Honoring service members around region for Veteran's Day

An important part of The United States Air Force Band's mission is to honor veterans. This coming Veteran's Day the Band will do just that throughout the Nation Capital Region with a variety of events, showcasing the Band's unique and flexible capabilities across wide ranging concerts, venues and

2014 civilian benefits open season slated

Open season for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program and the Federal Flexible Spending Account Program will run Nov. 11 through Dec. 9, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced. "Open season is the best time for employees to

JBA Energy Action Month events emphasize everyone's role in conserving, cutting utility use

For the past month, you would have needed a lot of energy to keep up with Master Sgt. Chad Stakolosa, a man on a mission to spread the word of conserving and cutting utility usage on Joint Base Andrews.Serving as the 11th Wing's Energy Action Month lead, he, along with other units' volunteers, has

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Airmen urged to heed FDA warning about dietary supplement

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers to stop using OxyElite Pro, a dietary supplement, because of suspected links to acute hepatitis. The FDA, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Hawaii Department of Health are investigating reports of acute

AF civilians to be retroactively paid, urged not to access pay system

Civilian Air Force employees, who were furloughed during the government shutdown, have been authorized to return to work Oct. 17.Civilians, including those who returned to work earlier this month, will be retroactively paid but are urged not to access the pay system, as mass amounts of website

AF returns to normal, TA back on

As a result of the passed continuing resolution legislation, the Air Force is in the process of returning operations to normal pre-shutdown status, to include the reinstatement of military tuition assistance. The continuing resolution will fund the Air Force under the fiscal 2013 sequester funding

UDM packages holiday spirit

It is easy to become lulled into the monotony of deployed life and downplay the importance of celebrating holidays while downrange. Annette Bonaro, Air Force District of Washington unit deployment manager, strives to ensure the Airmen she deploys don't surrender to the Groundhog Day effect by

U make a difference in redUcing energy Usage

When convening the workday at Joint Base Andrews, turn off your computer monitor(s) and let the utility-cost reductions commence.Such a simple measure generates about $24 per hour savings across the installation, but when computed on a daily basis, cost cuts grow to between $200 and $300."Energy

AFDW Capital Airman: Staff Sgt. Thomas White

Staff Sgt. Thomas White, Air Force District of Washington unit training manager, Joint Base Andrews, Md., is an AFDW Capital Airman.Why did you choose to become part of the Air Force family? I chose to become a part of the Air Force family because I wanted to do something different in life. At the