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Under pressure: Langley EOD protects Balad
April 3, 2006 — It takes a special kind of person to deal with the stress of working with explosives.That pressure is the force that drives 34 Airmen assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight located at Balad and spread across five forward operating bases.Staff Sgt. Micah Jobe, 332nd ECES EOD team leader, is... MORE

Teen Violence Week raises awareness
April 3, 2006 — The hitting, the insults, the language, the control, the lies ... they should never become part of a relationship -- especially if those in the relationship aren’t even out of their teens.National Teen Dating Violence Week was Feb. 6-10. It was created in order raise awareness about a dark and growing trend in today’s young people.According to the... MORE

Credit card minimum payments to go up
April 3, 2006 — If you’re only paying the minimum on your credit card every month, it’s time to adjust your budget.Credit card companies are planning to increase the minimum monthly payment this year to cover all fees, interest and at least one percent of the principle every month.The change comes as pressure is being applied to credit card companies by federal... MORE

Langley competes for Hennessey
April 3, 2006 — The Hennessy trophy is an annual award presented to the Air Force installation having the best food service program in the United States Air Force.The award is based on the entire scope of an installation’s food service program. This includes exhibiting excellence in kitchen operations, serving and dining operations, training, personnel and... MORE

UCC is open for business, still some are searching for an ER
April 3, 2006 — Although the Langley hospital transitioned the Emergency Room to an Urgent Care Clinic nearly five months ago, not much has changed.The emergency room saw approximately one emergent patient every six days, and now that the transition is complete the hospital still sees about that number, according to the Col. Kory Cornum, 1st Medical Group... MORE

1st FW comptrollers keep money flowing at Manas
April 3, 2006 — Money makes Manas Air Base go ‘round, and four 1st Fighter Wing comptrollers deployed there keep the Kyrgystan base spinning.The four-person team arrived at Manas in the beginning of January. Along with a NCO from Malmstrom AFB, the comptrollers are tasked with providing all financial services for more than 900 deployed Air Force people and all... MORE

Learn from the past to prevent future safety mishaps
April 3, 2006 — Safety -- the word probably doesn’t get you excited or incite any passion. When you go to work in the morning, the first thing you think about is probably NOT safety.But safety is important, and if you’re part of the Air Force family, you have a responsibility to not only safeguard the billions of dollars of inventory we have, but also to ensure... MORE

Air Force women help save convoy
April 3, 2006 — The lives of four women and their convoy team changed forever Dec. 5.They were ambushed that night. Insurgents from a village outside of Balad Air Base, Iraq, fired on the convoy, injuring two as they drove back to the base.Airman 1st Class Nicole O’Hara, a convoy gunner deployed from Langley, said it was “just a normal convoy” when the day... MORE

RRF due date passes, volunteer application deadline approaches fast
April 3, 2006 — The deadline was Feb. 15 for senior raters to provide lieutenants in the 2002 and 2003 year groups eligible to meet the 2006 Force Shaping board a copy of their retention recommendation forms.The retention recommendation form will be included in the officer’s central selection record along with performance reports, training reports, decorations,... MORE

Innovative command chief relies on experience to shape today’s troops
April 3, 2006 — With one look at him, it is apparent that the 1st Fighter Wing command chief is a throwback to an era when Airmen didn’t ask questions or think about getting out at the end of their first enlistment, but first impressions can be deceiving.Chief Master Sgt. James C. Johnson was assigned as Langley’s command chief in October. The Radcliff, Ky.,... MORE

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