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  • The Gift of Assistance

    In an effort to help make daily life a little easier for Lori Eagan, living with a cerebral aneurysm, she was presented May 12 with the gift of a specially trained Canine Assistants service dog on behalf of the Milk-Bone brand. Lori lives in Kissimmee, FL with her husband, Ralph, retired U.S. Air

  • One Last Endeavor

    The U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing provided flawless Eastern Range support for NASA¹s successful launch of the final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavor last Monday. The launch occurred at 8:56 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.A combined team of military, government

  • Air Force officials announce civilian hiring controls

    Air Force leaders announced that hiring controls were instituted May 12 to reduce projected growth of the civilian workforce.The Air Force-wide efforts to stem the civilian personnel growth are a result of Secretary of Defense Robert Gate¹s efficiency initiatives to maintain civilian manning at

  • Two Air Force officers inducted into U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame

    Two Air Force officers who served as astronauts with NASA were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Saturday at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, commander, 14th Air Force, and Col. (ret) Karol "Bo" Bobko were inducted in a ceremony at KSC a little less than an hour after an

  • Cape Hosts 50th Anniversary of U.S.'s First Human Spaceflight

    On May 5, 1961, Alan B. Shepard Jr. was launched in the Freedom 7 spacecraft by a Redstone vehicle on a ballistic trajectory, suborbital flight. His orbit lasted 15 minutes and 23 seconds and carried him at an altitude of 303 statute miles.The success of this launch made him the first American to

  • 45th Space Wing Launches First SBIRS GEO Satellite

    The U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing successfully launched a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle at 2:10 p.m. Saturday from Space Complex 41.The Atlas V rocket carried into orbit the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO-1 satellite. This SBIRS GEO launch begins

  • Don’t forget National Military Spouses’ Day!

    May is Military Appreciation Month, and May 6 has been designated as National Military Spouses' Day. Military Spouse Day has been observed since May 23, 1984, when a proclamation by President Ronald Reagan recognized the profound importance of spouse commitment to the readiness and well-being of

  • VA implementing enhancements to existing

    Department of Veterans Affairs officials published May 3 the interim final rule for implementing the family caregiver program of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act 2010.This new rule will provide additional support to eligible post-9/11 veterans who elect to receive their care

  • Air Force Office of Special Investigations helps keep the Air Force and DoD

    If someone were to ask you, "What does the Air Force Office of Special Investigations do," how would you respond? If you said, they are the people who wear civilian clothes and investigate military members using drugs, you would be partially correct, but that is not all we do.The AFOSI has many

  • Sexual Assault - The Healing Process

    Sexual assault (SA) is a very traumatic and often a private crisis because of the isolation that many survivors feel due to a lack of support or the tendency of some to blame the victim for being assaulted. Individuals react differently to trauma and SA. There is no right way to feel or to heal.

 

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