BLOG: INDIRECT FIRE -- Friends, if not family

Maybe the thing I've loved most about being in the active-duty military is making so many good friends in a lot of different places. They make up the most substantial part of that military "family" I mentioned in the first entry. Unfortunately, the nature of service means you don't stay in the same

Airmen in EC-130H unit complete 2,000th combat mission

An EC-130H Compass Call aircrew here completed their unit's 2,000th combat mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom July 8. The Airmen, assigned to the 41st Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron, provided direct support to coalition ground forces in Afghanistan on the milestone mission.

55th RQS change-of-command

25th OWS change-or-command

BLOG: INDIRECT FIRE -- 1st entry: Pre-flight turbulence

Introductions and background first: I'm Staff Sgt. Jacob Richmond ("Jake" from here on out), a member of Davis-Monthan's public affairs team. I'm currently on my way to Iraq, where I'll be deployed for the next six months. Until arriving at D-M in November 2006, I had a different job in the Air

American servicemembers, Afghan leaders celebrate girls' school opening

Haish Saidqi Girls' School in the Panjshir province in Afghanistan resounded with laughter of children for the first time June 23. Panjshir Governor Haji Bahlol dedicated the school-opening ceremony in honor of Lt. Col. Mark E. Stratton II, the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team commander who

D-M hosts blood drive

355th SFS changes command

355th LRS gets new commander

355th CONS gains new commander