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  • Smoke alarms save lives

    Joint Base Andrews Fire Department will host Fire Prevention Week Oct.5 -11, 2014, to raise awareness on a critical safety tool; fire alarms.This year, in hopes to better educate the public about the true value of working smoke detectors, the slogan for Fire Prevention Week is 'Working smoke alarms

  • 6 new AFMC units to form installation and mission support center

    Six Air Force organizations moved under Air Force Materiel Command Oct. 1, in a step toward integrating and forming the foundation of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center when the center is formally activated in 2015.The Air Force realigned four field operating agencies -- the Air

  • Oct. 1 – Pulse on AF force management

    Featured in this force management update are details regarding changes to the reduction in force board eligibility and ongoing civilian force management programs.Military force managementDue to adjustments for operational requirements and additional voluntary separations, judge advocates (51J),

  • AF updates voluntary education programs for FY15

    Active-duty Airmen who want to take advantage of military assistance programs for voluntary education in the coming academic year will experience several changes beginning Oct. 1.Air Force Credentialing Opportunities Online, or AF COOL, will take the place of the military tuition assistance, or

  • Flu Vaccination Drives Coming

      JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA BOLLING FLU VACCINATION DRIVEThe 579th Medical Group will be conducting Influenza Vaccine Drive for ALL personnel: active duty, dependents and civilians with a valid government identification card.Date: Oct. 1Time: 11 a.m. -  3 p.m.Location: Chapel Center, Bldg. 3610For more

  • A legacy of love

    Zachary Fisher, a 16 year old from Brooklyn New York, started his career in construction, not knowing he would go on to build a foundation based on love and kindness, or that he and the love of his life, Elizabeth, would impact thousands of families and service members.Fisher and his brothers joined

  • Contingency Response: AFDW's primary mission

    Senior Air Force District of Washington decision makers with diverse skill-sets entered a secure room early each morning during last month's U.S.-Africa Leaders' Summit, ready to respond to any crisis. The Airmen monitored event coordination efforts, communications and news media coverage, waiting