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Is Your DEERS Information Up to Date?
February 16, 2022 — When is the last time you checked to see if your information in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System, or DEERS, is up to date? If it’s been a while, take time to log in to DEERS and review your information. Keeping information on you and your family current in DEERS is important. Inaccurate information in the DEERS database could prevent you from being able to use your TRICARE benefits properly... MORE

Being able to use TRICARE depends on you keeping your information up to date in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS).

Senior Enlisted Advisor to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visits AFRS
February 16, 2022 — The Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff met with Air Force Recruiting Service recruiters and leadership to gain insight on how the Joint Force is approaching today’s challenges... MORE

AFRS Command Chief and Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff depart the AFRS headquarters Feb. 9, 2022 after a briefing.

AETC’s senior enlisted leader, Air Force enlisted development chief to host Reddit ‘AMA’ Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. EST
February 15, 2022 — Chief Master Sgts. Erik Thompson and Stefan Blazier will host a ‘Ask Me Anything’ event to answer questions from Airmen about the recently released Enlisted Force Development Action Plan live on Reddit beginning at 2 p.m. eastern time Feb. 22. Thompson is Air Education and Training Command’s senior enlisted leader, while Blazier is the chief of enlisted force development at Headquarters Air Force A1D. They will take questions for one hour. ... MORE

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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... MORE

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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... MORE

Dentist demonstrates proper brushing technique

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... MORE

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... MORE

Civilian and military Air Force leaders greet senior military member arriving for visit.

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... MORE

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... MORE

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... MORE

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... MORE

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. ... MORE

Four men in personal protection equipment work with computers and other equipment.

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... MORE

Southern Vanguard 22 concludes, completing the largest operation between U.S. and Brazil since World War II

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... MORE

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... MORE

CLTR202, Introduction to Cross-Cultural Communication, 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.

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... MORE

U.S. Air Force Major Rachael Parrish, 20th Dental Squadron general dentist, performs an oral exam on Airman 1st Class Amie Bickford, 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron munitions technician at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, March 13, 2017. Airmen assigned to the 20th DS are tasked with ensuring airmen and soldiers on base meet all dental class requirements for deployment (Airman 1st Class Christopher Maldonado, 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs).

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... MORE

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... MORE

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... MORE

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.”... MORE