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  • Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics and Surgery Center announces holiday closure

    Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics and Surgery Center will be closed on the following dates:Dec. 25 - Christmas HolidayDec. 26 - Family DayJan. 1 - New Year's HolidayJan. 2 - Family DayThere will be no appointments on these days. The Emergent Care Center at Joint Base Andrews will remain open. The

  • Senate confirms James as next secretary of the Air Force

    Deborah Lee James will be the next secretary of the Air Force, according to a Senate confirmation vote Dec 13. James provided testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee Sept. 19, before the full Senate voted on her confirmation. Now the president must appoint her before she can assume her new

  • AFDW host developmental seminar with key Air Force leaders

    Airmen representing the National Capital Region enlisted, officer and civilian force attended the annual Air Force District of Washington Capital Airmen Development Seminar to enhance their leadership skills Dec. 2 through 5. Airmen had the opportunity to learn from several key Air Force leaders who

  • AF announces additional force management programs to reduce force size

    Air Force leaders announced force management programs Dec. 11 designed to reduce the force by thousands of Airmen over the next five years as a result of sequestration.Fiscal 2014 force management initiatives are in addition to the announcement made in July, stating the Air Force will implement

  • Budget, manning cuts further limit base tax preparation center

    Due to current budget and manning cuts, the 2014 Joint Base Anderws Tax Center here will no longer be able to offer full-fledged tax preparation services as in years past.  This year, the tax center will operate on a limited basis. The volunteers at the tax center will serve as advisors to those who

  • 11th SFG stands up new support squadron

    Capt. Charles Tenney assumed command of the 11th Security Support Squadron at an activation ceremony at the 459th Air Refueling Wing headquarters auditorium here Dec. 3.Col. Erik Goepner, 11th Security Forces Group commander, says this new squadron assumes a more administrative role than the 11th

  • 69 APS works with NASA to load satellite

    Reservists from the 459th Air Refueling Wing here, and 512th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Del., assisted NASA for a special mission, Nov. 24. A 57,000- pound Global Precipitation Measurement Satellite was loaded by the reservists into a C-5M Super Galaxy and delivered to Kitakyushu Airport in

  • USAF Band schedules free holiday concerts

    To kick off the holiday season, and to promote their series of free holiday concerts, members of The United States Air Force Band played an impromptu concert at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, Dec. 3.The free concerts are to be held at various locations throughout the National

  • Air Force Concert Band ignites festival of lights

    Members of The U.S. Air Force Concert Band performed with The Three Cantors during the National Menorah Lighting at The Ellipse in Washington Nov 27.Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Hon. Michael Froman and Rabbi Abraham Shemtov light a giant menorah to mark the first night of Hanukkah, during the National

  • AF specialties affected by retraining reduction

    As many as 1,000 Airmen may be affected by a recently identified decrease in fiscal 2014 retraining objectives, with 35 or more Air Force specialty codes removed from the retraining-in list, Air Force officials said Nov. 26. Retraining is used to shape and balance the force by offering Airmen in