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  • AF top enlisted leader discusses resiliency

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy addressed a crowd of civic leaders and DOD personnel on the necessity of promoting a total force culture of resiliency on Capitol Hill April 5. During the presentation, the Air Force's top enlisted leader discussed many issues surrounding resiliency

  • 579th MDG hosts drug turn in day at JBAB

    The 579th Medical Group and security services will join forces with the Drug Enforcement Administration to collect unused and expired prescription medications 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. April 28 at the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling Base Exchange. The DEA initiative affords the military community a safe and

  • 779th Medical Group hosts TRICARE briefings

    The Department of Defense healthcare program, known as TRICARE, provides health care coverage for medical services, medications, and dental care for military families and retirees and their survivors.Health care is an important benefit of military service. In order to assist beneficiaries in

  • 79th Medical Wing turns to secure messaging

    Patients at the 779th and 579th Medical Group medical treatment facilities will be able to communicate securely and privately with their health care teams anywhere and anytime due to the Air Force-wide expansion of secure messaging.Secure messaging will be available to patients through what is known

  • Black Flag provides real-world disaster training to AFDW

    Airmen in the National Capital Region are better prepared to deal with real world disasters after a specialized period of interagency training March 19-30. More than 55 Air Force District of Washington members trained at the Memorial Tunnel in Gallagher W.Va. for a two-week exercise, code named

  • Air Force launches tool kit aimed at pollution prevention

    The Air Force launched a new tool kit March 21 to promote pollution prevention across the service. As part of the planned Air Force Earth Day 2012 commemoration, the tool kit provides new, customizable products for use at installations Air Force-wide in creating local Earth Day campaigns.Although

  • April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

    "Sexual assault is absolutely inconsistent with our core values and it has no place in our Air Force; in a deployed context, at home or anywhere in between."- Michael B. Donley, Secretary of the Air Force.The month of April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Throughout the National Capital Region

  • Air Force announces third round of VERA/VSIP

    In its continuing effort to meet the Defense Department requirement to maintain civilian manning at fiscal 2010 levels, the Air Force is offering a third round of Voluntary Early Retirement Authority and Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment beginning May 1."The Air Force recognizes the invaluable

  • Best of the best named in AFDW

    Air Force District of Washington Airmen gathered to recognize the best of the best from AFDW units. Winners were announced at the 2011 AFDW Annual Awards banquet March 23 at the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling Club. Airman of the Year: Senior Airman Marquis A.T. Smith, 11th Comptroller Squadron