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  • 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

  • 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