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AETC publishes first competency-based civilian Learning Professionals career series education and training plan
February 15, 2022 — This effort leads the way for the Department of Air Force to establish the foundation for integrating competencies into an education and training plans in the future...

What to know about preventive dental care
February 15, 2022 — These days, it can be easy to forget to make an appointment to see the dentist for a routine checkup. Maybe you brush twice and floss every day...

Secretary of the Navy increases secondary caregiver leave to 21 days
February 15, 2022 — Sailors will now have more time to spend with their family after the birth or adoption of a child as the Department of the Navy increased its maximum Secondary Caregiver Leave, or SCL, to 21 days. The Secretary of the Navy, The Honorable Carlos Del Toro, authorized the extension Feb. 11, 2022...

SEAC visits AFPC, notes team ‘making life better, not harder’
February 14, 2022 — SEAC Ramón Colón-López, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, returned to his Air Force roots with a recent visit to the Air Force’s Personnel Center at Joint Base San...

LAUNCH serves as ‘front door’ to access AFIMSC programs, services
February 14, 2022 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s virtual support center, LAUNCH, is helping customers find information about installation and mission support services...

DLA Troop Support commander visits JBSA, Air Force customers
February 14, 2022 — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Eric P. Shirley visited Air Force customers and clothing and textiles vendors in San Antonio and Austin Feb. 3-4 to better understand challenges and strengthen partnerships with stakeholders in the region...

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston virtual monthly retirement ceremony set for Feb. 24
February 14, 2022 — The Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston virtual monthly retirement ceremony is scheduled for 2 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Fort Sam Houston Theater, located at building 2270, 2472 Stanley Road...

Saturday processing days added by USMEPCOM to support recruiting partners
February 14, 2022 — The U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command has announced that some Military Entrance Processing Stations will open on select Saturdays in 2022...

Military hospital support to FEMA begins in Massachusetts, expands in Arizona, Maine
February 14, 2022 — At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, about 90 military medical personnel are continuing to deploy in six teams to three states to support civilian health care workers treating COVID-19 patients. ...

Army offers bonuses for quick shippers
February 12, 2022 — The U.S. Army currently is offering bonuses up to $9,000 for individuals who are able to start training within the next several months...

Stained glass from old WHMC Chapel preserved at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center
February 11, 2022 — Between the time when the old Wilford Hall Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland shuttered its doors in 2011 and the new Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center officially opened June 7, 2017, the stained glass windows at the former WHMC Chapel had been collecting dust...

Enrollment opening soon for 'Introduction to Cross-Cultural Communication'
February 11, 2022 — Introduction to Cross-Cultural Communication, or CLTR202, is offered to enlisted members of the U.S. Armed Forces participating in the Community College of the Air Force program. It fulfills three semester hours of Institutional (Resident) and/or Program Elective credit requirements of the CCAF Associate of Applied Science degree. Enrollment opens April 12-18, 2022...

Dental health is essential for warfighters, military readiness
February 11, 2022 — To help service members understand the importance of healthy teeth, some dentists use military-style terminology. Tooth decay is an "enemy you are fighting" and you need to "execute a plan to eliminate that foe," said Air Force Col (Dr.) Robin Fontenot, a consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General for expeditionary dentistry...

Decreasing injuries is the goal of safety
February 11, 2022 — What is safety? Safety is the state of being safe or not being dangerous or harmful; freedom from harm or danger or a safe place according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary and the Oxford dictionary gives its definition as the state of being safe and protected from danger or harm...

Army introduces strategy to combat climate change
February 11, 2022 — Producing a fleet of field hybrid tactical vehicles by 2035 and providing 100% carbon pollution-free electricity at Army installations by 2030 are among the goals outlined by the Army’s first climate strategy as the service adapts to the effects of changing weather...

Commentary: Hello, is anyone listening?
February 11, 2022 — Supervisors and employees who demonstrate genuine regard for human dignity and respect toward one another will encounter less stress and work-related issues necessitating higher-level intervention...

Feedback Fridays
February 11, 2022 — If you have a question or concern, please send an email to 502ABW.PA.official@us.af.mil using the subject line “Feedback Fridays.”...

'We're on our way, LA!' - Watch SBLVI Heritage Flight flyover pre-game special live on USAF Facebook, Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. ET
February 10, 2022 — To help celebrate the Air Force’s 75th anniversary, Airpower fans can catch a behind-the-scenes look at a first-of-its-kind flyover as the service’s Heritage Flight prepares to soar above the skies of So-Fi Stadium during the national anthem performance at Super Bowl LVI Feb. 13. Beginning at 5 p.m. CST on the U.S. Air Force Facebook page, Dan Hawkins and Master Sgt. Caitlin Jones-Martin will host the special pre-game show, featuring live look-ins from California, including the actual flyover, interviews and more. ...

560th Flying Training Squadron hosts YouTube content creator, podcast host
February 10, 2022 — The 560th Flying Training Squadron welcomed YouTube content creator and podcast host, Maj. Justin “Hasard” Lee, as they filmed T-38 Pilot Training 2.5 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Feb. 9...

Army Programs: Improving Soldiers' lives
February 10, 2022 — Soldiers take an oath of enlistment to serve the nation and the U.S. Army aims to repay their service through U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command programs like the Partnership for Youth Success and Soldier For Life. Both programs have one goal in mind: improve Soldiers’ lives during and after their time of service...