Sept. 1, 2016 Every Airman plays a role in suicide prevention The Air Force is determined to prevent suicide, but an Airman doesn’t need to be a specialist or doctor to do that. Sometimes all it takes is starting a conversation. Everyone has a role to play. That’s a key part of the Defense Department’s #BeThere campaign, which encourages making a difference
Sept. 1, 2016 Reserve RED HORSE Squadrons team up for construction project Four Reserve RED HORSE squadrons combined forces at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina this summer to help keep their skills sharp between deployments while building a storage building for the 560th RED HORSE Squadron. Members of the 556th RHS from Hurlburt Field, Florida, 555th RHS from Nellis
Aug. 31, 2016 YOUR "NEED TO KNOW" ON TAX FRAUD The nation, along with the Lowcountry, is experiencing a surge in telephone scams where scammers target individuals, claim to be affiliated with the IRS and demand immediate payment of a tax debt over the phone. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration announced in January they had
Aug. 31, 2016 Denton Program: providing worldwide humanitarian support The Jeremiah Denton Amendment, named in honor of former Navy pilot, Vietnam prisoner-of-war and Alabama senator, passed in 1987.The Denton amendment grants the Secretary of Defense the approval to delegate shipments of humanitarian supplies provided by nongovernmental organizations and nonprofit
Aug. 30, 2016 Northfield runway repairs to be completed in December Airmen from Joint Base Charleston's 437th Operations Support Squadron, 628th Civil Engineer Squadron and 628th Contracting Squadron are leading repairs to the North Auxiliary Airfield landing zone in North, South Carolina. The project began in June 2016 and is scheduled for completion in
Aug. 30, 2016 81st APS Airmen finish big at ALS Three 81st Aerial Port Squadron Airmen graduated the latest Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina Airman Leadership School class last week while representing the excellence that our Reserve aerial porters are known for.Despite being the youngest member of the class, Senior Airman Waneisha Aull,
Aug. 27, 2016 Air Force officials welcome new vice chief of staff, honor Vietnam War vets Air Force Undersecretary Lisa S. Disbrow and Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein welcomed Gen. Stephen W. Wilson as the service’s new vice chief of staff at a reception Aug. 26 at the Fort Myer Officers’ Club in Virginia.
Aug. 25, 2016 FYI: Post-9/11 GI Bill transfer In this recent episode of FYI, Tech. Sgt. Holly Roberts-Davis discusses how to transfer Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits to dependents.
Aug. 25, 2016 Marijuana and the military As state recreational and medical marijuana laws change throughout the country, Air Force Reserve Command officials remind reservists that any marijuana use or possession by uniformed service members is still illegal under federal law. And the consequences for breaking this law could be career
Aug. 24, 2016 Top chaplain addresses Reserve deployers On a twist of jazz vocalist Bobby McFerrin’s 1988 hit song, the Air Force chief of chaplains told reservists and their loved ones, “Don’t worry, be hopey,” during a Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program training event in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Aug. 20“You know they say that 92 percent of what we