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  • Air Force recruiting launches E.C.H.O. to test cognitive skills

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas – Air Force recruiting is continually innovating to better reach potential recruits. Harnessing technology to improve the recruiting process, the Air Force is releasing a new online, interactive gaming experience, E.C.H.O. - Enhanced Cognitive Human Ops.This

  • Cable gun locks can keep families safe

    A second shipment of cable-style gunlocks is making its way to installations across the United States courtesy of the Department of the Air Force. The gunlock giveaway began in March 2020 with 150,000 cable-style locks distributed to all U.S. Air Force installations. Using the acronym SLO, which

  • Balance is Key to Resiliency

    Col John Blocher recently underwent brain surgery to correct an inner ear issue and had to learn to walk a straight line again. Despite that and a number of challenges throughout his Air Force career, Blocher says he couldn’t be happier because of balance in his life with his family and work, and

  • Making it off the island

    On June 24, 2017, after having an argument where I was told, again, that I was not good enough, my mind decided it was time to let go for good. My mind cut off and I then went around my apartment, put notes on objects I valued saying who I wanted them to go to after I killed myself, grabbed my car

  • Reserve recruiting stays flexible, opportunistic during pandemic

    ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – While the pandemic has created challenges for Air Force recruiters to get out in public, attend events and meet face-to-face with potential leads, Air Force Reserve recruiters have stayed flexible and found new ways to reach their target audience during this

  • Civilian Developmental Education key to leadership, growth

    Ensuring civilian Airmen are prepared to fulfill and excel in leadership positions across the command is the driving force behind the dedicated effort by Air Force Materiel Command leaders to encourage employees to apply for upcoming Civilian Development Education opportunities.

  • In Celebration of the Life of Martin Luther King Jr

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968), was born Michael King Jr. to Reverend Michael King Sr. and Alberta King in Atlanta, Georgia. Rev. King became the lead pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1931, after previously serving as the church’s assistant pastor. In 1934, the

  • Air Force Reserve New Year Message

    Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, commander, Air Force Reserve Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy White, command chief, Air Force Reserve Command, deliver a New Year message to the airmen of the Air Force Reserve, January 7, 2021, at Robins Air Force Base, GA. (U.S. Air Force video by Tech. Sgt. Nicholas

  • Information Warfare Airmen Rise Up to Break the COVID Kill Chain

    More than 300 enlisted personnel, officers, civilians and contractors from the Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) received the COVID-19 vaccine administered at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center in support of a Department of Defense-wide effort to vaccinate the workforce Jan 15, 2021.U.S.

  • AFR Major promotion, Captain continuation boards postponed

    The Calendar Year 2021 Air Force Reserve Major Line and Nonline Promotion Board has been rescheduled for March 29, pushing it back two months from its original date of January 29. This change is due to new Department of Defense and Department of the Air Force requirements, and the time need to

  • NSA Recommends How Enterprises Can Securely Adopt Encrypted DNS

    The National Security Agency released a cybersecurity product, “Adopting Encrypted DNS in Enterprise Environments,” Thursday explaining the benefits and risks of adopting the encrypted domain name system (DNS) protocol, DNS over HTTPs (DoH), in enterprise environments. The release provides solutions

  • Guidance details dos and don'ts for participation in political demonstrations

    According to the FBI, individuals have planned “armed protests” to take place at all 50 state capitols and the U.S. Capitol in Washington leading up to and in the days following the upcoming presidential inauguration. In light of this information, and considering the violence that transpired at the