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  • Concert Band welcomes its newest member

    The United States Air Force Band is proud to welcome the newest member of the Concert Band, tuba player Technical Sgt. Daniel Walley. Hailing from Niceville, Fla., he joins the Band by way of New York City where he was pursuing a master's degree at the esteemed Manhattan School of Music.A musician

  • MilPDS upgrade complete: Review emergency contact information

    If you married, have a new address or experienced significant life changes in March, you should review your emergency contact information to ensure it is accurate, Air Force Personnel Center officials advised.The Military Personnel Data System manages such military personnel and pay information as

  • Military children express sacrifices through art, writing

    Life through the eyes of military children through their paintings, drawings and writings was on public display at the Education Department here today to celebrate the Month of the Military Child.Since 1983, the Defense Department has officially recognized military children for the support they

  • 79 MDW hosts Assistant Secretary

    The Honorable Daniel B. Ginsberg, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Manpower and Reserve Affairs visited the 79th Medical Wing on April 2, 2013. The 79th Medical Wing oversees medical care at Air Force bases and worksites across the National Capital Region. Together with Army and Navy partners,

  • Personal identifiable information requires protection

    Have you Googled yourself lately just to see how much of your information is available to the world? How much information did you find about yourself that you had no idea was out on the Internet?While it's impossible to control what is on the Internet you can control what information you safeguard

  • SARC response NOT by the numbers

    The aftermath of a sexual assault is unimaginable for those who haven't experienced one. For Michelle Williams, Joint Base Andrews sexual assault response coordinator, being able to empathize and "wear the victim's shoes" is vital to her ability to see victim as a person rather than a number on a

  • Sexual assault has No place in DOD, official says

    Sexual assault has no place in the Defense Department, a senior Pentagon official said April 2 here, calling on the workforce to be part of the solution.In a keynote address kicking off Aberdeen Proving Ground's observance of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, acting

  • Andrews communications Airmen have global mission

    He'll be the first to admit that his job is far from easy. Maintaining highly complex, state-of-the-art cyber systems operations equipment is something Senior Airman Joseph Cline finds amazingly difficult, but one that he says has global implications.Cline is a member of the 89th Communications

  • 744th Communication Squadron Airman Dead in Off-Base Car Accident

    An Airman assigned to the 744th Communications Squadron, Air Force District of Wshington, died in an off-base car accident early Sunday morning. Airman 1st Class David Michael D'Augustine was pronounced dead at the scene by local authorities. "The 744th Communications Squadron and all of Team

  • HQ AFDW captains selected for promotion

    Five Headquarters Air Force District of Washington captains were selected for promotion to the rank of major, March 27, 2013, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.AFDW Commander Maj. Gen. Sharon K. G. Dunbar and Chief Master Sgt. Scott Fuller, AFDW command chief, notified those selected for promotion in their