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Airmen spend day with Chilean children Airmen spend day with Chilean children
SANTIAGO, Chile (AFNS) -- Airmen in Chile as part of an exchange with Latin American air forces spent Oct. 30 to brighten the outlook for neglected Chilean children in a suburb of Santiago.

Fourteen Airmen and one Army National Guard member drove to a home for abused or neglected children where the servicemembers gave the children model airplanes to construct and treated the children to cakes.

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Warrior Care Month highlights high-quality treatment
RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- In a campaign to highlight the medical and personal care available to wounded servicemembers, Department of Defense officials have designated November as Warrior Care Month.

Handbook consolidates warrior care information
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said a new handbook is another step in improving the care and support wounded, ill or injured troops and their families deserve. The handbook compiles the myriad information they need in one succinct, easy-to-read publication.

AF doctor's persistence leads to diagnosis of rare disease
  Air Force doctor's persistence leads to diagnosis of rare disease
LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- A young patient at San Antonio Military Medical Center-South, or Wilford Hall Medical Center, has been diagnosed with a rare disease that mainly affects African American females recently.

DOD plans for smooth transition to new administration
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Defense Department officials here have made extensive plans for a smooth transition from the present administration to that of the president-elect, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said Nov. 4 here.

Officials identify Airman missing in action
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office officials here announced Nov. 3 that the remains of a U.S. Airman missing in action from World War II have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

Ready to go
  Ready to go
Senior Airman Benjamin Connery checks the leading edge slats on the wing of an A-10 Thunderbolt II Oct. 18 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Airman Connery is a 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron A-10 crew chief and deployed from Moody Air Force Base, Ga.

Change puts more $ in injured servicemembers' pockets
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- A military compensation policy change provides more money for servicemembers injured during service in the war on terrorism, a senior Defense Department official said Nov. 4 here.

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