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  • Promotion by paddleboard

    On Memorial Day, passersby on the Potomac River got an unusual view -- 1st Lt. Rebecca Rasweiler-Richter, 779th Medical Group Chief of Occupational and Environmental Protection, was promoted to captain, while on a paddleboard.A passion for paddleboarding inspired the unique promotion ceremony held

  • Career intermission: AFPC to host Facebook live chat Sept. 9

    The Air Force Personnel Center will host a Facebook live chat Sept. 9 from 9 -10 a.m. to answer questions about the Career Intermission Pilot Program, or CIPP, officials said Sept. 5.Approved in the 2009 National Defense Authorization Act, CIPP allows selected high-performing active-duty and career

  • Air Force revamps AEF

    The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a

  • Suicide prevention more than a month-long campaign

    All Airmen have a responsibility that lasts much longer than a one-month campaign. This responsibility extends beyond ourselves and includes our work environment, our families, friends, fellow Airmen and our communities.While Suicide Prevention Month is observed across the United States in

  • AFDW hosting AF Birthday Ball celebration

    Air Force District of Washington leadership will host the 67th Annual Air Force Birthday Ball Sept. 19 at the Bolling Club on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C . The evening will kick off with a social hour at 6 p.m., and dinner will begin at 7 p.m. "Attending the Air Force Birthday Ball

  • AFDW Chief Guides Airmen with Enlisted Call

    The Air Force District of Washington Command Chief held an enlisted call at the Joint Base Andrews Theater to address personnel changes with command and 844th Communications Group Airmen Aug. 21. Chief Master Sgt. Jose LugoSantiago ,AFDW command chief, discussed topics affecting the enlisted force

  • Comprehensive Airman Fitness: A Lifestyle and culture

    Comprehensive Airman Fitness is comprised of a multitude of targeted programs and activities as well as resiliency skills taught to enable Airmen to make sound choices.The program's goal is to build and sustain a thriving and resilient Air Force community that fosters mental, physical, social and

  • Changes to academic degree and developmental education expectations

    Air Force officials announced actions designed to set clear expectations, restore Airmen's time and refocus officer promotions on job performance.The Air Force has addressed long-standing perceptions that to be promoted, officers must complete an advanced academic degree, and those officers selected

  • 779th MDG hosts community meeting

    The 779th Medical Group Commander, Col. Thomas Cantilina will host a Health Consumer's Advisory Council meeting Aug. 25 at 1 p.m. The meeting will be held in the 4th floor conference room of the Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics and Surgery Center, Building 1050. The entire military community, including