• PTSD Awareness leads to positive treatment

    Post-traumatic Stress Disorder can be debilitating in some patients, but thanks to advancements in research and the continued training of mental health providers, treatments are getting better all the time.Maj. Joel Foster, Chief of Air Force Deployment Mental Health, said treating PTSD has improved

  • 4th FW commander takes final flight

    Col. Mark Slocum, 4th Fighter Wing commander, prepares to take his final flight in an F-15E Strike Eagle, June 16, 2016, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Following his change of command on June 30, Slocum will fill a position at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. (U.S. Air Force

  • Schmidt eclipses 3,000 hours on final F-15E flight

    Lt. Col. Eric Schmidt, 334th Fighter Squadron director of operations is sprayed down by friends and family members following his final F-15E Strike Eagle flight June 17, 2016, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Schmidt eclipsed 3,000 hours in the Strike Eagle and was greeted by many

  • Community, base leader fly together

    Col. Mark Slocum, 4th Fighter Wing commander, and the 334th Fighter Squadron, welcome Julie Daniels, Military Affairs Committee chairperson, June 14, 2016, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Daniels was invited to take a familiarization flight with Slocum in an F-15E Strike Eagle.

  • MIB: SJ Hike-Camping Club opens doors to adventure

    With each step, the crunching of twigs and leaves hits his ears as a gentle breeze brings the scent of pine and earth into his sphere of senses. In the distance, a babbling brook flows icy water around rock formations as sweat drips down his back. Wiping perspiration from his face as he pauses for a

  • SJ Airman throws the first pitch

    Tech. Sgt. David Kelly, 4th Security Forces Squadron anti-terrorism program manager, threw out the first pitch at a Carolina Mudcats baseball game during a military appreciation night, June 11, in Zebulon, North Carolina. The ceremonial first pitch is a longstanding ritual of American baseball in

  • MIB program aids with Wayne County education upgrades

    Wayne County commissioners voted unanimously to approve a $28.2 million plan to build a new Meadow Lane Elementary School and upgrade several local schools across Wayne County June 8, 2016.For months, Wayne County Public Schools in collaboration with Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Wayne County and

  • Subway Grand Opening

    The Army & Air Force Exchange Service celebrated the grand opening of Subway at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Exchange food court, June 10.Col. Joseph Slavick, 4th Mission Support Group commander, Vincent James, Exchange general manager, and Thomas Dixon, Subway manager, cut the ribbon to the

  • A backseat view of combat airstrikes

    Throughout the month of May, the air Coalition has been able to strike lucrative targets including: logistics lines, command and control and Da’esh financial resources through more than 1,800 strike sorties.

  • 4th OG commander takes final F-15E Strike Eagle flight

    Lt. Col. Nate Hesse, 4th Operations Group deputy commander and pilot, and Col. Brian Afflerbaugh, 4th OG commander and weapons systems officer, taxi under a water arch June 8, 2016, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Afflerbaugh was completing his final mission as group commander.