- Serving Bolling Air Force Base
The 579th Medical Group here recently passed its tri-annual Health Services Inspection, receiving an overall satisfactory rating for the Jan. 14 to 18 evaluation. A HSI assesses medical readiness, management effectiveness and quality of health-care delivery at Air Force medical units, evaluating whether or not health-care providers and nurses are performing successfully while supporting readiness.
The Jan. 22 signing of the Joint Basing Implementation Guidance Plan by Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England is a step forward to the eventual consolidation of Anacostia Annex and Bolling Air Force Base.
Carved, sanded and painted to adolescent perfection, the handmade wooden cars race down a three-lane track. One spectacularly aerodynamic car is so speedy it flies off the end of the track and smacks into the chair at the end. Scouts sporting blue and gold and proudly displaying their badges cheer and squeal with sheer delight. The pack leader, who doubles as the derby announcer this day, hails the winning car’s creator.
Around Bolling
Building 5681, also known as the R.V. Maisey Building, is among the most prominent structures on Bolling, home to a wide array of agencies and services, from the 11th Military Personnel Flight to the Air Force Surgeon General. But in the three decades since a small plaque and portrait were affixed to a second-floor pillar in August 1977, few have learned of Capt. Reginald V. Maisey Jr.'s selfless acts of valor in the successful defense of Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam, during the 1968 Tet Offensive, much less those of his gritty comrades in the 3rd Security Police Squadron during the early morning of Jan. 31, 1968.
Glistening chrome, spotless paint, perfect leather interiors, cars perched at gravity-defying angles – the 2008 Washington Auto Show, ‘‘Engineered for the Future” unveiled new vehicle models to the general public. Future new car buyers and motor heads alike drooled over long-awaited prototypes, concept cars and 2008 models. This year’s presentation marks the 66th staging of the event.
The novelty of flying in an airplane is greatly diminished from what it used to be. Most people today have seen an aircraft, if not flown as a passenger. But in 1920, air travel was dangerous and exciting, the melodrama heightened by the aerobatics of barnstorming pilots who teased an audience on the ground by cheating death with parachutes and other feats of daring-do.
Bolling’s tax center opens Feb. 5
Your apartment was broken into and your TV, DVD player, stereo system and other valuables were stolen. Who pays to replace those items?
Squadron commanders and first sergeants had an opportunity to meet with the chief of staff of the Air Force during a conference at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Jan. 28.
AFPC civilian retiresafter 57 years of service
Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne swore in the Air Force's new assistant secretary of the Air Force for manpower and reserve affairs in a ceremony at the Pentagon Jan. 24.
Providing troops quality health care through a military system that rivals and even outperforms the private sector is a top Defense Department priority, a senior Pentagon official said.
Air Force supervisors are responsible for providing counseling and feedback to the Airmen they supervise. Part of this is ensuring Airmen are equipped with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions in both their professional and personal lives.
Defense Department officials want service members and their families to be aware of in-house programs that can help them better manage their money and stay out of debt.
Catholic Services
Pilots assigned to the 162nd Fighter Wing's Alert Detachment at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., will fly air patrols and air defense deterrence missions in support of the Super Bowl XLII Feb. 3 in Glendale, Ariz.
Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?: The Transformation of Modern Europe by James J. Sheehan. Published by Houghton-Mifflin, New York. 227 pages, 2008.
The Jan. 22 signing of the Joint Basing Implementation Guidance Plan by Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England is a step forward to the eventual consolidation of Anacostia Annex and Bolling Air Force Base.
Carved, sanded and painted to adolescent perfection, the handmade wooden cars race down a three-lane track. One spectacularly aerodynamic car is so speedy it flies off the end of the track and smacks into the chair at the end. Scouts sporting blue and gold and proudly displaying their badges cheer and squeal with sheer delight. The pack leader, who doubles as the derby announcer this day, hails the winning car’s creator.
Around Bolling
Building 5681, also known as the R.V. Maisey Building, is among the most prominent structures on Bolling, home to a wide array of agencies and services, from the 11th Military Personnel Flight to the Air Force Surgeon General. But in the three decades since a small plaque and portrait were affixed to a second-floor pillar in August 1977, few have learned of Capt. Reginald V. Maisey Jr.'s selfless acts of valor in the successful defense of Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam, during the 1968 Tet Offensive, much less those of his gritty comrades in the 3rd Security Police Squadron during the early morning of Jan. 31, 1968.
Glistening chrome, spotless paint, perfect leather interiors, cars perched at gravity-defying angles – the 2008 Washington Auto Show, ‘‘Engineered for the Future” unveiled new vehicle models to the general public. Future new car buyers and motor heads alike drooled over long-awaited prototypes, concept cars and 2008 models. This year’s presentation marks the 66th staging of the event.
The novelty of flying in an airplane is greatly diminished from what it used to be. Most people today have seen an aircraft, if not flown as a passenger. But in 1920, air travel was dangerous and exciting, the melodrama heightened by the aerobatics of barnstorming pilots who teased an audience on the ground by cheating death with parachutes and other feats of daring-do.
Bolling’s tax center opens Feb. 5
Your apartment was broken into and your TV, DVD player, stereo system and other valuables were stolen. Who pays to replace those items?
Squadron commanders and first sergeants had an opportunity to meet with the chief of staff of the Air Force during a conference at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Jan. 28.
AFPC civilian retiresafter 57 years of service
Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne swore in the Air Force's new assistant secretary of the Air Force for manpower and reserve affairs in a ceremony at the Pentagon Jan. 24.
Providing troops quality health care through a military system that rivals and even outperforms the private sector is a top Defense Department priority, a senior Pentagon official said.
Air Force supervisors are responsible for providing counseling and feedback to the Airmen they supervise. Part of this is ensuring Airmen are equipped with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions in both their professional and personal lives.
Defense Department officials want service members and their families to be aware of in-house programs that can help them better manage their money and stay out of debt.
Catholic Services
Pilots assigned to the 162nd Fighter Wing's Alert Detachment at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., will fly air patrols and air defense deterrence missions in support of the Super Bowl XLII Feb. 3 in Glendale, Ariz.
Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?: The Transformation of Modern Europe by James J. Sheehan. Published by Houghton-Mifflin, New York. 227 pages, 2008.
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