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  • Security Forces Personnel with the 147th Attack Wing and Texas Military Department test the Defense Biometric Identification System Visitor Enrollment System at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, Texas. The Air Force Security Forces Center worked with Security Forces there to test DVES, a virtual process which streamlines visitor pass requests and reduces foot traffic at visitor control centers across the force. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo).

    AFSFC innovates to develop virtual visitor passes

    The Air Force Security Forces Center is testing a virtual process to streamline visitor pass requests and reduce foot traffic at visitor control centers across the force.
  • U.S. Air Force graphic by Alexx Pons

    Department of the Air Force to allow shorts for maintainers, updates variety of uniform options

    Airmen and Guardians will now have more dress and appearance options with upcoming uniform changes to Air Force Instruction 36-2903, Dress and Appearance.
  • February is Heart Health Awareness month which was established in December of 1963 to bring awareness of heart disease. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute can help provide information that can assist individuals looking for ways to prevent heart disease. (U.S. Army graphic by Rebecca Westfall)

    February helps bring awareness to heart health

    February is Heart Health Awareness Month.
  • An "FOUO" stamp sits on top of a blue ink pad next to the letters "CUI." Text also reads "Controlled Unclassified Information replaces "For Official Use Only" Designation

    DLA Intelligence publishes new controlled unclassified information policy

    Say goodbye to For Official Use Only. A Defense Logistics Agency policy published Jan. 28 by DLA Intelligence provides new guidance on labeling unclassified information that’s sensitive but doesn’t require classification.
  • Tech. Sgt. Brasil A. Segura (right), 352nd Recruiting Squadron in-service Air Force Reserve recruiter, braces Senior Airman Arturo Delgado, 26th Aerial Transportation Squadron aerial porter, as they prepare to attach a 2,000 pound A-22 cargo bag to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flown by Texas Army National Guard Soldiers.

    Reserve recruiters participate in joint air operations at JBSA

    In-service recruiters from the 352nd Recruiting Squadron participated in a joint Total Force helicopter sling load exercise Jan. 26-27 to enhance their situational awareness of the Air Force Reserve and broaden their understanding of the aerial transportation career field.
  • U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Caroline Miller (left), 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio commander, receives a tour from Lt. Col. Mathew Kowalski (right), 341st Training Squadron commander, of where K-9 were stored during the cold weather Feb. 19, 2021, at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

    JBSA continues to recover from extreme winter weather in Texas

    As President’s Day approached, so did severe winter weather at Joint Base San Antonio Feb. 14. Winter storm warnings were issued as northerly winds at 10 to 20 knots and bitter cold fell upon the region, leading to extensive power and water outages, slick roads and burst pipes.
  • John P. Roth will serve as the Acting Secretary of the Air Force as of Jan. 20, until the President nominates and the Senate confirms a permanent replacement. Roth succeeds Barbara Barrett, who served as the 25th Secretary of the Air Force from Oct. 18, 2019, until Jan. 20, 2021. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Corey Parrish)

    Department of the Air Force Leaders direct second IG Disparity Review

    The review follows the department’s 2020 Racial Disparity Review released in Dec. 2020 and expands its focus into three additional racial categories (Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander), gender, and one additional ethnic category (Hispanic/Latinx).
  • Wilber Miller, a San Antonio native, was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War I. He also served with the U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Regiment on the Mexican border in the early 1920s. In 1935, he was promoted and called upon to select and lead the first African American team of 49 +1 (49 men and one young woman) to a new air depot at Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama. Their mission was to provide maintenance and administrative support to Alabama’s African American fighter squadron’s primary training phase on aircraft for the Tuskegee Airmen. (Courtesy photo)

    Duncan Field, Kelly’s ties to Tuskegee Airmen’s 49+1

    When most people think of the Tuskegee Airmen, they remember the pilots and the P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft with the red tails they flew. However, many people were not aware of the Tuskegee Airmen’s civilian force, who worked in the background and contributed to the now-famous Red Tails’ success. This group of men and one woman, who are also considered Tuskegee Airmen because of their contribution to the legacy of the “Original Tuskegee Airmen,” began at San Antonio’s Duncan Army Airfield.
  • February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, or TDVAM.

    Watch out for the signs of teen dating violence

    February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, or TDVAM. This month is set aside to ensure we all are made more aware of teen dating violence and some of its accompanying aspects such as stalking and sexual assault. This year’s TDVAM theme is “Know Your Worth.”
  • Know your Rights under USERRA; Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act graphic. (U.S.Air Force graphic by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

    Know your Rights for reemployment, USERRA

    Veterans Employment and Training Service, an agency of the Department of Labor, oversees grants for Veterans seeking employment, maintains transition assistance programs for employment, and it also runs the Compliance and Investigation Division for employment complaints, which is responsible for overseeing the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994.
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