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  • Honor guard requires being 'best of the best'

    They are model Airmen who leave their work centers a week at a time to become the base honor guard. Being part of the base honor guard takes patience, hard work, practice and pride in the services performed. In order to become a member, candidates must first make it through a one week training

  • 99th GCTS begins 45-day Joint Base Balad training course

    The 99th Security Forces Ground Combat Training Squadron recently kicked off the Joint Base Balad training, a newly designed 45-day course to provide advance ground combat weapons and tactics instruction for outside-the-wire missions and area security operations for active duty, guard, and Reserve

  • 552 ACW says goodbye to incredible leader

    On August 27, 2008 the 552nd Air Control Wing will say goodbye to their commander, who has successfully led them through the past 15 months of generating sorties, connecting airwaves, and controlling the airpower that is crucial to our national security. Brig. Gen. Lori J. Robinson, commander, 552nd

  • French Captain joins 41st RQS as exchange officer

    For the first time in U.S. Air Force history, A French helicopter pilot recently joined the 41st Rescue Squadron here as part of a three-year exchange officer program. Capt. Guillaume Vernet, who flew the SA 330 Puma before the exchange program,  is assigned to the 41st RQS as a pilot. In

  • Base marriage retreat strengthens family ties

    Thirty two enlisted families traveled to Cascade, Idaho, July 11 through 13 to participate in a chapel-hosted marriage retreat used to prepare couples for an extended separation.The weekend focused on giving families a chance to spend time together before a deployment with three class sessions

  • Deployed Guardsman ‘paves’ way for secure reconstruction efforts

    What do the 163rd Reconnaissance Wing, security forces, and construction have in common? Not a lot unless you're Tech. Sgt. Karl Kooser, a 163rd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels craftsman, who is currently deployed to Southwest Asia as a security forces augmentee. Assigned to the 386th

  • Flying Tiger brings 2007 Chennault award home

    A colonel from the 23rd Operations Support Squadron recently laid claim to the 2007 Lt. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault Award which recognizes the top fighter pilot in the Air Force. Lt. Col. Richard Piazza, 23rd OSS director of operations, believes his developmental and testing work on the A-10C

  • Soaring gas prices affect Airmen's budgets

    An Airman stops at the shoppette to gas up his truck. Tech. Sgt. Jemal Jones, 20th Security Forces Squadron K-9 section kennel master, watches as the meter rolls past $40. A few moments later, it passes $60. Finally, the sergeant hears the snap from the handle; letting him know his tank is full. He

  • Mixing it up with martial arts

    Several Beale Airmen took top honors at the annual mixed martial arts Armed Forces Pankration Invitational at Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 17. Mixed martial arts, made popular by shows like the Ultimate Fighter Championship is gaining in status among servicemembers. Among the 125 participants in the