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  • Ebola: What You Need to Know

    Information for service members about the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak. More information on Ebola: http://phc.amedd.army.mil/topics/disc...

  • Hagel: Celebrate Safely During the Holiday Season

    It's important to think and act with safety in mind when celebrating the holidays with friends and family, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in a message issued this week to service members, DoD civilians, contractors, and their families.The text of the secretary's message reads as

  • JB CHS gets new way to solve computer problems

    To assist computer users with Information Technology related problems and to transition from telephone help desk reporting, the Air Force is installing self-help software on users desktops. The Virtual Enterprise Service Desk or vESD, rolled out Nov. 24, 2014 at Joint Base Charleston.The vESD tool,

  • 315 MSG earns 4th Air Force accolades

    The 315th Mission Support Group was awarded the Tech. Sgt. Anthony C. Campbell Jr. Award during a ceremony Nov. 19 in Riverside, Calif. as the best mission support group in the Fourth Air Force."Winning the Campbell Award is an awesome achievement, but the greatest reward is watching a very diverse

  • Changes coming to officer board documents

    Changes are coming to the advanced academic degree and developmental education information visible on officer selection briefs for promotion boards.Beginning Dec. 1, advanced academic degree information for line officers will be masked for promotion selection boards below the grade of

  • President Announces Hagel’s Resignation as Defense Secretary

    Praising Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's "class and integrity," President Barack Obama announced Nov. 24 at the White House that Hagel will leave his post.The president said Hagel has agreed to remain in his position until a successor is nominated and confirmed. For that, Obama said, he is

  • Work Explains Strategy Behind Innovation Initiative

    The Defense Innovation Initiative will help to develop more innovative leaders and identify new operational concepts, but sequestration is still "a problem we need to address as a nation," Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said Nov. 23.Work discussed the new initiative on Gannett's "DefenseNews With

  • First 90 returnees enter controlled monitoring period after Ebola response

    U.S. service members arrived at Joint Base Langley-Eustis' Langley Transit Center Nov. 13 to begin a 21-day controlled monitoring period prior to returning to their home stations.The group of 90 service members, which included Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, returned from supporting Operation

  • Fiscal Crisis, Threats Test DoD Strategy, Readiness

    The threat of sequestration and an era that has produced simultaneous global crises is challenging future military readiness and may prompt Defense Department leaders to rethink core strategies going forward, senior DoD civilian and military officials said yesterday.Undersecretary of Defense for