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  • Health care overhaul won't affect coverage for troops, veterans

    Military and Veterans Affairs officials spent the weekendrefuting allegations that the health care reform legislation approved byCongress will harm Tricare programs or Veterans Affairs health benefits,instead promising that servicemembers and veterans will see no change intheir coverage.Before

  • Above and Beyond: Citizen Airman comes to the aid of RAF aircrew

    The December homecoming of Tech. Sgt. Ed Wilkerson, 53rd Aerial Port Squadron, Pope Air Force Base N.C., had added significance for his home unit and a fighter squadron thousands of miles away.The aerial porter returned after serving as a ramp NCOIC with the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing, Kandahar

  • Hiring an ART - Pt 3: Improvement

    This is part 3 of 3 in a series on the Air Reserve Technician program and hiring process.The Air Reserve Technician hiring process has come a long way since its inception only a decade after the birth of the U.S. Air Force and Air Force Reserve. Recently, there have been advances in the process both

  • ESGR accepting Freedom Award nominations

    Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Department of Defense agency, is taking nominations until Jan. 18 for the 2010 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. Members of the National Guard and Reserve and their families are encouraged to nominate employers who have done an

  • Hiring an ART - Pt 2: The process

    This is part 2 of 3 in a series on the Air Reserve Technician program and hiring process.Hiring Air Reserve Technicians requires the cooperation of a number of agencies, including the Reserve unit with the vacant slot, the Special Examining Unit at Robins AFB, Ga., and with smaller coordinating

  • 22nd Air Force commander visits Dover

    by Capt. Marnee A.C. Losurdo 512th Airlift Wing Public Affairs11/9/2009 - DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- The 22nd Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. James T. Rubeor, and his wife Michele, visited the 512th Airlift Wing Nov. 5-8. They visited Dover as part of the general's commitment to visit all 22nd AF

  • Hiring an ART - Pt 1: Where it begins

    This is part 1 of 3 in a series on the Air Reserve Technician program and hiring process. Air Reserve Technicians are mainstays of continuity and experience for the Air Force Reserve, running unit missions and weapon systems during the month while traditional reservists are away. Without them, daily

  • Canadian Forces College Hosts International Junior Officer Seminar

    Airmen, soldiers and sailors from the U.S. and six NATO countries participated in the 2009 International Junior Officer Development Seminar held at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 17-21. The week long seminar focusing on international relations, hosted 40 officers from

  • O Canada: 22nd Air Force Reservists Bring Airlift Support to Cold Lake

    Reservists from throughout 22nd Air Force participated in Maple Flag Exercise 42, held at Cold Lake Air Base Alberta, Canada, from May 29 - June 14. Since 1978, Cold Lake AB has hosted this international air combat exercise which included squadrons from Germany, Singapore, the United Kingdom and