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  • Suicide intervention: from crisis to counsel

    Modern life is complex. While the military life attempts to simplify things, the mental and emotional stresses servicemembers deal with are vastly more complex than the average modern American.These stresses can pile up and life becomes seemingly unmanageable or unbearable over time.It should come

  • Airmen receive new instruction on standards, culture

    When referencing fundamental standards, Airmen now have a single source: Air Force Instruction 1-1, Air Force Standards.As one of the capstone acts of his 39-year career, Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, Air Force chief of staff, put his signature on the brand new instruction, which communicates in one

  • Base brings savings to South Florida servicemembers

    The ever rising cost of basic necessities can be a financial burden for some families. Typically for military families that cost is offset by the base commissary. For Homestead Air Reserve Base, a commissary can't get here fast enough, so the Defense Commissary Agency hosted a case lot sale to bring

  • Chief Chang's legacy

    Mentorship; this is what set apart Chief Master Sgt. Lawrence H. Chang in his 32 years of service."For many years he was the absolute source for mentorship for Airmen on base", said Chief Master Sgt. Katdo Robinson, 482nd Maintenance Squadron superintendent. Chang was honored during a retirement

  • MilPDS scheduled for upgrade in December

    The Military Personnel Data System will be upgraded and migrated to the Defense Information Systems Agency's Defense Enterprise Computing Center in December. MilPDS will be unavailable during the upgrade project, which is scheduled to take 23 days to complete.MilPDS is a personnel records database

  • AF Reserve commander praises total force

    The Air Force Reserve Command's highest ranking officer discussed the virtues of total force integration in remarks at the 2012 Air Force Association Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition here Sept. 18. Lt. Gen. James Jackson, chief of Air Force Reserve and the Air Force Reserve Command

  • Operations Support Squadron change of command

    During a brief change of command ceremony for the 482nd Operations Support Squadron, Lt. Col. Robert R. Tofil relieved Lt. Col. John G. Poor, Sept. 8. Poor was recognized for outstanding service to the United States while assigned to 482nd OSS and the 93rd Fighter Squadron at Homestead ARB from

  • New DOD policy on air travel begins Oct 1

    Beginning Oct. 1, 2012, any travel authorization that includes air travel must be approved and ticketed at least 72 hours in advance of the scheduled flight departure to avoid airline reservations from being cancelled. This is due to a new policy being instituted by the airlines under the FY13 GSA

  • Coming Together to Remember September 11th

    This week, we mark the eleventh anniversary of the September 11th attacks. It's a time to remember the nearly 3,000 innocent men, women and children we lost, and the families they left behind. It's a chance to honor the courage of the first responders who risked their lives - on that day, and every

  • Case lot sale, savings on groceries comes to HARB

    In order to bring substantial savings on groceries to local servicemembers, Homestead Air Reserve base is hosting a case lot sale, sponsored by the Defense Commissary Agency, Sept. 7-9.The event, which brings truck loads of groceries to servicemembers at a low cost, is located behind the Base