The Dental Squadron provides a full range of dental services to eligible beneficiaries,including restorative dentistry, prophylaxes (cleanings), endodontics, periodontics,prosthodontics, orthodontics and oral surgery. The dental squadron is 1 of 12 in the Air Force that has an advanced education in generaldentistry residency program, and is one of the largest Air Force implant centers on the East Coast.

The Medical Operations Squadron squadron offers a full range of primary care services in Building 1300. All care is available byappointment. The Medical Services Flight,located on the first floor, offers Family Practice, Pediatric Care, Women’s Health and Immunizations. The Behavioral Health Flight, located on the second floor, consists of three elementsincluding Family Advocacy, Life Skills Support and Substance Abuse Services. Staffed to meet the behavioral health needs of the Bolling and Pentagon community, this flight providesindividual and group treatment, stress, depression and anger management classes as well as sessions on parenting. Outpatient pharmacy,laboratory and diagnostic radiology are located on the first floor as well. There is no emergency room or urgent care center at Bolling. Emergency care is located at Andrews Air Force Base.

The 579th Aerospace Medical Squadron offers a diverse group of services which range fromensuring a fit force, by providing comprehensive medical care, to protecting the environment. The squadron is home to bioenvironmental engineering, flight medicine, health promotions,optometry and public health. Flight medicine has two separate locations for active duty members on flying status, one at the Bolling Clinic and the other at the Pentagon, located on the fourth floor in Room 4A674. Public health consists of two areas, Force Health Management (FHM) and Community Health, both located at Bolling. FHM performs medical clearances for PCS moves,retraining, deployments, initial flying andaccession physicals and special duty applications.

844th Communications Group
The 844th Communications Group provides communications and information technology systems and services for the National Military Command Center, Headquarters United States Air Force, the Air Force District of Washington and other Air Force organizations within theNational Capital Region. The group’s mission also includes travel communications support to the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Chief of Staff ofthe United States Air Force. The 844thCommunications Group is composed of the headquarters and subordinate units at Andrews AFB, Md. and the Pentagon, Va.

The 844th Communications Group alsoprovides a wide range of communications,information management and media servicessupporting all Air Force units in theNational Capital Region and Air and SpaceExpeditionary Forces around the globe. The group delivers voice, data, video, television, photo, graphics, publishing, presentations,mail and mobile communications services. Group responsibilities include Air Force stillmedia accessioning, records management,reprographics, Freedom of Information Act,Privacy Act and information assurance programs.

Other 844th Communications Group elements include the 744th Communications Squadron on Andrews AFB and the 844th Communications Squadron located in the Pentagon.

Air Force Surgeon General
The Office of the Air Force Surgeon General, located on Bolling, leads the Air Force Medical Service. The Air Force Surgeon General is the medical staff advisor to the secretary of the Air Force and Air Force chief of staff and develops programs, plans and policies to assure the health and combat effectiveness of Air Force members.

The AFMS develops and operates acomprehensive community-based health care system to assure maximum wartime readiness and to maintain the health and morale of Air Force members. During contingencies, the health system rapidly expands, mobilizes anddeploys to provide medical support for Air Force operations worldwide, and arranges timely,quality medical service for active duty members, their families and other beneficiaries.

The surgeon general’s office supports the Air Force mission through planning and operating programs in aerospace medicine, military public health, environmental health and dental service.

This office develops long-range medicalobjectives for the Air Force, provides medical support of Air Force disaster and emergencyactivities, and formulates plans for therecruiting, education, training and utilization of AFMS members. In addition, it works with Headquarters Air Force regarding the physical fitness program and medical retirement issues. Log on to www.airforcemedicine.afms.mil for more information.

Air Force Office of SpecialInvestigations, Detachment 332
The Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Detachment 332 is a field operating agency under the 33rd Field Investigations Squadron⁄ Washington Field Office, Andrews AFB, Md. Det. 332 is responsible for providingindependent, professional, criminal, fraud and counterintelligence investigative services to the Air Force and specified Defense Departmentelements within the National Capital Region.

Det. 332 consists of special agents who work to uncover facts surrounding felony crimesincluding robbery, sexual assault, homicide,narcotics and fraud. Det. 332 focuses onidentifying, investigating and neutralizingespionage and terrorist activities thatthreaten Air Force and Defense Departmentresources.

Air ForceHistorical Studies Office
The Air Force Historical Studies Officeconducts research and analysis of the service’s major operational activities. It publishes books, monographs, studies and reports to preserve the history and heritage of the United States Air Force. The history office routinely provides information, analysis and perspective to Air Force leaders and their staffs in support ofplanning, policy development and decision-making. It also responds to requests for information about the Air Force’s history from government agencies, researchers, private organizations, and the public.

Air Force CentralAdjudication Facility
The AFCAF provides security clearance,Special Compartmented Information, Special Access Program eligibility and trustworthiness determinations for all active duty, Air National Guard, Reserve, civilian and contractoremployees for the Air Force.

Air Force Chaplain Service
The Air Force Office of the Chief of theChaplains provides functional doctrine and policies to recruit, train, organize, equip and sustain an agile chaplain service in support of Air Force missionobjectives and the free exercise of religion.

Air Force DepartmentalPublishing Office
Located in Building 94 at the Navy’sAnacostia Annex, AFDPO is the publishing manager for the Air Force secretariat and Air Force staff. AFDPO provides publishingproducts and services for administrativepublications and forms to AF customers worldwide. AFDPO assists the office of primaryresponsibility with drafting, formatting andcoordination requirements for publications and forms. AFDPO also manages the central repository for storage and distribution of physical products generated by publishing managers from departmental to major command, field-operating activities and direct reporting units. It manages the centralized electronic repository for storage and dissemination of digitized publications and forms from departmental down to base level. And, it manages the central tagging operation that prepares all publications from headquarters to wing level for digital dissemination.

AFDPO is responsible for providing and maintaining the standard software used fordesigning and filling out ‘‘standard” Air Force forms and assisting functional communities in developing interactive applications with more intelligent forms. Although distribution media include a CD-ROM of Air Force departmental publications and forms that is generated quarterly and a warehouse in Essex, Md., that stores and distributes physical products, the most active medium is a publicly accessible Web site on the Internet at www.e-publishing.af.mil⁄afpubs.asp.

This Web site allows all Air Force customers to access digitized products or order physical products on-line. Using this Web site as a starting point, customers can automatically search the publishing databases of the other services, plus the entire Department of Defense. There is also a standards and formats site that givesdetailed guidance on how to produce apublication or a form.

Defense Intelligence Agency
The Defense Intelligence Agency is aDepartment of Defense combat support agency and an important member of the United StatesIntelligence Community. With over 7,500 military and civilian employees worldwide, DIA is a major producer and manager of foreign militaryintelligence. DIA provides military intelligence to warfighters, defense policymakers and forceplanners, in the Department of Defense and theIntelligence Community, in support of U.S.military planning and operations and weaponsystems acquisition.

The Director of DIA serves as principaladviser to the Secretary of Defense and to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on matters of military intelligence. The Director also chairs the Military Intelligence Board, whichcoordinates activities of the defense intelligence community.

DIA is headquartered at the Pentagon, with major operational activities at the DefenseIntelligence Analysis Center here at Bolling, the Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center in Frederick, Md., and the Missile and SpaceIntelligence Center in Huntsville, Ala.

DIA’s workforce is as diverse as theirmissions. They possess a workforce skilled in the areas of military history and doctrine,economics, physics, chemistry, world history, political science, bio-sciences and computersciences to name a few.

Located within the DIAC is the Joint Military Intelligence College. JMIC is a regionallyaccredited education and research institution serving the United States IntelligenceCommunity by preparing personnel for senior positions in the U.S. Armed Forces and thenational security structure. The college offers degree and certificate programs in intelligence at the graduate and undergraduate level. Since 1963, over 80,000 military and civilian students have completed courses or participated in the college’s varied academic programs. The college is authorized by Congress to award a bachelor of science degree in intelligence and a master of science degree in strategic intelligence. Thecollege is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle StatesAssociation of Colleges & Schools.

For more information, logon to www.dia.mil.

Civil Air Patrol
The three primary missions of the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol are cadetprograms, aerospace education and emergency services. CAP serves America by developing American youth, accomplishing local andnational missions and educating citizens to ensure air and space supremacy. CAP is the ‘‘Eyes of the Home Skies” for homeland security. It performs more than 85 percent of inlandsearch-and-rescue missions tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center in thecontinental United States. CAP volunteers also take a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to some of America’s youth through the CAP cadet program. The cadetprogram develops the potential of young people 12 to 18 years old through aerospace education, leadership training and physical fitness. Thesenior program offers opportunities to learnspecific mission-related skills and prepare for leadership positions.

National Capital Wing, which encompasses the Greater Washington Metropolitan Area, is comprised of five squadrons and three in-school programs. Wing headquarters is located on Bolling AFB, which is also home to theChallenger I Cadet Squadron.