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  • AF Honor Guard blossoms in joint drill exhibition

    The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team members displayed their skill at a Joint Service Drill Team Exhibition on the National Mall during the 101st National Cherry Blossom Festival here April 13.Between the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and its iconic reflecting pool, the 12 Drill Team members

  • CMSAF Cody visits JBA Airmen

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody visited Airmen here April 12 to discuss his vision for the Air Force and what it means for current and future Airmen.The 17th chief master sergeant of the Air Force spoke at the base theater, discussing the future of the Air Force with junior enlisted

  • Military children in the NCR: Proud, Ready and Resilient

    Every April brings cherry blossoms, outdoor activities and awareness of the military child in the National Capital Region and across the Department of Defense.Military children make up a very special part of our nation's population. Although young, these brave sons and daughters stand in steadfast

  • Out of the darkness, into the light: Surviving the Holocaust

    A glimmer of hope in their dimly-lit world, Jewish prisoners eagerly prepared for a long-overdue shower. Little did they know, the chamber would not bathe them with water, but with toxic gas.One of the last survivors of the Holocaust Henry Greenbaum accepted an invitation to share his story of

  • Air Force restarts tuition assistance

    The Air Force has officially restarted military tuition assistance, effective immediately. The service restarted the program as a result of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013, where Congress called for the MTA program to continue in the current fiscal year. As a

  • AFDW Airmen, families attend White House Easter Egg Roll

    Select Headquarters Air Force District of Washington families attended the 135th annual White House Easter Egg Roll hosted by the First Family April 1, 2013.According to WhiteHouse.gov, the First Family welcomed more than 30,000 guests to the South Lawn for the Egg Roll. This year's theme, "Be

  • Former AFDW CC Gorenc: An immigrant's climb to the top

    For decades, America has been known around the world as a place of opportunity, a reputation that has drawn people from all corners of the world to inhabit there. It's this reputation that motivated a husband and wife to leave a former communist nation of Yugoslavia with their two boys in tow in

  • 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