July 7, 2010 Airmen giving blood, giving life U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Elizabeth Holzbaur, with the 315th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, was all smiles for a mobile upload to facebook while donatIng blood to the American Red Cross at the Sports and Fitness Center June 23, 2010, at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. Even though she hates needles,
July 6, 2010 Air Force website offers legal assistance The next time Airmen need a will, power of attorney or just have a legal question, they may visit the new Air Force Legal Assistance website at https://aflegalassistance.law.af.mil. The website is designed for active-duty and reserve component members, retirees and dependents. Officials created the
July 1, 2010 Air Force officials implement government travel card controlled spend accounts In an effort to curtail government travel card abuse and delinquency, Air Force officials are piloting an unprecedented controlled spend account concept through Sept. 3 with an expected service-wide rollout of fall 2010.The most significant CSA concept bases spending limits on approved travel
June 30, 2010 Airmen first, first sergeants always Commentary -- As first sergeants, we are responsible for providing sound advice to the commander on a wide range of topics. Many Airmen may think first sergeants only serve as disciplinarians, but our role is far more reaching.Much of our time is devoted to issues covering health, mentoring, well
June 30, 2010 315th Airlift Wing promotion ceremony An induction ceremony was held June 26 at the 315th Airlift Wing auditorium here to honor 13 newly promoted staff sergeants and six noncommissioned officers inducted in to the senior NCO ranks.The guest speaker for the ceremony was Col. Jay D. Jensen, Air Force Reserve Command chief of the Programs
June 28, 2010 RED HORSE port team equips New Horizons Panama mission for success A 12-person logistics support team moved more than 200 pieces of cargo 250 kilometers (more than 155 miles) from the port in Panama City to Meteti for New Horizons Panama 2010.The team, a division of the RED HORSE contingent deploying to Panama for New Horizons, arrived May 11, and worked furiously
June 25, 2010 315th Employer's Day August 30-31 The 315th Airlift Wing Public Affairs is scheduled to sponsor an Employer's Day August 30-31. The Employer's Day gives 315 AW reservists an opportunity to nominate their employers and say thank you for supporting their service in the Air Force Reserve.Employers of reservists will be given the
June 25, 2010 AE missions: routine is only half the story Some people train at home station only to perform their mission a little differently in a real-world environment.Members of the 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron can honestly say that the way they train is exactly the way they perform their jobs anywhere. Their mission is to
June 25, 2010 Is your credit affecting your career? Commentary -- What does your security clearance, buying a home, a line badge, Government Travel Card, and a potential career in the Air Force all have in common? Credit! Did you know your credit score can affect all of these? This list can go on and on. Every ten years your security clearance is
June 24, 2010 Air Force civilians set for transition from NSPS to begin in July The majority of Air Force civilians will begin to transition from the National Security Personnel System to the General Schedule beginning July 4 and continuing through Sept. 12. Mandated by the Fiscal 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, the conversion to the GS by the end of this fiscal year