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  • Navy welcomes SFS to Anacostia firing range

    As joint basing rapidly approaches, the 11th Security Forces Squadron and the members at the Anacostia Armory/Range have already made the transition. What used to be a firing range for only United States Navy members, now houses both the Navy and the Air Force. Before moving to the Anacostia

  • Senior leaders draw attention to Energy Awareness Month

    Air Force senior leaders are leaning on Airmen to continue to assist with the service's energy challenges and help increase the nation's energy independence. Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz announced their initiative in a service-wide

  • CMSAF Roy speaks, inspires Joint Base Andrews Airmen

    The 16th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, whose family calls this base home - but who himself is "just TDY here" - briefed a standing room-only audience of Joint Team Andrews Airmen here Wednesday at an Enlisted Call during first official visit to the base.Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force

  • Jodice earns third star; leaving AFDW for Izmir in November

    Deep down, every Airman knows they could be asked to make a major life change, drop some of the connections they have established and begin the process of deployment to any corner of the world. It's part of the life of an Airman. That is the scenario that Air Force District of Washington Commander

  • Web site offers help for military families in transition

    Sixteen-year-old Robyn Lutzkanin loves the military. As a military child, she said she has moved often and enjoys seeing new places and meeting new people. "It really opens your eyes up to the world," Robyn added. But she admited to dreading the transition of moving to that new place and having to

  • Ceremonial guardsmen accompany president to G-20 Summit

    The third G-20 Summit was hosted by President Barrack Obama at Pittsburgh's David L. Lawrence Convention Center Sept. 24 through 25. President Obama chaired the meeting of world leaders that represented 85 percent of the world's economy. At the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit, leaders reviewed the progress

  • Using unauthorized portable media now carries penalties

    Unauthorized portable media devices - including memory sticks, thumb drives, camera memory cards and iPods - are not permitted on government networks. Computer users continue to plug these devices into networked systems, despite daily messages appearing on all AFDW computers reminding users of the

  • DoD Cyber Readiness Inspection begins across AFDW Oct. 5

    Defense Information System Agency inspectors arrive across AFDW Oct. 5 to begin a command-wide inspection. The Command Cyber Readiness Inspection, or CCRI, replaces the enhanced compliance validation program. To put the new program into Air Force lingo, the program is going from a SAV to an ORI,

  • Joint Team Andrews A&FRC, surviving spouses turn tables on tragedy

    On a spring evening, after dinner, Jonmarie Pearson stood outside her home talking with a friend in base housing on Fort Hood, Texas. She did not know her life - and her family's life - was just moments away from being changed forever."I noticed a car drive by slowly, and I remember thinking that it

  • Historic Chapel Two 155th anniversary: 1854-2009

    If only these historic walls and grounds at today's Chapel Two could talk they would tell you what has changed over the course of the past 205 years.On this site in 1805, cottage meetings were held here by citizens of the nearby town of Old Fields, now known as Forestville, Md.In those days families