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  • 'Every dollar counts' ushers in new savings culture

    With budgets shrinking, Air Force leaders are calling on Airmen to share their best money-saving ideas through the Every Dollar Counts campaign.In the wake of sequestration, the initiative marks a cultural shift that empowers Airmen to find and recommend areas for savings that may be used to support

  • Delayed reporting on April 15 due to major snowstorm

    Grand Forks Air Force Base leaders authorized their personnel to report late for work Monday as a major snowstorm crawled across North Dakota on Sunday.Base personnel were to report for work no later than 10 a.m. on April 15, officials announced at 8 p.m. Sunday. Storm essential personnel; however,

  • Grand Forks AFB hosts Spouses' Town Hall Meeting

    Col. Christopher Mann, 319th Air Base Wing interim commander, met with Grand Forks Air Force Base spouses at the Community Activity Center here April 10, 2013, for a spouses' town hall meeting.Presenters from the Airman & Family Readiness Center, base chapel, mental health clinic, as well as a

  • DEERS streamlined for better efficiency

    A modification in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System is expected to streamline personal records for better efficiency, the director of the Defense Manpower Data Center said here yesterday.In an interview with American Forces Press Service and the Pentagon Channel, Mary Dixon said

  • New resources promote fitness culture

    To help improve Total Force fitness levels, Air Force Personnel Center officials are fielding new fitness resources accessible online, in person or on DVD.These resources, including the Operational Fitness Program, Xtreme Wednesday Workouts, the Air Force Fitness DVDs and the Fitness on Request

  • KC-46 progress on track

    The top acquisition priority in the Air Force - acquiring a new aerial refueling capability - is proceeding "on track," Maj. Gen. John Thompson, the program executive officer for Tankers, said.Two years and several key milestones after the contract was awarded, a great deal of progress has been

  • GFAFB Hosts Another Successful Beautiful Child Photo Shoot and Activity Fair

    Base officials welcomed another booming turnout for the annual "Beautiful Child Photo Shoot and Children's Activity Fair," on April 9 at Liberty Square.In honor of "Month of the Military Child,"and "Child Abuse Prevention Month," the activity fair was full of military children from across the base

  • Air Force restarts tuition assistance

    The Air Force has officially restarted military tuition assistance, effective immediately. The service restarted the program as a result of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013, where Congress called for the MTA program to continue in the current fiscal year. As a