more...]
CSAF’s ‘Final Flight’ a Ride of Remembrance
By Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr. 919th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs 7/14/2012 - HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AFNS) -- When Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz climbed aboard the MC-130E Combat Talon I here July 12, for his last flight as an active duty officer, he immediately began to reminisce on his flying career with special operations and the C-130 Hercules … [Read more...]