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  • SOCSOUTH remembers 14th anniversary of 9/11 with relay run

    To commemorate the 14th anniversary of the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, more than 80 service members assigned to Special Operations Command South honored the memory of the tragic event with a 140-mile relay run Sept. 10-11.Chaplain (Capt.) Jaffet Duquela, SOCSOUTH chaplain, who ran 10 miles,

  • New website streamlines volunteering

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa has received approval from the Air Force Personnel Center and Air Staff to pilot a new volunteer program website before it goes live Air Force wide.The new website application makes it simpler for active-duty members and civilians to post, search and log

  • TRICARE beneficiaries being targeted by fraudulent secret shopper offer

    The Defense Health Agency, Office of Program Integrity (DHA-PI) has received a significant number of return envelopes from mailings by a bogus organization. In the letter they identify themselves as TRICARE SURVEY INC., to TRICARE beneficiaries across the country and are attempting to solicit

  • Hurricane Hunters to fly into Tropical Storm Erika from Homestead ARB

    The U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters are operating out of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, flying WC-130J Hurricane Hunters into Tropical Storm Erika in support of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew four missions into TS Erika out of

  • Wing conducts night flying operations

    The 482nd Fighter Wing began late afternoon and evening flying operations Aug. 24 and will continue these training missions until Sept. 17.Residents should expect to see increased activity around the base lasting until approximately 10 p.m.If you have any questions please feel call the 482nd Fighter

  • Reserve members obtain records sooner via website

    As most service members would attest to, waiting for records is tedious when the delay can be up to 14 business days. With that in mind, the Air Reserve Personnel Center here began referring customers to the new eBenefits website, an automated records retrieval portal managed by the Department of

  • Dempsey Makes Case for Long-Term Effort to Defeat ISIL

    The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is just the most recent manifestation of an underlying set of instabilities, inequities and ideologies that will be around for at least 20 years, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today at the Danish Army Academy here.Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey

  • Makos welcome new commander

    Col. David W. Smith, 482nd Operations Group commander, hands the 93rd Fighter Squadron guidon to incoming 93rd FS commander Lt. Col. Mark D. Van Brunt. The 93rd FS "Makos" held a change of command ceremony Aug. 9 during the August Unit Training Assembly.Lt. Col. Timothy D. Rusch relinquished command