U.S. Air Force Band Commander joining faculty at GMU

Col. Dennis M. Layendecker, commander, music director and principal conductor of the United States Air Force Band, will join the George Mason University faculty this summer as the Heritage Chair in Music and director of University Orchestras in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. "We are

Wreath lying honors fallen Doolittle Raider

Doolittle Raider laid to rest

The music plays on during a concert venue change

Band and guest artists perform for veterans

Love of cooking makes personal aide duties extra special

Staff Sgt. Nyeisha Coar picked up her pace on the way from her car to the "office," stopping to tell the grounds keeping crew where the grass needed trimmed. She then made a turkey sandwich for her boss, complete with Hellman's Mayonnaise, his favorite. There was little time to waste; her next

Air Force, Navy team up for inaugural open house

Bolling Air Force Base and the Anacostia Annex will open their gates to the public for the inaugural Joint Base Anacostia Bolling Open House on Independence Day. The Fourth of July celebration will begin at noon and end around at 9:15 p.m. with fireworks over the nation's capital. Gates will open at

DROP reduces deployment preparation time

We all know how tedious out-processing can be. We also know that with all of the preparation we have to do in our personal lives before a deployment, the last thing we want to do is spend all of our time at the military personnel flight and finance, sitting at briefing after briefing for weeks.

NDW and D.C. Fire Departments conduct joint training

The Naval District of Washington Fire Department, in conjunction with the District of Columbia Fire Department, have conducted various exercises since June 1 on Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C. A mix of firefighters from both departments have worked together daily on training that will end

New record-keeping program in use at Bolling Dental Clinic

Dentists at the Bolling AFB Dental Clinic in Washington, D.C., lead the Air Force in the use of the record-keeping AHLTA-dental program. ''We're the first clinic in the National Capital Region to have switched to the fully electronic record-keeping system," said Col. Ray Jeter, commander of the