Dallas Cowboys highlight local military during pregame events

Community scores with Beale reservist's passion for hockey

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, Maj. Chris Cheshire played a lot of hockey. As a youngster, the 940th Wing reservist was a member of the 1996 Oregon State Champion Roller Hockey team and played ice and roller hockey with such future National Hockey League stars as Paul Gaustad, Brenden Marrow,

Memo prepares DOD employees for government shutdown

Although Defense Department officials believe a government shutdown can be avoided when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1, they want DOD employees to be prepared for the possibility, Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a memo issued to the workforce Sept. 23. The fiscal year ends Sept. 30,

Assistant Secretary, Manpower and Reserve Affairs visits Alamo Wing

The Honorable Daniel Ginsberg, assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, visited the 433rd Airlift Wing along with other units here on Sept. 25 .Col. Jeffrey Pennington, 433rd Airlift Wing commander, led the tour of the maintenance and C-5 Formal Training Unit

Texas mass casualty exercise tests military, civilian first responders

Joint Base San Antonio alongside San Antonio's rescuers and hospitals, joined forces to handle two simulated disasters during a San Antonio mass casualty exercise, Sept.19.The Air Force Reserve Command's 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, from JB San Antonio-Lackland, and the 53rd Weather

Air Force Personnel Center announces this year's Club Scholarship winners

Twenty-five individuals were recently selected to receive $1,000 scholarships, a laptop and a portable printer through the Air Force Club Membership Scholarship Program.To be considered eligible for this scholarship Air Force Club members and their families had to submit a 500-word essay about what

Muddy mavens: Reservists run dirty for a cause

Several members of the 315th Airlift Wing here joined forces and braved boot-camp style obstacles, biting insects and lots and lots of mud during Charleston's inaugural Dirty Girl Mud Run at Legare Farms on Johns Island Sept. 14.Dirty Girl partners with Bright Pink - an organization dedicated to

Hurricane Hunters join AES for training

When a community is informed that a hurricane is headed toward them, their first natural reaction is to go away from the storm. That is not the case for the 53rd Weather Squadron, or as they are appropriately named, the "Hurricane Hunters." Hurricane Hunters, based at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.

Dobbins HRDC earns top award for excellence

The 94th Airlift Wing Human Resource Development Council was presented the Maj. Gen. Joseph A. McNeill Award for HRDC Excellence Sept. 16.Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, chief of Air Force Reserve, and commander, AFRC, presented the trophy to Col. Tim Tarchick, 94th Airlift Wing commander, and Chief

Colorado Airmen, C-130s return from Southwest Asia

The 302nd Airlift Wing welcomed home approximately 150 Airmen Sept. 18 from a four-month deployment to Southwest Asia. The wing's Air Force Reserve and active duty personnel provided C-130 airlift support to U.S. Central Command operations. While deployed, members of the 302nd Operations Group flew