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  • Senior Airman convicted on multiple charges in court-martial

    On March 23, a Senior Airman from the 319th Medical Operations Squadron was tried by a general court-martial. The trial lasted four days and the Senior Airman was convicted of one specification of UCMJ Article 107, False Official Statement, four specifications of Article 112(a), Wrongful Use,

  • AFSO 21: Why should you care?

    Misconceptions about Air Force Smart Operations 21 are everywhere. Do you have them? AFSO 21 isn't the same as "Lean." Lean is just one of many process improvement tools we can apply. AFSO 21 is not the blind search for metrics without logical application, or the ceaseless quest for "great"

  • TRICARE: Dump the clutter, help the environment, go paperless!

    We've all been there before: staring at stacks of junk mail and paper statements piled up in our mailbox or on our kitchen table.Did you know you can successfully manage your TRICARE benefits without sorting through thick piles of papers?When you "Go Green" with TriWest Healthcare Alliance

  • Twining wins national Scholastic sweepstakes

    Diane Leake, a teacher at Nathan Twining School here, and her fifth grade class, learned they won the "Care Where You Are" national sweepstakes sponsored by Scholastic Book Clubs, April 8.The school's prize consisted of 500 books to be donated to schools and charities of the winner's choosing.The

  • TRICARE services available for special needs families

    TRICARE beneficiaries who have family members with special needs now have access to unique services within the TRICARE program. The most important service is the TRICARE Extended Care Health Option, or ECHO. To be eligible for ECHO, a family must first enroll into its service branch's Exceptional

  • Force Management Team clarifies GFAFB questions

    Brig. Gen. Michael S. Stough, Deputy Director of Strategic Plans, Requirements and Programs, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, held a briefing April 1 at the Grand Forks Air Force Base theater to inform Airmen about the Force Management Program (FMP) for the fiscal year 2010 and 2011.The FMP is

  • Original song competition at MyAirForceLife.com

    More than 70 years ago, Capt. Robert MacArthur Crawford, an Airman with the Army Air Corps, won an original song competition with an entry that eventually became the official song for the U.S. Air Force. Captain Crawford wrote the lyrics and music to "Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder."Starting

  • AMC Outstanding Airmen of the Year celebrated April 8

    Air Mobility Command's Outstanding Airmen and First Sergeant of the Year banquet April 8 will recognize 12 finalists who represent the best of the best in AMC.During the banquet one Airman from each of three categories - Airman, NCO and Senior NCO - will be chosen to represent AMC during the Air

  • Save money with TRICARE mail order pharmacy

    Some say stress can make you sick and having too much to do certainly contributes to stress. If your to-do list overfloweth, consider saving yourself some time and some of your hard-earned cash by filling your prescriptions through TMOP, the TRICARE Mail Order Pharmacy.Using the TRICARE Mail Order