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Same-sex spouses can now get ID cards

Same-sex spouses of Air Force military members, eligible civilian employees, and military retirees may be enrolled in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System by their sponsors and get their dependent identification card beginning Sept. 3, Air Force Personnel Center officials said

National Commission reviews 'life-cycle' manpower costs

Members of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force interviewed current and former senior defense leaders Aug. 27 about one of the service's major expenses.The commission sought information about the "fully-burdened life-cycle manpower costs" of active duty, Air National Guard and

300 attend deployment training near D.C.

Set against Washington's historic backdrop, the Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon Program hosted training Aug. 23-25 for 95 Airmen and their guests, families and children.The location did not go unnoticed by pre- and post-deployment Airmen of all ranks who attended the event."Our (training) location

Air Force looking for safety advisory council members

The Air Force's chief of safety wants young people to sign up for the 2014 Airman-to-Airman Safety Advisory Council.Established in 2009, the council evaluates and seeks better ways to communicate safety efforts within the high-risk 17-26-year age group.Officers and enlisted Airmen in that age group

AF Reservist named top-shot in Schriever archery

Tim Paget put an arrow through a 10-square-inch target from more than 50 yards away Aug. 23 at the Schriever Archery Range here. The shot earned applause from his fellow competitors even though it succeeded in eliminating all of them from the base's inaugural Schriever Archery Competition."That was

MAFFS C-130s deploy to California to aid firefighting effort

The U.S. Forest Service, through the National Interagency Fire Center here, has ordered the three MAFFS aircraft operating at the Boise Air Tanker Base move to McClellan Air Tanker base near Sacramento, Calif., to assist the wildland firefighting effort in the western United States.In a request made

Reserve combat ops squadrons conclude Exercise UFG

Reservists assigned to the 940th Wing, Beale Air Force Base, Calif., wrapped up exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian, a two-week joint and combined exercise here Aug 30. UFG, named in honor of a Korean military leader who repelled a Chinese invasion in the 7th century, is a computer simulated, command

Reserve intel squadron brings Total Force Integration concept to Hickam

Ten communications specialists from the 50th Intelligence Squadron, Beale Air Force Base, Calif., completed two weeks of annual training at Distributed Ground Station 5, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Aug. 17-31.The arrival of the reserve DGS to work alongside an active duty squadron marked

March Reserve squadron supporting Korea exercise

More than 75 members of the 701st Combat Operations Squadron from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., are here supporting Ulchi Freedom Guardian that began Aug. 26. UFG is an annual defense-oriented exercise developed around scenarios designed to defend the Republic of Korea, protect the region, and