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  • September 2012 Crime and Punishment

    Courts-martial: All courts-martial are open to the public. Visit our USAF Public Docket website at http://www.afjag.af.mil/docket/index.asp.   Airman Basic Joshua Briggs, 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, was tried by special court-martial on 12 September 2012. He was charged with using heroin

  • 55th RQS leaves for deployment

    The 55th Rescue Squadron deployed to Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan Sept. 29.Training is a crucial part of an Airman's deployment. It prepares them for the duties the will perform down range. "We have spin-up training, during which we fly with our downrange crews," said Capt. Will Meister, 55th RQS

  • Frank's OPSEC "Put That Stuff on Everything"

    Have you ever had the hair on the back of your neck stand up just before you hit the send button on the old e-mail machine? If you haven't, you may just be unaware of the troublesome issues that go along with transmitting information across the ether space.With the amount and types of information we

  • D-M control tower named best in the Air Force

    Earlier this year, it was announced that D-M's Air Traffic Control Tower had won the D. Ray Hardin Air Traffic Control Facility of the Year award.Davis-Monthan has won the award at the Air Combat Command level for the past two years. This is the first time that D-M has won at the Air Force level."We

  • Operation COPE to be held in October

    Deployments can be an adjustment for Airmen and their families so to assist with the transition, D-M is scheduled to hold Operation COPE here Oct. 26-28.COPE stands for connect, organize, provide and educate. The event is a retreat to honor deploying Airmen and their families. It helps to foster

  • Changing of the guards

    Security officers of Chenega Corporation, formerly Tanya Walker and Company, are no longer guarding the front gates due to their contract ending Sept. 30. The 355th Security Forces Squadron will take over as permanent gate guards.The company had been in contract with the base for roughly six and a

  • Personnel deploy from D-M

    Members of the 354th Fighter Squadron, 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, 355th Component Maintenance Squadron and 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron recently deployed from D-M.The first to leave were a complement of operators and maintainers, flying out Sept. 24. The pilots followed in their