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  • DoD directs employees to start wearing face masks again

    Following guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Defense Department has directed employees working in areas at high risk for transmission to begin using face masks again as a measure to prevent the continued spread of the COVID-19 virus, especially the fast-moving, highly-transmittable Delta variant.
  • Joseph Spears, 338th Training Squadron instructor, provides a radio frequency transmissions course briefing inside Bryan Hall at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., July 21, 2021. The 81st Training Support Squadron hosted the Cyber Operations Specialty Training and Requirements Team Conference for cyber operations career field managers and major command functional managers, July 19-23.

    Cyber career field discusses new training baseline

    The 81st Training Support Squadron hosted the Cyber Operations Specialty Training and Requirements Team conference at Keesler Air Force Base, July 19-23.
  • Airmen cutting ribbon.

    Chicagoland launches first Total Force Air and Space Force recruiting office

    GURNEE, Ill. — A ribbon cutting ceremony for the nation’s first Total Force Air and Space Force recruiting office was held in Gurnee, Illinois, July 27, 2021.The Gurnee Mills Mall storefront station will provide recruiting services for the active duty Air Force, Illinois Air National Guard and Space Force — all components of the Department of the
  • Senior Airman Trevor Thompson, a reservist in the 67th Aerial Port Squadron, navigates under an obstacle on the land obstacle course at Camp Johnson, Vermont as part of the team selection and training event

    Hill reservist among elite competing in international event

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Senior Airman Trevor Thompson, 67th Aerial Port Squadron, is one of 10 reservists selected to represent the United States in the 2021 Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers Military Skills Competition held in Finland beginning July 30. The three-day competition consists of pistol and rifle shooting, various
  • JBMDL Airmen brief general aviation pilots on mid-air collision avoidance

    Reserve Citizen Airmen Discuss safety concerns with local pilots

    The 514th Air Mobility Wing organized an informational session with local civilian pilots over the July Unit Training Assembly to discuss safety concerns in Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst's airspace.
  • The Integrated Defense Leadership Course provides Reserve Defenders with intensely focused hands-on training to achieve and maintain combat readiness.

    IDLC crafts combat-ready Defenders

    The Integrated Defense Leadership Course, which takes place at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center and Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, was designed to provide Reserve Defenders with intensely focused hands-on training to achieve and maintain combat readiness.
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    UDM brings invaluable experience to position

    Richard Bullock is a UDM for the 919th Special Operations Mission Support Group who brings valuable deployment experience to his job and commitment to making sure other Airmen are always ready to go.
  • Master Sgt. Kory Soderquist (back left), 934th Security Forces Squadron chief of training, and Lt. Col. Charles Trovarello (back right), 934th Security Forces Squadron commander, each carry 40-pound ruck sacks during a 4.5 mile ruck march in support of the Resolute Defender Ruck Challenge at Minneapolis-St. Paul Air Reserve Station, April 30, 2021. The intent for this 12 month challenge is to build and solidify resiliency, camaraderie, and communication. Currently, 40 Airmen and civilians, comprising 19 different teams, are taking part in the challenge. (Air Force photo by Chris Farley)

    Rucking around with the 934th Security Forces Squadron in yearlong challenge

    Anyone for a yearlong ruck march challenge? At the start of this fiscal year, 934th Airlift Wing Airmen and civilians started rucking on and off base completing monthly challenges. What they are doing is participating in a yearlong ruck beta test for Resolute Defender. Created and sponsored by the 934th Security Force Squadron, the scope of this loaded march challenge is for participants to build and solidify, resiliency, camaraderie, and communication.
  • Capt. Jennifer Rosa, Master Sgt. Kristin Chandler, Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Wilmot, and Capt. Kaitlyn Olive, 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., provided healthcare to three communities in three states as part of Delta Wellness Mission 2021, which ran from July 6 - 20, 2021. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

    403rd ASTS participates in Delta Wellness Mission 2021

    Four Reserve Citizen Airmen from different career fields within the 403rd Wing’s Aeromedical Staging Squadron provided healthcare to three communities in three states as part of Delta Wellness Mission 2021, which ran from July 6 - 20.“Delta Wellness is a total-force mission spanning the ‘delta’ region of Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana,” said

  • Senate confirms Kendall to be Air Force Secretary

    Frank Kendall won confirmation from the Senate July 26 to be the 26th Secretary of the Air Force, placing an official with decades-long service in defense issues in the top civilian job at a time when the department is navigating new global challenges and wide-reaching modernization efforts.
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