July 19, 2017 New annual Mental Health Assessment requirement begins July 31 Starting July 31, 2017, Airmen undergoing their annual Periodic Health Assessment may notice something new. A Mental Health Assessment will now be part of every annual PHA, to help ensure that Airmen suffering from undiagnosed mental health issues are referred to the necessary care. Mental health
July 18, 2017 SERE Augmentees: Training Aircrew in WST Continuously advancing behind enemy lines to support Operation Inherent Resolve, pilots and weapon systems officers need to have the skills obtained through combat survival training and water survival training. Thankfully, the survival, evasion, resistance, and escape augmentees from Seymour Johnson
July 13, 2017 SERE Augmentees: Training Aircrew in CST The summer sun beat down upon the survival, evasion, resistance and escape augmentees as they set up the “classroom” in the middle of the woods. The incoming aircrew, pilots and weapon systems officers from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, knew they were taking part in a combat
July 6, 2017 New Air Force health mobile app available for patients The Air Force Medical Service has launched a new mobile app to connect Airmen and patients to news and information about the AFMS. The new app is a mobile version of the AFMS website, and lets users customize their experience based on the Air Force military treatment facility (MTF) they use. This
July 6, 2017 PMEL by day, SERE by night In early 2016, two 4th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance, and escape specialists, Tech. Sgt. Scott Millisor and Staff Sgt. Joshua Krape, sent out a request for people interested in becoming SERE Augmentees.
July 5, 2017 Can you hear me now? SJAFB upgrades radios Seymour Johnson Air Force Base started to upgrade its communications systems, May 22, 2017, after receiving new land mobile radios.
June 30, 2017 STARBASE students explore a new world The instructors of the Science and Technology Academies Reinforcing Basic Aviation and Space Exploration program can attest that the science of flight, gravity and the military is intriguing to many children.More than 40 rising fifth-grade students broadened their horizons through the STARBASE
June 30, 2017 Team Seymour children climb to new heights with boulder wall The Seymour community has a rising population which consists of active-duty members, reservists, civilians, spouses and children. The youth are a vast majority on base, and play a part in keeping the community involved. Recently the base has opened a new indoor playground called the Kiddie Hawk, a
June 29, 2017 Airmen, Marines work together at SJAFB In November 2016, Airmen from the 4th Logistics Readiness Squadron trained Marines on the R-11 aircraft refueling vehicle in four days. In June 2017 they met again, but this time, they had to complete the training in two.
June 29, 2017 William R. Dunn – The First American Ace of World War II Editor's Note: This article is part of a series celebrating the 4th Fighter Wing's 75th Anniversary and the great heroes associated with the unit. The 4th Fighter Wing traces its origin to the American volunteers who flew in the Royal Air Force Eagle Squadrons prior to American entry in World War