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Transferring Your GI Bill Benefits?

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J — Last summer a substantive change to the policy on the transfer by service members in the Uniformed Services of “Post-9/11 GI Bill” educational benefits to eligible family members occurred.The changes to the policy for authorizing the Transferability ...

Vaccine preventable disease on the rise

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — In recent years, vaccine preventable diseases such as measles and whooping cough have made a resurgence in the U.S. and in Europe.Why is this happening?One significant correlation is that childhood immunization rates have plummeted after a 1998 study falsely ...

The importance of sleep

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Most of us are aware that a good night’s sleep is important, enabling the repair and rejuvenation of cells throughout the body. When you’ve had a bad night’s sleep, you’re probably dragging at work the next day, have trouble concentrating, feel ...

AFOSI seeks special agents

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — The Air Force Office of Special Investigations is looking for qualified, active-duty enlisted Airmen to join its ranks.If you are looking to serve at a higher level in your Air Force career and are ready for a challenge, AFOSI may be for you.AFOSI agents operate ...

Failure is fine

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — “Perfection is the standard; there is no room for incomplete knowledge or substandard performance.” This phrase resonates with the men and women who have pulled intercontinental ballistic missile crew duty, performed work as a missile security forces troop ...

419th FW looks back on F-105, F-16 legacy

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — Before the F-35 Lightning II, reservists here flew various airframes to include trainers, heavies, and fighters. Most beloved among those planes were the F-105 Thunderchief and the F-16 Fighting Falcon.The 419th Fighter Wing, known then as the 508th Tactical ...