• Be responsible during festivities: Think before you drink

    The holiday season has come and gone and a significant part of that for some of us included holiday parties. Some of the celebration has also included driving after drinking; December saw two Eielson personnel receive DUIs. Understanding the cost of a DUI, strategies for responsible drinking, and

  • WAPS announcement for E-5, 6

    2008 WAPS testing dates will be issued 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 15, 16, and 17 at the Joint Mobility Complex. Please report only on the indicated date below for your last name letter group. Contact Ms. Michelle Nelsen at 377-3283 if you cannot attend. Keep in mind, there are more than 400

  • Alaska ANG members fight War on Drugs

    Alaskan Guard members packed a strong punch in helping to fight the War on Drugs. The 168th Air Refueling Wing of the Alaska Air National Guard recently completed a 30-day rotation to the 478th Expeditionary Operations Squadron in Manta, Ecuador, where the unit offloaded more than 1.3 million pounds

  • AF officials set new course in future support operations

    When it comes to people programs, community support and quality of life, there will soon be one organization on base that will handle it all -- the Force Support Squadron. The new organization is the result of an ongoing Air Force-wide merger of Mission Support and Services Squadrons and is expected

  • Certain officer, enlisted bonuses expired Dec. 31

    Certain bonus programs for Reserve and active duty officer and enlisted personnel expired Dec. 31 due to the president not signing the fiscal 2008 National Defense Authorization Act and returning it to Congress for changes. All reenlistments for eligible Airmen in Air Force Specialty Codes with a

  • Getting behavioral health treatment is easy with Tricare

    Tricare officials want non-active duty beneficiaries to know that if they need help, there is no reason to hesitate. Non-active duty beneficiaries may make their first eight outpatient behavioral health care visits per fiscal year -- Oct. 1 to Sept. 30 -- without a referral from a primary care

  • Travel policy change benefits military families

    Military families now can access military-supplied air transport to travel to their official "homes of record" located outside the continental United States when their sponsors are deployed for 120 days or more, thanks to a recent policy change, a military official said today. Before the change,

  • vMPF adds officer voluntary separation process

    Self-service officer voluntary separation will be added to the Air Force Personnel Center's virtual Military Personnel Flight Web site Jan. 7. Web-based processes and 24/7 customer service support are the core of AFPC's commitment to personnel transformation, referred to as personnel services