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Winning the good fight – MSgt earns second Bronze Star
After serving 16 deployments throughout the course of his career, one Airman earned a second Bronze star after being called upon once more.
While being stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., Master Sgt. Ronald Bartsch, 633rd Communications Squadron cyber transport superintendent, left for two deployments to Southwest Asia for the United States Special Operations Command in support of a task force for Operation Inherent Resolve Sept. 22 to Nov. 2, 2014 and May 25 to Sept. 7, 2015.
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10/18
2016
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LACI cadets’ visit AFSOUTH
Cadets from 13 Latin American air forces spent a day with members from Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern) and the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group during a visit Oct. 13.
The cadets are visiting various Air Force bases throughout the U.S. as part of the Latin American Cadet Initiative. The program, managed by the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs, allows the top two senior cadets from 13 Latin American air force academies to visit the U.S. for three weeks. This year’s cadets hailed from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.
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10/18
2016
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New Emerge Moody innovation develops leaders
Kicking off a new leadership development program, 20 Airmen from various career fields began a nine-month journey to better understand Moody’s mission during Emerge Moody.
Candidates from the rank of E-3 to E-6, and Company Grade Officers, applied for the program and were selected after an interview process. After earning their way into the ranks of this program, students will have the opportunity to converse with peers and leaders from other units while getting behind-the-scenes tours of these missions they haven’t seen before.
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10/18
2016
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NTTR: Tip of readiness spear
“The NTTR is an asset of the United States of America, all Department of Defense agencies, national security agencies including other governmental agencies and our allied partners,” said VanHerck. “We routinely bring partners to the NTTR to train just as if we were going to go into combat with them, and that is a crucial capability for us. All this success comes at a price as our ability to meet warfighter requirements has exceeded our capacity. We continue to look for innovative ways to address these issues, but the reality is it will likely get worse before it gets better as 5th generation aircraft stretch the capabilities of our range.”
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10/18
2016
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PDP gives Airmen career roadmap
An initiative by the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group at Fort Gordon created a Professional Development Placemats program to outline important milestones for Airmen development.
An Airman's mastery of skills how they lead to new opportunities are part of critical conversations to lead Airmen on the right career path. With this in mind, the PDPs provide 480th ISRG Airmen with the ability to visually map out their career progression from the rank of airman to technical sergeant.
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10/17
2016
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AF bands inspire, captivate worldwide audience
Stevie Wonder once said, “Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand,” in a song he produced in 1977, called “Sir Duke.”
In countries across the globe, the Air Force has used the language of music to boost morale among military members, foster worldwide trust and gain public support through mass appeal. This month marks the 75th anniversary of the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band.
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10/17
2016
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Beale’s purple partnership
In the last 30 years, purple has become a more common sight in October. That’s because October was declared by Congress in 1987 as National Domestic Violence Awareness month and the color purple and purple ribbons are used to raise awareness of domestic violence. The observation of the month grew from a “Day of Unity” held by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence beginning in 1981.
The monthly observation has continued to grow into what it is today. As of late, the month has had a theme and the theme this year is, “Let’s Strengthen Our Community.”
To honor the theme, Team Beale is making an effort to address domestic violence and bring further awareness of the issue to the base and the local community.
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10/17
2016
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Holloman hosts NM STEM event for children
Holloman Air Force Base hosted the fourth annual New Mexico Aviation Aerospace Association Career Expo here, Oct. 6, 2016.
About 2,500 middle school through college-level students from across New Mexico came out to learn about the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. They also had the opportunity to learn about careers and training in the aerospace industries.
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10/17
2016
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SJ begins recovery from Hurricane Matthew
More than 40 F-15E Strike Eagles from the 4th Fighter Wing and five KC-135R Stratotankers from the 916th Air Refueling Wing were repositioned to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Oct. 6, 2016, as a precautionary measure due to Hurricane Matthew.
The 916th provided support to the more than 200 support personnel from the 4th FW by evacuating Airmen in several of their aircraft, along with equipment that was repositioned to Barksdale AFB.
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10/17
2016
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Experience is worth more than gold
The Leadership Pathway’s program here has awarded its first Gold certificate to a member of the Team Offutt community.
Senior Airman Alex Fausnight, 338th Combat Training Squadron, took full advantage of the program and received his gold certificate for attending 23 courses in the Leadership Pathways Course Catalog.
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10/17
2016
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