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  • AFRC teaches Airmen how to invest money, build wealth

    "If you think about your wealth, your debt will take care of itself." That's how Clayton Moore, a community readiness technician at the Airman and Family Readiness Center here, chose to begin the "Building Wealth in the Military" seminar at the AFRC Aug. 3. Mr. Moore, who's provided financial

  • Program presents alternative to retraining, separation

    Helping to increase the manpower of the Army, Air Force and Navy, transformation projects have created an avenue for servicemembers reaching the end of an enlistment, nearing the possibility of involuntarily retraining or separation."The Blue to Green program was created to give servicemembers, who

  • LSF provides outlet for dormitory concerns

    Airmen in the dormitories can rest assured knowing any concerns about their living environment, workplace and morale are heard and acted upon - with the help of the base Lightning Strike Force program.First enacted in 2004, LSF was implemented to develop and nurture Airmen residing in the

  • Student pilots begin new A-10C course

    With aircraft getting significant upgrades enabling them to accomplish more, it only makes sense that the Airmen piloting them also get an upgrade...in training.That's certainly the case here, as the first set of pilots began training in U.S. Air Force A-10C Pilot Initial Qualification Course, which

  • U of A football team visits D-M

    Staff Sgt. Jason Davis, an aerial gunner from the 55th Rescue Squadron here, explains the HH-60 Pavehawk "minigun" to members of the University of Arizona's football team during their visit to the base Aug. 17."They came to see how we teach and become a team - how we motivate," said 55th RQS

  • 563rd MXS command changes hands

    Maj. Allan M. Hodge (right) receives the 563rd Maintenance Squadron guidon from Col. Bryan P. Glynn, 23rd Maintenance Group commander, during a change-of-command ceremony on the flight line here Aug. 10. Major Hodge assumed command of the 563rd MXS from Maj. John S. Bulldis, who retired from active

  • Promotees honored at first SNCO Induction Ceremony

    Eighty-one master sergeants from Davis-Monthan were inducted into the senior noncommissioned officer corps July 27 during the first-ever Davis-Monthan SNCO Induction Ceremony at the Holiday Inn Tucson Airport North hotel. Responding to a challenge from 355th Fighter Wing Command Chief Master Sgt.

  • 10-year-old boy becomes Pilot for a Day

    Ten-year-old Brandon Smalling and his family visited here Aug. 9 to participate in the Pilot for a Day program, which helps local children with disabilities or serious illnesses enjoy a day totally focused on them and their interest in aviation. Each child gets the "distinguished visitor" treatment

  • 42nd ECS begins training Compass Call pilots

    The 42nd Electronic Combat Squadron here reached a historic milestone in the EC-130H Compass Call community by flying its first sortie here July 24. "This flight represents the culmination of a yearlong effort to meet a dire need in the Compass Call community," said Lt. Col. Mitch Hanscom, 42nd ECS

  • Is your state government holding money for you?

    How many jobs have you had in your life? How many bank accounts have you opened? How many bills have you paid? Do you have stocks? Bonds? Insurance? Among all the financial transactions, you're absolutely positive you've never just lost track of several hundred dollars...right? In a country where,