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Aug. 21, 2018
Miller becomes first Citizen Airman 4-star

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, GEORGIA – Lt. Gen. Maryanne Miller, Chief of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., and Commander, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia was confirmed for promotion to the rank of General on Aug. 20. Miller will become the first
Aug. 17, 2018
U. S. Congressman Mark Takano visits March

Col. Matthew Burger, 452nd Air Mobility Wing commander, hosted a congressional visit today for Representative Mark Takano, California’s 41st congressional district, and three of his staffers. The visit included tours of 452 AMW C-17 Globemaster III and KC-135 static aircraft, and Explosive Ordnance
Aug. 10, 2018
Married in the Military

Military couples and their family members face unique challenges on a regular basis. Those range from problems during separations due to temporary duty assignments or deployments to finding military healthcare when there is not military treatment facility nearby. Those challenges can be managed
July 31, 2018
Phoenix Raven Program

Phoenix Raven’s program manager, TSgt. Mark Estorga, 452nd Security Forces Squadron, held tryouts earlier this year for candidates interested in becoming the next group of certified Ravens here at March Air Reserve Base, California.The Raven position does not consist of your typical security force
July 27, 2018
Team March hosts full spectrum joint medical readiness exercise

More than 250 Reservists, Guardsmen, and Corpsmen participated in triaging, treating and transporting simulated mass casualty patients during MegaCode 2018, a two-day medical exercise here June 23 to June 24, 2018. “MegaCode 2018 is a joint exercise that looks at what it takes to move a patient
July 20, 2018
So you just got tasked to deploy and are wondering about your medical requirements?

Here is a checklist guide to ensure you have everything medically ready! Make sure your UDM has tasked you in DMC to start the medical process Complete your DRHA (Deployment Readiness Health Assessment) within 120 of deployment Medical will do their review of your
July 20, 2018
Trust and the “Three R’s”. Deployment and your Mental Health, Are you ready?

Are you ready? Really ready to deploy? What about the return home?It helps to think about how we want to come home as we prepare to depart.Deployment is possibly one of the most exciting, and stressful times an Airman and their Family experiences. You have been tasked to go, you have all of your
July 13, 2018
A 163d Physician Risked His Neck to Save a Leg—and Maybe a Life

A Houston man is “walking around” today because Capt. William Sherman took nature’s dare.August 19, 2017: Dr. William Sherman, a flight surgeon with the 163d Attack Wing, paced his corporate apartment in Houston, eyes fixed on the “bedlam” of Hurricane Harvey shaking the windows, with an agonizing
July 6, 2018
196th ‘Shooting Star’ Shines in New Norton AFB Showcase

The 196th Attack Squadron boasts a storied history, but Chapter One was missing in action: How it was stood up as the 196th Fighter Squadron from 1946 to 1950 at San Bernardino Army Air Field—later Norton Air Force Base—only to produce legendary flyers, officers, and leaders above and beyond the
July 6, 2018
International Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2018

Canton, Cooperstown and…Canastota? While football and baseball may have more widely celebrated shrines for their all-time-greats, boxing does have its very own hallowed ground. The IBHOF is located in up-state New York, in the quaint little village of Canastota. Conceived of in 1982 by local