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  • 19SOPS celebrates 10 years in space

    The 19th Space Operations Squadron marked a milestone in their history February 4 during a celebration at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs, Colo.The 19SOPS, the Reserve associate unit to the 2nd Space Operations Squadron assigned to Schriever, is the 310th Space Wing's first space

  • DOD officials strive to strengthen, empower military families

    From educational opportunities to spouse employment, Defense Department officials are expanding military family support programs to better meet families' current needs, as well as to empower them for the challenges that lie ahead, the DOD official who oversees military family programs said Feb.

  • DOD officials honor top Guard, Reserve family programs

    Defense Department officials lauded the top National Guard and Reserve family programs here Feb. 18 calling family support a vital component of mission readiness."Whether it is the basics of building military communities or taking care of military children or supporting military spouses, all of

  • 14 Reserve units earn AF awards

    Fourteen Air Force Reserve Command units are recipients of the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award or Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for 2010. The following units are winners of the AFOEA:Air Reserve Personnel Center, Denver, Colo.The following units are winners of the AFOUA:10th Air Force,

  • No Airman left behind: Waking up from the depression nightmare

    The American entertainer, Sammy Davis Jr., once said, "reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves."One Schriever Airman became a pawn to his mental torture when his life became a nightmare during a permanent change of station."My wife started getting

  • Survey will assess Air Force community well-being

    Nearly 40, 000 reservists and 10,000 spouses of reservists will be recieving invitations to take the 2011 Air Force Community Assessment Jan. 25. The Air Force-wide assessment is designed to assist chaplains and people working in installation-level Airman and family readiness centers, family

  • TRICARE officials announce Young Adult program

    The Department of Defense announced Jan. 13 its introduction of the premium-based TRICARE Young Adult Program which extends medical coverage to eligible military family members to age 26. Expected to be in place later this spring, TYAP implements the National Defense Authorization Act of fiscal

  • Air Guard, Reserve officials announce 2011 teen leadership summits

    Officials from the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard announced the 2011 Air Force Reserve and ANG Teen Leadership Summit locations Jan. 5. The Air Force Reserve and ANG Teen Leadership Summit locations this summer are in Dahlonega, Ga.; Estes, Colo.; and Washington. The summits combine

  • No Airman left behind: Pursued by anxiety

    A young man lifts weights in a crowded gym. All of a sudden, a lion appears in the doorway, locks eyes with the young man and bursts into full pursuit. That surge of adrenaline and panic is what one Schriever Airman felt while performing normal everyday tasks."I'm going through this feeling of a