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  • Air Force transitions to a single combat uniform

    Air Force leaders announced the service will move to a single combat utility uniform, adopting the Operational Camouflage Pattern, or OCP, already in use by the Army and Airmen in combat zones and in certain jobs across the Air Force.

  • 386 AEW mental health team builds bonds, shatters stigmas

    SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) -- It can start with a simple conversation. “How are you?” “Yeah, I bet you see some crazy stuff at your job.” “That must have been really hard for you to process.” What at first seems like a run-of-the-mill conversation, stemming from a friendly visit, is more than meets the

  • Are you tracking the latest on the REAL ID Act?

    Are you tracking South Carolina's recent extension on the REAL ID Act of 2005?The Department of Homeland Security granted South Carolina a four and a half month extension for making the necessary changes to the state driver's license required by the federal REAL ID Act.At this time, a South Carolina

  • Charleston Reservists take aim at African Lion 16

    Three 315th Security Forces Squadron members from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina joined a multinational military force at African Lion 16 in Tifnit, Kingdom of Morocco April 14 to 29.Service members from the U.S. Armed Forces, the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces, the Federal Republic of Germany