Dec. 9, 2014 USO Show Troupe rocks holiday melodies The United Service Organization Show Troupe rocked the stage with their brand of holiday cheer during a performance here, Dec. 6.The hour-long set featured spirited renditions of several seasonal melodies. The Show Troupe annually performs musical entertainment for more than 600,000 service members
Dec. 4, 2014 Master sergeant evaluation board, SNCO promotion changes coming in spring 2015 The Air Force continues the phased implementation of its Enlisted Evaluation System and Weighted Airman Promotion System (WAPS) changes with the convening of a master sergeant evaluation board scheduled for May 2015.Evaluation and promotion system changes, scheduled for implementation over the next
Dec. 2, 2014 Tool to safeguard PII scheduled for AF-wide December rollout The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool is scheduled for Air Force-wide integration Dec. 5, providing Microsoft Outlook email users with an interactive, automated virtual assistant to help ensure the security of personally identifiable information."I can't overstate the operational importance of
Dec. 2, 2014 Team Seymour flips switch on holiday season Members of Team Seymour gathered to light the base tree and kick off the holiday season, Dec. 1. The event featured a visit by Santa Claus, carriage rides and caroling. Check out the photos at right for the event highlights.
Dec. 2, 2014 ECU honors military during football game Service members were honored during East Carolina University's military appreciation day at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina, Nov. 22.Dr. Steve Ballard, ECU chancellor, presented a coin to Col. Darrell Steele, 4th Maintenance Group commander, during the halftime ceremony. Ballard
Dec. 1, 2014 Team Seymour exercises deployed capabilities Airmen from Seymour Johnson engaged in an exercise designed to test the base's ability to support worldwide contingency operations, Nov. 17 to 20.Named Coronet Warrior 14-03, the exercise was filled with training and testing and simulations of challenges encountered in a combat setting."An exercise
Nov. 26, 2014 414th FG maintainer stays on target on and off flightline As a young boy on a north Georgia farm, Stuart Brown showed an interest in hunting birds that continued into his teenage years.Brown later enlisted in the Air Force as an 18-year-old, newly graduated high school student, never dreaming his childhood interest would develop into a passion that would
Nov. 25, 2014 President announces Hagel’s resignation as defense secretary Praising Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's "class and integrity," President Barack Obama announced Nov. 24 at the White House that Hagel will leave his post.The president said Hagel has agreed to remain in his position until a successor is nominated and confirmed. For that, Obama said, he is
Nov. 25, 2014 Keeping a memory alive: family honors lost loved one, 4th FW hero The legacy and service of one of the 335th Fighter Squadron's most well-regarded Airmen was commemorated here, Nov. 14.Family and friends of Capt. William Jarman Jr., an F-4 Phantom pilot with the 335th Tactical Fighter Squadron during the 1960s, visited the base to connect with the squadron that
Nov. 21, 2014 Air Force announces AFIMSC candidate bases Air Force officials announced today Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia; Joint Base San Antonio, Texas; Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; and Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, as candidate bases to potentially host the headquarters (HQ) for the new Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center