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  • AFAF: assisting Airmen in times of need

    From the time that Airmen enter basic training, the wingman concept is drilled into us. The idea is to always look after and take care of our fellow Airmen. It carries with us throughout our careers and becomes a lifestyle.Beginning by helping out with hospital corners at Basic Military Training to

  • A day with outdoor recreation

    It was dark and early in the morning as people came, gathering outside the outdoor recreation building for the three-hour trip to Savannah, Ga. for the second largest St. Patrick's Day parade in the nation. They waited anxiously, talking and sipping coffee as they waited for Terry Rodgers, 20th

  • Not your father's Air Force deployment training

    The traditional 90- or 180-day temporary duty assignments may seem a world away for Airmen attending today's Provincial Reconstruction Team pre-deployment training here.Many PRT Panjshir Airmen have been in the Air Force for more than 10 years and can see a clear difference between this training

  • Life on the road with Tops in Blue

    The band crescendos toward the end of the song and cuts off suddenly. Jennifer Lynn Frost belts out the final phrase and the band joins back in for the final chord, holding it out for what seems like an eternity. The crowd leaps to their feet in a standing ovation. At the end of the show, the cast

  • Weathering the storm: a tale of two squadrons

    Contrary to popular belief, not just anyone can be a weather forecaster.Both the 20th Operations Support Squadron weather flight and the 28th Operational Weather Squadron are responsible for providing critical meteorological information to support the mission. However, these two valuable players

  • Original Tuskegee Airman Visits Shaw AFB

    Individuals rarely have the opportunity to brush shoulders with people of great historical significance. Friday, Shaw Airmen did just that.An original Tuskegee Airman, Dr. Leroy Bowman, attended the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. luncheon at the Carolina Skies Club, sponsored by the Shaw black

  • Are your records safe?

    The Privacy Act of 1974 requires that records be maintained with appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards in order to ensure the security and confidentiality of records and to protect against any threats or hazards to their security or integrity, which could result in

  • Sharing, abusing prescription meds is illegal

    An Airman has a pounding headache while working at his desk. He announces his distress to coworkers and one offers him some 800 milligram prescribed Motrin to relieve his pain. The Airman accepts and pops open the bottle. He drops a few pills in his hand and within an hour, the headache

  • In memoriam: Captain Nick Giglio's recruiter remembers him

    For Air Force recruiters, there is no asset more valuable than people, they say, nothing more important than finding and inspiring the branch's next generation.For retired Senior Master Sgt. Ed Bujan, a former Air Force recruiter in Red Bank, N.J., who signed up more than 300 Airmen, there was no

  • Shaw Airman renders first salute from Afghanistan

    Commissioning into the Armed Forces is a priceless achievement and brings a great sense of accomplishment. On graduation day, cadets commemorate their long days of training and hard work alongside family and friends, to be officially commissioned as second lieutenants. For Master Sgt. Roger Nelson,